Raquel stays overnight so you can rest — personalised, hands-on support for your whole family.
Respectful Sleep Training with Overnight Support
4-Night Sleep & Nap Integration Program with Overnight Support, Daytime Nap Coaching + 14 Days Follow-Up
$
5333
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4 nights of overnight support and 2 days of daytime nap coaching.
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Work in Person in Your Home with Australia’s Most Experienced Baby Sleep Consultant Raquel Tara
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Raquel works with your baby over 4 nights and 2 days. The first day of naps remains flexible. She then spends two daytime periods establishing your baby’s daytime sleep patterns in their sleeping space while guiding parents through cot settling and nap routines
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Ongoing phone, text, video and audio support for 14 days after Raquel leaves your home
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Most suited to babies 8+ weeks
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Add 50% after 1 child for multiples
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Rate includes up to 60 minutes return travel from Raquel Tara Baby Sleep Consultant HQ in Ballina, Byron Shire NSW. Additional travel time is charged from $100 per hour thereafter. Primary service areas include Byron Bay, Northern Rivers, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra. Raquel operates as a FIFO baby sleep consultant and will consider travel to locations across Australia upon application. Travel fees are based primarily on airfares, car hire and accommodation at the time of booking.
BOOKING REQUEST
Booking requests will be confirmed within 24 hours. If urgent assistance is required please call the number below.
Comprehensive 4–5 Night Overnight Support + 14 Days Follow-Up
Raquel’s specialised overnight service focuses exclusively on in-home sleep support for newborn babies up to 12 months. This service is not available beyond this age range.
This is a comprehensive sleep coaching program, including preparation, in-home support, and follow-up guidance.
Most families find that meaningful and lasting improvements in sleep require several days of consistency. For this reason, Raquel works with families over a minimum of 4 nights of in-home overnight support, allowing changes to be established, repeated, and integrated before parents take over.
For babies over 6 months (particularly up to 12 months), choosing the 5-night option is strongly recommended. At this stage, sleep habits are more established, and a baby’s attachment to their current way of getting to sleep is stronger. Daytime sleep — especially naps — also typically takes longer to fully integrate.
A 4-night stay creates excellent progress. Choosing 5 nights allows more time for naps to be fully guided and integrated, supporting a smoother transition once Raquel leaves.
Respectful Sleep Training with Overnight Support
5-Night Sleep & Nap Integration Program with Overnight Support, Daytime Nap Coaching + 14 Days Follow-Up
$
6610
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Often chosen by families wanting additional in-home coaching time and the most complete sleep integration before Raquel leaves your home.
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Includes an additional night of overnight support and a further day of in-home nap coaching, allowing more time for hands-on guidance before Raquel leaves your home.
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Work in person in your home with Australia’s most experienced baby sleep consultant, Raquel Tara
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Raquel works with your baby over 5 nights and 3 days. The first day of naps remains flexible. She then spends three daytime periods establishing your baby’s daytime sleep patterns in their sleeping space while guiding parents through cot settling and nap routines
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Ongoing phone, text, video and audio support for 14 days after Raquel leaves your home
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Most Suited to babies 8+ weeks
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Add 50% after one child for multiples
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Rate includes up to 60 minutes return travel from Raquel Tara Baby Sleep Consultant HQ in Ballina, Byron Shire NSW. Additional travel time is charged from $100 per hour thereafter. Primary service areas include Byron Bay, Northern Rivers, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra. Raquel operates as a FIFO baby sleep consultant and will consider travel to locations across Australia upon application. Travel fees are based primarily on airfares, car hire and accommodation at the time of booking.
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Before Your Start Date
Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive your Welcome Pack and preparation materials.
You will then complete your intake notes, which Raquel reviews to create a personalised plan for your baby.
A preliminary video consultation is scheduled, and you begin making small, guided adjustments before the stay begins.
Email support is available during this time, with replies within 24–48 hours.
What Happens During the Stay
Afternoon 1 / Night 1
Raquel arrives in the afternoon (approximately 4pm).
Time is spent getting to know your baby through calm play and observation, while offering guidance around interaction, play, and early regulation.
