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Chrissy Lawler

Chrissy Lawler

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Licensed Family Therapist & Founder of The Peaceful Sleeper

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Chrissy Lawler is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT, MS), USA Today bestselling author, and the founder of The Peaceful Sleeper — a science-backed, therapy-led approach to baby sleep training trusted by parents across the country.


With over 15 years of clinical experience as a therapist, Chrissy noticed that sleep deprivation was a consistent thread running through the mental health struggles of her clients. That insight led her to pursue advanced training in sleep medicine, where she found that many of the emotional and behavioral challenges parents and children face are directly tied to inadequate sleep. She built The Peaceful Sleeper Method to address both — combining her clinical background in developmental psychology, attachment theory, and family systems with practical, flexible sleep training frameworks that actually work.


The Peaceful Sleeper Method is a proven sleep training framework rooted in developmental psychology that honors parental intuition, giving parents the tools to help their child sleep while deepening their connection. Unlike rigid one-size-fits-all approaches, Chrissy's method adapts to each baby's temperament and each family's needs — offering gradual, modified, and accelerated routes so parents can choose the path that fits their instincts and their situation.


Chrissy has been featured as a sleep and parenting expert in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Good Morning America, Newsweek, and more. Her work has helped tens of thousands of families end exhausting nights, build stronger parent-child bonds, and finally feel confident in the newborn and infant stage.


Her goal is simple: to help parents enjoy parenthood — not just endure it.

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Aug 12, 20268 min
Teething and Sleep Disruption: How to Help Your Baby
Your baby sailed through bedtime without a fuss for weeks…and then last night happened. She woke every hour, cried inconsolably, and refused to settle no matter what you tried. This morning, you spotted a tiny white bump on her lower gum and thought: of course, it was teething all along. But was it really just the tooth, or could something else be going on? Teething sleep disruption happens— but it's also one of the most misunderstood phases of early parenthood. Many parents blame weeks of...

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Aug 9, 20268 min
Nightlights for Newborns: Helpful or Harmful?
You're three weeks postpartum, stumbling through your bedroom at 2 a.m. with a crying baby, trying not to trip over the bassinet wheel or knock over your water bottle. The question isn't whether your newborn needs a nightlight — it's whether you can safely navigate these overnight hours without one. Most baby sleep advice gets this backward: nightlights for newborns are rarely about the baby at all. New parents face a real tension between creating the dark environment babies sleep best in and...

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Aug 6, 20268 min
2 Year Olds and Sleep: A Complete Guide for Parents
Your 2-year-old used to go down like clockwork. Now bedtime takes an hour and a half, complete with negotiations about which stuffed animal gets to sleep closest to the pillow. Or maybe your toddler falls asleep fine but wakes up at 2 a.m., ready to chat about dinosaurs for two hours straight. If this sounds familiar, you’ve come to the right place! Sleep at age 2 often gets messier before it gets better. This is because their brain is doing exactly what it's supposed to do: grow, imagine,...

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