For when your baby’s sleep feels broken, the crying seems endless, and nothing seems to be working —

Neuroprotective Developmental Care Infant & Parent Consult


A one-to-one, evidence-informed consultation with a qualified practitioner to help you understand what’s going on for your baby, reduce the noise of conflicting advice, and explore practical, flexible ways forward — without sleep training or rigid routines.

Neuroprotective Developmental Care (NDC)  is an evidence-informed approach that supports parents to care for their baby in ways that work with infant development and biology — rather than trying to control or override it.

It offers a different starting point from much mainstream parenting advice. Instead of rigid rules or one “right” way, NDC supports flexibility, experimentation, and decision-making that fits your baby, your values, and your family’s capacity.

NDC places a strong emphasis on responsive caregiving and aims to reduce unnecessary pressure around things like sleep and crying. Rather than treating these as problems to be fixed, they’re understood in the context of development, nervous system regulation, and a baby’s individual needs.

With a focus on neuroprotection and wellbeing, NDC supports both babies and parents — helping families feel more confident, less overwhelmed, and better equipped to navigate early parenthood without losing trust in themselves.

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Parents come to NDC-consults for many different reasons…

Some are looking for support because their baby cries a lot, seems unsettled, or sleep feels like a pastime. Others are feeling overwhelmed by advice and unsure which voices to listen to — or worried that trying to follow everything is making things harder, not easier.

Many parents arrive feeling:

  • Pulled in different directions by conflicting guidance

  • Unsure what’s normal versus what needs support

  • Hesitant to commit to a rigid program or method, or the current routine is just not working for anyone

  • Worried about getting it wrong

  • Tired of advice that doesn’t quite fit their baby and values

Often, it’s not one single issue — but a sense that things feel harder than expected, and they want help understanding what’s going on and what might help next.

What Happens in an NDC Consult

This is a one-to-one, evidence-informed consult focused on helping you understand what’s going on for your baby — and what might help next.

During the session, we’ll:

  • Talk through what you’re seeing with sleep, crying, feeding, or unsettled behaviour

  • Make sense of these patterns in the context of infant development and biology

  • Reduce the noise of conflicting advice and narrow things down to what actually applies to your baby, family and values

  • Explore practical, flexible options to support regulation, rest and a reasonable routine— without sleep training or rigid routines

  • Help you decide what feels worth trying, what to ignore, and what to let go of

The aim isn’t to give you a strict plan or another method to follow. It’s to help you feel clearer, steadier, and more confident — with practical ideas you can experiment with and adapt over time.

This session is not intense therapy or a long term commitment. It’s a contained, thoughtful conversation designed to help you leave feeling clearer, steadier, and more confident in your next steps.

***After booking, you’ll receive a short optional questionnaire to help us understand what’s most important to focus on — so the session can be used well without you needing to organise your thoughts in advance***

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$199

Limited Time Only, now:

$149

This is a standalone session, designed to be complete in its own right.

What You’ll Walk Away With

While every session is different, most parents leave with:

  • A clearer sense of what actually makes sense for their baby and family right now

  • More confidence in their decisions, with less second-guessing

  • Practical next steps they feel comfortable trying — rather than a long list of things they “should” do

  • Less mental noise from competing advice and opinions

  • Language to explain their choices or needs more clearly (to partners, family, or professionals)

The aim isn’t to fix everything in one conversation. It’s to help you leave feeling steadier, clearer, and better able to move forward — without feeling dismissed or overloaded.

This session is NOT:

This session is designed to be clear, contained, and genuinely helpful — so we think it’s also important to be upfront about what it isn’t.

  • It’s not intensive counselling or psychotherapy

  • It’s not crisis or emergency mental health support

  • It’s not a prescriptive sleep-training or “fix everything with some magic cure-all advice” consult

  • It’s not surface-level reassurance or generic advice you can get online

  • It’s not ongoing support disguised as a one-off session

***If it becomes clear that a different kind of support would be more appropriate, we’ll help you think through next steps thoughtfully and honestly.***

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Parents come to this session for many different reasons. Some arrive with very practical questions (like how to respond to crying, settling, feeding, or daily rhythms). Others are feeling overloaded by advice, unsure which voices to listen to, or uncertain about what support actually fits their family.

    Often, it’s a mix of both. At the centre of it is usually the same question: given everything I know and am being told — what should we actually do next?

  • Yes. Parents book this session both during pregnancy and in the early weeks and months after birth. The focus is always on your current situation and the decisions in front of you — not on fitting you into a particular stage.

  • Absolutely. Many parents bring questions about crying, settling, feeding, routines, or day-to-day challenges. Rather than offering one-size-fits-all advice, the session helps you think through what might fit your baby, values, and capacity — and clarify what’s worth trying next.

  • That’s very common. You don’t need to arrive with a clear question or agenda. Some parents book precisely because they feel unsettled or unsure what kind of support would even help. We start with whatever feels most present and work from there.

  • No. This session isn’t counselling or psychotherapy, and it’s not a crisis or emergency service. It’s a contained, evidence-informed conversation focused on helping you make sense of your situation and decide what direction feels right. If it becomes clear that a different kind of support would be more appropriate, we’ll help you think that through.

  • Yes, please do! Some parents find it helpful to have their partner/ another person present, especially when decisions, expectations, or next steps need to be aligned. Others prefer to attend on their own. Both are completely fine.

  • No. The Virtual Clarity Session is designed to be complete in its own right. Some families later choose additional support; many don’t. There is no expectation or pressure to continue.

  • After booking, you’ll receive a short optional questionnaire to help us understand what feels most important to focus on. It’s designed to save time and make the session more useful — especially if things feel hard to organise in advance.

  • We take this work seriously, and our intention is always that the session feels worthwhile and respectful of your time and investment.

    If you leave the session feeling that it genuinely wasn’t helpful for you, we invite you to let us know. We’ll talk it through and work out a fair next step.

If this feels like the right next step:

You don’t need to have everything figured out before booking.


This session is designed to meet you where you are and help you move forward with more clarity and confidence.

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