This allows both you and your baby to become familiar with Raquel before the night begins.
Once your bedtime routine is complete, Raquel takes over all settling.
Your baby is supported to fall asleep in the cot, with Raquel remaining present until your baby is asleep.
Overnight, all wakes are responded to and settled consistently, while parents rest and Raquel carries out the overnight work.
A debrief is provided once your baby is asleep.
Night 2
Less hands-on settling is required as your baby begins to process falling asleep without previous sleep associations.
Overnight responses remain consistent.
Naps remain flexible and low-pressure at this stage, with the focus continuing to be on overnight sleep consolidation.
Night 3
By this stage, many babies are settling more readily, beginning to accept the cot as their sleep space, and showing longer overnight stretches.
Raquel continues to carry out the overnight support.
Nights 4–5
These nights allow for further consolidation and repetition, more stable overnight sleep patterns, and deeper integration before parents take over.
Families who choose 5 nights are typically wanting additional in-home support, more time for changes to fully embed, and the most complete integration before transition.
Daytime Nap Coaching
During your stay, Raquel supports your baby’s daytime sleep by establishing appropriate awake windows, guiding cot-based nap settling, and helping you understand nap timing and rhythm.
Naps are introduced gradually and without pressure, and typically consolidate after night sleep is established.
After the Stay
For the following 14 days, you receive extended phone, text, and voice support (9am–9pm).
This support period is designed to guide the integration of your baby’s current sleep changes, based on their age and developmental stage at the time of your stay.
At the conclusion of this support period, a wrap-up consultation is scheduled. This 20-30 minute session is designed to review progress and consolidate your approach, along with providing general guidance for upcoming changes such as illness, travel, and nap transitions.
This is not a consultation for new or future-stage sleep challenges. Personalised guidance for developmental transitions (such as 3–2 or 2–1 nap changes), or resets after illness or travel, is available through booked consultations.
Sleep needs and patterns naturally evolve as your baby grows. Ongoing guidance beyond this period is available and recommended as new developmental stages arise.
Additional consultations are available exclusively to existing clients at $222 for up to 60 minutes, and can typically be booked within 7 days.
Expected Outcomes
Families experience significantly reduced night waking, improved ability for baby to settle and resettle, and longer overnight sleep stretches (typically 8–11 hours).
Outcomes vary depending on age, feeding, temperament, and developmental stage.
Progress is guided and adjusted in real time.
How to Decide Between 4 or 5 Nights
The 4-night program is a complete sleep integration program, where settling is assessed and adjusted in real time based on your baby’s responses, age, temperament, and current sleep associations.
The 5-night program allows for additional in-home support, more repetition, and further consolidation before parents take over.
Families who choose 5 nights are typically wanting more time for changes to fully embed before Raquel leaves.
Booking & Commitment
Due to limited availability and the nature of this work, bookings are confirmed upon payment, and dates are held only once payment is received.
Availability may change at any time prior to confirmation.
Once your booking request is accepted, you will be required to confirm and pay promptly to secure your dates.
The Process
Your journey begins by submitting a booking request.
Raquel will review your details and confirm suitability and availability.
Your dates are secured upon payment.
You will then receive your Welcome Pack and intake notes.
A preliminary consultation is scheduled, and preparation begins.
Raquel works with your family in your home over 4–5 nights.
Following the stay, you receive 14 days of follow-up support to guide integration.
Important Notes
This personalised program includes preparation and follow-up support and is different to newborn or respite services.
Extending your stay once commenced is rarely possible due to availability.
All caregivers must be aligned before booking.
Sleep coaching cannot proceed during illness.
This is a FIFO baby sleep coaching service & travel fees apply.
Respectful Sleep Training with Overnight Support
5-Night Sleep & Nap Integration Program with Overnight Support, Daytime Nap Coaching + 14 Days Follow-Up
$
6610
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Often chosen by families wanting additional in-home coaching time and the most complete sleep integration before Raquel leaves your home.
-
Includes an additional night of overnight support and a further day of in-home nap coaching, allowing more time for hands-on guidance before Raquel leaves your home.
