Baby Sleep Consultant Raquel Tara

Raquel Tara trained as a Mothercraft Maternity Nanny and Night Nurse over 20 years ago and has since amassed hundreds of thousands of hours consulting with parents on baby sleep.

“I started to learn about babies and their parents in London back in the late nineties when I trained as a mothercraft night nanny. For more than 20 years I garnered first hand experience, and an intimate understanding of how exhausting overnight wakes can be for parents. Especially when it feels like a baby only settle for you. Families are struggling with tricky bedtimes, babies fighting naps, and often feel conflicted because they want to move forward from contact napping or feeding to sleep. And all of these families are worried their baby isn’t getting the sleep they need…”

Raquel explains that a lot of these baby sleep issues can be resolved by helping your baby learn the skill of self settling, and resettling themselves to sleep through the night. The Raquel Tara approach to sleep gives you the tools to support your baby to relax enough to let sleep come.

Raquel is more than a baby sleep consultant; her 1:1 coaching programs help you support your baby in a kind, gentle and supportive way, as well as giving you a understanding of both the practical and psychological aspects of baby sleep and development. It’s this additional coaching component not offered in alternative baby sleep programs that distinguishes Raquel’s work from the majority of baby sleep consultants out there who have limited long term experience working with families and their babies.

“To do this work, and do it well. To make an impact, and a create a truly holistic outcome for families; experience matters. It matters an incredible amount. I’m quite often the last resort for these families. Because they have been given such flakey, bad and short lived solutions by inexperienced ‘professionals’. A baby sleep certification or nursing degree means nothing if you have limited experience with a multitude of families and babies over many years. I learned that the hard way when I started out as a night nanny”. Says Raquel.

Since becoming a Baby Sleep Consultant, Raquel Tara has helped elite athletes, celebrities, doctors, teachers, and coaches both-in Australia and abroad.