Sleep Consulting Services
Hi, my name is Diane Farkas
I want to take a moment to introduce myself - previous to being a Certified Gentle Sleep Coach®, I worked as an RN in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for over 25 years. Working with the families as they navigated the difficult transition into parenthood via the intensive care that their babies required was the most amazing part of my job.
I was introduced to Kim West’s ‘Sleep Lady Shuffle’ when I helped with my granddaughter’s sleep coaching. It was literally life-changing. I was so impressed by the methodology that I went on to study with Kim and became certified both as a Gentle Sleep Coach® and Gentle Potty Coach®.
Since then, I have worked with hundreds of families in my private practice and through a Telehealth platform focusing on women’s and family health issues.
What Families Say About Working With Me
Sleep training was an absolute game changer for our family. We went from 3+ wakings per night to sleeping through the night in less than 2 weeks. My husband was skeptical that anything could help our sleep situation and when I asked how he thought sleep training with Diane went he said, "life changing!". We did not think that sleeping through the night was even a possibility for our family, but with Diane's guidance and support we were able to follow our custom plan and help Zal figure out the whole sleeping thing. He is happier and we feel like functioning humans again. Not only did we see amazing results, but the process was much gentler than other methods we had tried before. Diane made sure to help us develop a plan that we felt comfortable following. Every step of the way, she was there to talk things through, answer our questions and make adjustments to our plan as needed. Throughout the whole process we felt so supported and confident that we were doing the right thing for our son and family because we had Diane in our corner, constantly cheering us on! I cannot say enough good things about Diane and her sleep coaching skills!
Helen, mom of an 11 month old
We used Diane’s gentle sleep coach training to begin sleep training for our 7-month old daughter. Prior to beginning the training, she needed to be nursed to sleep for both naps and during the night and would wake up sometimes 3-4 times during the night to feed. After 1 week of the training, she was no longer nursing to sleep, but had begun falling asleep on her own after being put down awake in her crib! Throughout every stage of this process, we would have been lost without Diane’s knowledge, advice, empathy, and encouragement. She offered immense expertise around not only sleep training, but babies overall development, and always provided information without judgement or criticism. She made herself readily available to answer any questions we had, and felt like a true ally in coming up with plans and strategies to help us all achieve more and better sleep! I would highly recommend Diane’s services to anyone considering sleep training their child!
Trinity, mom of a 7 month old
Diane’s help with sleep coaching changed my world! As a super nervous first time mom, I was convinced I had “ruined things” by allowing my 5 month old daughter to co-sleep and holding her during naps. I wanted to “sleep train” and get my daughter in her own crib/room so I could have a life again but was terrified . Diane not only coached me on what to do with the baby but helped us as parents with the mental stress of getting your baby to sleep. She was very available and helped us everyday modify our plan to what worked best for our family. Within a couple weeks, our baby went from nursing 8 times a night and never having slept in a crib to sleeping 12 hours in her crib with only one feeding (by choice)! I would highly recommend Diane for a personalized approach -one size fits all to sleep coaching isn’t the only way!
Keely, mama of a 5 month old
Our work with Diane completely changed our reality! Before working with her, our girl was still waking up every two hours (at 21 months) and Mom would need to nurse her back down to sleep. After nearly two years of this kind of sleep deprivation, something needed to change. We were hesitant to use any kind of sleep training but this method felt gentler than others. Diane held our hand the whole way through the process. Admittedly we were daunted at the beginning, but after a few days, we began to see changes and then soon enough our girl began sleeping through the night! We couldn't believe it. Thank you Diane for your compassionate care and helping our whole household get better sleep! We are very grateful!
Alia, mama of 21 month old
Before connecting with Diane, our baby had been waking 3 to 5 times a night for a couple of months. The amount of sleep we were getting was no longer sustainable and we were desperate for a solution. We also felt very lost in the world of sleep training. One thing we did know was that we did not want to have our baby “cry it out” at night - we wanted a more gentle approach.
Diane’s gentle approach to addressing our babies sleep is exactly what we were looking for! Working with her has given us skills that we will be able to use with our baby as she grows. Our baby is now able to connect her sleep cycles and we have seen leaps of improvement in both our baby’s daytime naps and night time sleep!
Diane is extremely knowledgeable and explained to us essential information regarding sleep but also baby development! She was incredibly supportive throughout the entire sleep training process and really took the time to address our concerns or areas we were struggling in. We could not have done it without her and we are so happy to have found her!
Samantha, mama of 6 month old
