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Falling Asleep on Their Own · Kyra's sleep course from 4 to 18 months

Your little one learns to fall asleep independently, and you stay close by.

Kyra shows you what to do when your little one protests. And your plan checks in every morning.

Kyra HendrixGentle Sleep Coach®, certified through Kim West · more than 100 families

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A schedule tells you when your little one should sleep. You want to know what to do when it doesn't work.

Every morning, you know what to do that day and night.

The approach that fits the age

Around 4 months: the Super Slow Shuffle or Jiggle and Soothe.

Around 5 months: the Modified Shuffle.

From 6 months: the Sleep Lady Shuffle.

You stay with your little one and step back from helping in small steps. A cheat sheet with every lesson.

Also for when this happens

Will your little one cry?

You will see tears, Kyra says. Your little one is learning something new, and protest is part of that. You stay with your little one and start small. The slower you go, the fewer the tears, and you can always pause. Toward the end there are sometimes short check-ins; your plan tells you about them.

Kyra, lesson 7.9

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When her own oldest slept badly, Kyra got help from a sleep coach. Now she is a Gentle Sleep Coach® herself, certified through Kim West, and has helped more than 100 families.

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What happens after checkout

  1. Right awayKyra's lessons are open. They're sent to the email address you enter at checkout. Then make the free sleep plan, so you can see which lesson fits your little one right now.
  2. Every morningYou fill in how the night went. Your plan tells you what it sees and what to do that day and night.
  3. When things get easierFalling asleep faster, less protest or less help: then you move one step forward.
  4. When it gets hardThen a small step back is fine. If your little one is sick, the plan pauses and tells you how to pick things back up.

Even once your little one has got it, your plan keeps checking in.

“We really found some calm, and we got our evenings together back too.”
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  • After checkout, Kyra's lessons are open to you right away.
  • Pay once, and it's yours to keep.

Your plan tells you what to do

You answer a few short questions, mostly by picking. Then the sleep plan for your little one is right there on the screen: what's going on and what to do during the day and at night. The plan is free.

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Kyra shows you how

For example, the Sleep Lady Shuffle: Kyra shows you step by step where to sit, what to say and when to move one spot further away (lesson 9.3). The cheat sheet has what to remember.

A check-in every morning

Every morning, four short questions about the night. Then your plan tells you what it sees and what to do that day and night. If things get easier (falling asleep faster, less protest or less help), you move one step forward. If it's not working yet, it's fine to take a small step back. If your little one is sick, the plan pauses.

Waking at night for months

Kyra shows the Sleep Lady Shuffle: you stay with your little one and move away in small steps, about one spot every three nights (lesson 9.3). The first nights can be tough; Kyra tells you what to do then (lesson 11.1).

Up at five

According to Kyra, an earlier bedtime is the first step. Until six it's still night: stay calm and boring, and at six start the day cheerfully (lesson 16.2).

Sleeps in your bed

First you decide together whether you really want to stop. Then in small steps: first their own crib in your room, then their own room (lesson 15.1). Choosing to keep sharing a bed is fine too, with Kyra's safety check.

Night feeds, bottle or pacifier

You choose a pace up front that you can keep up for a week: cutting back part of it, phasing it out over four nights, or all at once (lesson 17.1). With the bottle, you cut back one feed at a time, bedtime last (lesson 17.2).

Short naps

Kyra tackles the naps once the nights are going well (lesson 8.11). When your little one moves to one nap, Kyra shows you how to do that step by step (lesson 12.1).

Sick, teething or a vacation

What your little one has learned doesn't disappear all at once (lesson 9.3). When they're sick or teething, you comfort more and move one spot back if needed. Once they've recovered, you're often back where you were in two or three nights (lesson 18.3).

Is your little one still hungry at night?

Kyra explains for each age how to cut back night feeds (lesson 17.1). If you're unsure, have growth checked by your pediatrician first.

How long does it take?

That's different for every child. You only move one step forward once things get easier, and your plan tells you that every morning. A small step back is fine.

And if things slip back?

What your little one has already learned doesn't suddenly disappear. If your little one is sick, the plan pauses and tells you how to pick things back up.

How do videos help us at night?

You watch the lesson before the evening, so you know what to say and do. Your plan also has your own sentences for those moments, and every lesson has a cheat sheet.

My partner isn't sure

Kyra recommends agreeing on one approach together before you start (lesson 3.3).

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