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Work in person in your home with Australia’s most experienced baby sleep consultant, Raquel Tara
-
Raquel works with your baby over 5 nights and 3 days. The first day of naps remains flexible. She then spends three daytime periods establishing your baby’s daytime sleep patterns in their sleeping space while guiding parents through cot settling and nap routines
-
Ongoing phone, text, video and audio support for 14 days after Raquel leaves your home
-
Most Suited to babies 8+ weeks
-
Add 50% after one child for multiples
-
Rate includes up to 60 minutes return travel from Raquel Tara Baby Sleep Consultant HQ in Ballina, Byron Shire NSW. Additional travel time is charged from $100 per hour thereafter. Primary service areas include Byron Bay, Northern Rivers, Gold Coast, Brisbane, Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra. Raquel operates as a FIFO baby sleep consultant and will consider travel to locations across Australia upon application. Travel fees are based primarily on airfares, car hire and accommodation at the time of booking.
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Common Questions Before Booking
Isn’t 10 weeks too young to sleep train?
At around 10 weeks, I’m not “sleep training” in the way most people imagine. There is no expectation of self-settling, no rigid schedules, and no removal of feeds that are still developmentally needed.
My work with younger babies is focused on observation, nervous system regulation, and gently shaping the conditions that support longer stretches of overnight sleep. This includes supporting appropriate feeding rhythms, reducing overtiredness, improving settling environments, and helping babies transition away from habits that may become problematic later if left unchecked.
For some babies, this may include maintaining an overnight feed. For others, it may involve adjusting how sleep begins, how wakes are responded to, or how much stimulation and assistance is needed to settle.
The goal at this age is not complete independence but supporting the babies to relax enough to “let sleep come”. I work in a way that is aligned with your baby’s developmental stage, and in doing so many families experience significant improvements in overnight sleep.
What we focus on is always guided by your baby’s age, weight, temperament, and individual sleep needs, and is discussed in detail during the preliminary consultation before any booking is confirmed.
Does your approach use cry it out? We prefer to comfort our baby when he is distressed. Are you able to let me know a bit more about how you help them settle during the first night of observation?
Nobody likes hearing a baby cry, but as I sense you realise, there’s quite a difference between “crying it out” alone for extended periods and crying with a caregiver present. My aim is to help your baby relax in their own way so sleep can come—often, that involves crying.
With vocal babies, I use these moments to show I’m listening—through words, touch, or eye contact. If they resist being held, I calmly help them settle in the cot, letting them know it’s safe to be there, safe to cry, and that I’m present. Crying is a valid expression; my role is to support, not silence it.
At bedtime, I stay until they’re asleep, helping them work through the frustration of falling asleep without feeding or sucking. My respectful parenting (RIE) background means we also address crying during the day, treating it with the same respect as laughter. You’ll receive resources on baby development and emotional regulation before I arrive.
By Night 3 or 4—if the first few nights go typically, and longer stretches of sleep appear—we may allow some crying without a parent present. By now, your baby knows they can fall asleep without someone “doing something” to help, and we give them space to integrate that skill. We intervene only if they become overwhelmed, not simply vocal.
By the time I leave, parents are more rested and confident, and able to tell the difference between yelling and true distress. Sometimes we wait up to 10 minutes before they settle, but on average, most relax into sleep within 10–20 minutes by bedtime on Night 4.
Moving forward, I advise parents to wait a full ten minutes before going in to offer support. By Night 4, most babies have learned enough, that going in sooner often interrupts their process. Sometimes they’re just about to fall asleep, or even crying in their sleep—much like adults talking in theirs—and early intervention wakes them fully.
I won’t ask you to wait if your baby is truly distressed, but I will encourage you to pause unless that’s the case. If the idea of exploring waiting feels too uncomfortable, my approach may not be for you. Sleep is important, and babies don’t need rescuing from the normal struggle of learning to fall asleep. I don’t want to mislead you into thinking that this is parent present hands on sleep coaching for the full duration of the training. To help infants realise how capable they are, we need to give them the space to explore their capabilities.
