Better sleep starts now.

• Sombelle isn't a static, stand-alone program. It's an online self-guided clinic where advice and strategies are regularly updated to reflect best practice and to align with best available evidence. 
• Sombelle is written by experts whose entire professional focus is on paediatric behavioural sleep medicine. We are not General Practitioners, Paediatricians, or Nurses that have an interest in sleep, rather, our careers and expertise, including our postdoctoral and clinical work, centres entirely on sleep. We know sleep inside out, back to front! We carry out sleep science and publish our findings.
• All approaches included in Sombelle are safe for infant mental health and will not damage infant-parent attachment. You will even be guided on how to develop your own approach, based around your preferences and current situation.
• Sombelle gives parents the why not just the what. This means we explain the science behind sleep to empower you to choose the strategy or approach you will try with your baby. It’s flexible, because every parent, and every baby, is different.
• Sombelle members have fast-tracked access to our busy sleep clinic. You can book a one-on-one coaching call with Dr Fallon if you need enhanced support (additional fees apply).

Of course. Being responsive, calm, and predictable when helping your baby adjust to a new sleep plan, is crucial for helping your baby learn new skills, whilst also feeling secure and loved. Our approaches are grounded in science.

Good quality sleep is an important component of mental health right across the lifespan. When you support your baby to make improvements to their sleep, you are setting them up for good sleep and good mental health.

The Sombelle 4-12 month program is best suited to babies aged from 15 weeks to 12 months (inclusive). If your baby is 14 weeks or younger, we suggest purchasing Sombelle for babies 0-3 months.

If your baby is 13 months or older, stay tuned for our Toddler program releasing late 2023, or book in to our sleep clinic.

No. You don't ever need to leave your baby alone to cry. Frequent reassurance is not only possible, but actually recommended.

If you want to stay beside your baby while they fall asleep, that's fine.

We would never guarantee that your baby won't cry, because crying is a normal part of development and can happen any time for any reason.

If you are trying to make big changes to how your baby falls asleep it's likely they will use their voice to tell you they'd prefer to fall asleep the old way.

Babies can cry when we make even very small changes to how we care for them.

Sombelle aims to reduce crying and gives parents strategies for coping with crying.

This will depend on the age of your baby, the changes you are trying to make, and what strategies you choose to implement.

Some common goals parents achieve whilst following Sombelle include:

• Their baby happily falling asleep in their cot.
• Easier settling that requires less intense hands-on support from a parent.
• Fewer or even no night time wake ups, depending on the age of your baby.
• Reduced time taken to fall asleep.
• Their baby transitioning to a safe sleep environment.
• Happier, better rested babies!
• Happier, better rested parents!

Absolutely. You can access Sombelle through your web browser on any device. Sombelle runs on software that is developed to run seamlessly across any device. So if you need to tune in while breastfeeding or toddler wrangling, we got you!

We suggest starting with Sombelle first, because it is designed to cover everything we would go through with you in the clinic (plus more!), and should be more than enough to resolve most sleep and settling difficulties. Should you need additional support, you'll have fast-tracked access to our clinic via 25-minute coaching calls with Dr Fallon, which can be booked from within the Sombelle program (additional $145 fee applies).

However, if you prefer to see us in the clinic (in-person or via Telehealth), rather than joining Sombelle, you are more than welcome. In the clinic we will see you for an initial appointment ($295), where we do a very thorough assessment, plus a review appointment ($275) 2-3 weeks later. The clinic often has a 4-6 week wait time. You can check our availability and make an appointment here. 

You can access your Sombelle program for 12 months from the date of purchase. If you have subsequent children and would like to renew your access, we can arrange another 12 months access for an $80 fee. Email us at [email protected]

You'll have fast-tracked access to our sleep clinic! Sombelle members can book 25-minute coaching calls with Dr Fallon if needed (additional fees apply). Some sleep difficulties are so challenging or complex that individualised support is needed. 

The Sombelle content is a great way to enrich your knowledge about your child's sleep whilst also seeing Dr Fallon or Dr Laura for clinic appointments. Many parents like to read more in-depth content about sleep between appointments, and many sign up to Sombelle to start work on sleep while waiting for their initial appointment.

There is a lot of content in Sombelle that is hard to cover fully in an appointment, due to time constraints. So if you are the type of parent who likes to be across everything in lots of detail, then you'll enjoy Sombelle.