positive change
in the lives of the
YOUNG CHILDREN
in your family
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- Conscious Discipline®
- for parents of young children
- for educators of young children
- Gentle
Sleep Coach®

You adore your baby but you're so short on sleep, it's hard to enjoy this precious time as much as you'd like. Days blur by in a sleep-deprived haze, and you're not entirely yourself: you're low on energy and instead of the love you feel, too often snap at those closest to you.
You're not alone! We understand, and we have a solution that can allow you and your baby to enjoy more sleep, quickly.
A gentler sleep solution that works
Ripple founder Jessica Shields Flowers isn't just the only Conscious Discipline® Certified Instructor in South Carolina, she's a Gentle Sleep® Coach.
Certified by Gentle Sleep founder Kim West, who pioneered a practical and entirely different sleep approach for babies 18 years ago, Jessica specializes in showing you how to lovingly and gently teach your baby how to fall asleep, stay asleep, and go back to sleep on her own.
You read that correctly! The ability to deliberately go to sleep is a learned skill, and even at such a tender age, your baby has an incredible ability to learn.
How does Gentle Sleep work?
The Gentle Sleep system centers on a gentle and guilt-free teaching approach that has been praised by Dr. Phil, The Today Show, CNN, Good Morning America, NBC Nightly News, TLC, and pediatricians... and most importantly, it has earned rave reviews from grateful parents.
"Let me say THANK YOU for your amazing program. I still can hardly believe how gentle, effective and FAST it was..." ~ Nikole
With a 95% success rate, the Gentle Sleep approach is a compassionate improvement over allowing your bewildered baby to cry until she (or he) has exhausted herself into a stupor, buying you a few guilty but desperately needed minutes of rest.
Instead, Jessica will help you show your baby she can count on you to be there if she needs help. You'll help her learn sleep independence in increments, with continued reassurance, comfort, and support from you.
We'll walk you through your new approach. After all, when your mind and body are crying out for sleep, the last thing you want to do is wade through textbooks, complicated instructions, or a long list of research material.
Gentle Sleep doesn't end abruptly as your baby grows, either. Jessica will provide you with age-specific advice for the first six years, including the sleep challenges your child is likely to face at different life stages or during events like moving from a crib to a bed or sleeping away from home during a vacation, and how to handle each one.
She'll also cover situations unique to your family, like sharing a room with a sibling.
What if I'm not in South Carolina?
You can still rest easy!
While Ripple's offices are located in Charleston, SC, Jessica works with parents across the country. If you're here, Jessica is often available to meet with you in person, but she also walks parents through the Gentle Sleep approach by phone, email, or Skype.
Never having been a believer in the "one size fits all" approach, she'll tailor your sleep consultations to your family's specific needs, and is available to answer your individual questions via phone, email, or Skype as well.
Note: we also recommend the Trixie Tracker app for parents across the US or anywhere in the world. Trixie Tracker is a user-friendly web and mobile tool that can help parents uncover and understand patterns in a baby's sleep and daily schedules, and it's free to try for two weeks.
Enjoy a good night's sleep at last—along with your baby! Contact Jessica to get started.
Gentle Sleep® is a registered trademark of Kim West. All rights reserved.
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