Do you stay with them the whole time or just go into the room when they start crying? Or is it just watching the baby monitor and identifying the different types of crying that he has?
On the first night, I stay until your baby is asleep, then respond when they cry overnight—after checking the monitor to see if it’s sleep-crying or escalating. I wait 2–5 minutes, sometimes up to 10, before going in.
The goal isn’t self-settling yet, but showing your baby they can sleep without nursing or sucking, or being held to sleep. I use what worked at bedtime to resettle and leave only once they’re asleep again.
The next night, based on the previous night’s results, I may leave before sleep or take a hands-off but present approach. There’s no leaving a baby to cry while overtly dis-regulated; cuddling to calm the highly dis-regulated cry is an option I sometimes use.
Many of my families have sensitive, vocal children—often with newborn trauma—who signal loudly. And parents can feel very reactive to this because of their own trauma faced through these unfortunate experiences. I help parents see this as communication, not always distress, and respond in ways that build security.
Much of this learning happens through day time play—during nappy changes, feeding, and floor time—so babies learn their emotions are safe to express and navigate.
We’ve had other baby sleep assistance / sleep training / sleep coaching attempts. What happens if the sleep training is unsuccessful?
I’m a FIFO Mary Poppins for babies, blending practical support with insight from a multitude of families, as well as very wise mentors. As Woo Woo as it sounds, the babies I work with choose me, just like they chose you.
Many parents think their baby will be the one I can’t help—often because they feel they’ve tried everything. About half my clients come after other consultants or sleep schools didn’t work. Most of the time their babies are deeply communicative. They have a lot to express. They have strong points of view. And their parents have struggled with this for a myriad of reasons. This mixed in with sleep deprivation and information overload leads to feelings of destitute.
I consult AND then coach in person hands on in your home; guiding parents to understand why strategies work—not just what to do. Once families invest and commit to understanding my recommendations from the start, and learn more about their child’s unique communication, progress happens.
Infant sleep is more than bedtime routines. It’s shaped by your beliefs about sleep, your relationship with crying, feeding patterns, daylight exposure, and how awake hours unfold. Half the value on offer is the respite—having an experienced professional handle the hardest parts while allowing for you to rest, and integrate the coaching, and develop confidence in your approach. So after I leave, the ongoing guidance, and support makes more sense.
I don’t offer a single settling method like sleep schools, or just 1:1 method instructions like many consultants. I bring in-home, personalised, psychology-based coaching on infant communication and temperament. We explore how you handle crying—during sleep and play—staying curious in learning what your child has to say instead of rushing to stop it. Many babies cry to release tension, and that release in loving arms or presence of a caregiver can be deeply healing.
I help parents see how their own childhood shapes their responses, and many find the respectful parenting principles I draw on—such as listening to crying as much as listening to laughing—transform how they care for their child long after we finish working together.
I can’t promise you won’t be the one family my overnight support doesn’t work for, even after 20 years. But if what I’ve shared resonates and you feel a true sense of relief at finding me, there’s a strong chance you’ll be able to trust me—and once you trust a coach, you become coachable, which is the trajectory to success.
For some insight into my work with parents and infants when they cry during play, you can view the examples below:
Baby 3 months
Baby 6–8 months
Will I receive ongoing guidance as my baby grows?
Your support period is designed to guide the integration of your baby’s current sleep changes during the 14 days following your stay, based on their age and developmental stage at that time.
As your baby grows, their sleep needs will naturally change. The support provided does not extend beyond this period or cover future developmental stages.
Ongoing guidance — including extended support beyond the initial 14 days — is available exclusively to previous clients. Consultations are $222 and include up to 60 minutes of support.
Many families choose to reconnect at key developmental stages — such as nap transitions, post-illness resets, or periods of increased sleep resistance — to refine their approach as their baby grows.
Will my baby sleep through the night?
After working with Raquel, families typically experience significant improvements in overnight sleep, including longer stretches and reduced waking.
However, sleep is influenced by age, feeding, and development, and not all babies will sleep a full 12 hours overnight.
The goal is to support your baby to settle, resettle, and sleep with minimal intervention, in a way that is appropriate for their developmental stage.
