NICU Nurse & Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant
Hello! My name is Lexi, I am a NICU nurse and Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant. I live in Colorado, with my handsome cowboy, on a 6,000 acre ranch with lots of animals, and our sweet baby girl, with a second on the way!
I am someone who needs a lot of sleep. And when I say a lot, at least 9 hours every night. If I go consecutive nights without this much sleep, I get sick. I'm not sure if my immune systems sucks, but that's how I have always been. Even in high school, my bedtime was no later than 8:30 pm.
When I got pregnant with my first, I was so scared and horrified by all the sleepless nights stories I'd hear from girlfriends and my family. I was determined to not be a sleep-deprived mom!
So I read every article on newborn sleep, bought into the one-size-fits-all sleep training courses online, and joined every Facebook sleep training group I could find. Want to know what I found? A slew of overwhelming, conflicting information. I felt like I would read one thing, then have to go back the next day just to remember what I read to make sure I grasped the method and concept.
Once my daughter was born, I still found myself up at 3 am asking myself, "What did that video say to do again?" I was lost on what to do with no clear plan and exhausted. Every road block we hit felt like a dead-end.
One day while on maternity leave, scrolling a mom blog, I found an article on becoming a pediatric sleep consultant. It totally spoke to me! I knew if I was struggling and not finding answers, there had to be other moms out there, too! I signed up for the course that night. Studied my booty off to pass the course, and once I did, I sleep trained my daughter at 3 months old in 3 nights... I knew exactly what to do for those 1 am, 2 am, 3 am, wake-ups. I ditched all the Facebook groups, and cancelled all my newborn sleep subscriptions online.
Ever since sleep training... my daughter has yet to have a sleep regression, a sleepless night from teething or sickness, and my husband and I go to bed without a stress in the world knowing we will get a full night's sleep (and I'll get my 9 hours at least ;)
I'm a Colorado Native.
A rancher’s wife, married a cowboy and love the country life!
I'm the only one in my immediate family with blue eyes and red hair.
I show horses at a national level, another passion of mine!
I have a beautiful baby girl who looks exactly like her dad ;)
We have 3 male dogs, one in every size! A mini dachshund, a husky, and a big silver lab!