About Your Consultant
The Full Story
Hi, I'm Harlee Maddocks - toddler mom, special education early intervention teacher, and of course a pediatric sleep consultant. Throughout my pregnancy with both of my angel babies and my earthside girl, Ellen, I had this fear in the back of my mind that I wasn't cut out for motherhood because I never functioned well without sleep. How was I going to survive? Would I even be a good mother?
Fast forward to March of 2022 ↓
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My daughter was born and all of my fears came to light. I was getting minimal sleep and overall just not feeling well. I felt postpartum depression and anxiety creeping in. I had a rage inside of me that I didn't know was even possible...and it scared me. I noticed that on days after the worst nights, my "mom rage" would get so bad that I was afraid to even pick up my daughter. I would call my husband or mom, they would come home, and I would feel like the worst mom in the world.
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Was this it? Was this what motherhood was supposed to be? If it was, I wasn't accepting it. Something had to change.
When my daughter was 5.5 months old, I made the decision to transition her to her own room and formally sleep train her. I had used gentle newborn strategies that had her sleeping 11 hours by 12 weeks, but her noisy baby sleep still kept me from really sleeping at night.
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I chose a method that I now coach on called Check and Console. Within three days, Ellen was sleeping solidly through the night in her crib. I was laying her down and leaving the room. That first night, I laid down in bed and watched TV with my husband for the first time in almost 6 months. I woke up the next morning and drank my coffee...by myself while it was still hot. I showered without worrying about waking her up. I got ready for work without juggling an infant and her constant need to be attached to me.
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I felt free.
Once Ellen began being a stellar sleeper, my friends were reaching out to me wanting to know what I had done and how they could do it. I began supporting them in teaching their babies how to sleep independently, and after the third friend I decided to start doing some research.
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What I found was that sleep consulting was a whole industry. My soul was set on fire and I haven't turned back since.
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I enrolled with the Center for Pediatric Sleep Management and began the process of becoming certified in baby sleep. After that, Rested Remedies was born.
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...and the rest is history.
And now I support moms from all over the world while they help their babies 0 - 3 years old learn the skills necessary to sleep through the night.
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I transform moms from sleeping in 1-2 hour stretches to sleeping solidly through the night while their baby sleeps 11-12 in their own sleep space. Whether you are breast or bottle feeding, room sharing or in your own rooms, I have a strategy that will leave you rested, happy, and present with your baby in less than 14 days.