Actually Sleeping Helps Exhausted Families Get Babies Sleeping Through the Night

How Actually Sleeping Founded by Samantha Abrahamson, PharmD, Coaches Tired Families Through Real Sleep Change

Coconut Grove, United States – June 23, 2026 / Actually Sleeping /

Actually Sleeping, the pediatric sleep practice founded by Samantha Abrahamson, PharmD, continues to take on a limited number of families at a time as it works to help exhausted parents get their babies sleeping through the night. The practice is built around a coached process rather than a generic sleep course, and it stands behind its work with a results-or-refund promise the company describes as something no other sleep product in the world offers.

The practice was created by Samantha Abrahamson, PharmD, after her own experience as the parent crying at 3 AM because her baby would not sleep. She has described obsessing over sleep during the day, fighting through the night, and trying to piece together advice from books, Google, social media, gadgets, and courses, with none of it giving her the clarity she needed. Actually Sleeping grew out of that gap. Coverage of the practice and its methodology has appeared on national outlets, including a feature on Actually Sleeping describing the science-backed approach behind the program.

The core argument the practice makes to parents is that they are not short on information. They are short on a clear answer. Families today are sold smart bassinets, apps, courses, books, TikTok advice, conflicting schedules, conflicting wake windows, and conflicting opinions about what is normal. According to the practice, most exhausted parents do not need more random information. They need someone who can look at their baby, their schedule, their sleep props, and their exact situation, and give them a plan they can actually follow at 3 AM.

Actually Sleeping organizes the work around what the practice calls the three fires keeping a baby awake. The first is sleep props, defined as anything the baby depends on to fall asleep that then becomes the thing the baby needs again between sleep cycles. The second is over and under tiredness, where the wrong sleep pressure leads to short naps, bedtime battles, night wakings, and a baby who feels impossible to read. The third is unwinnable battles, where without the right plan and coaching, parents accidentally make sleep training harder, longer, and more emotional than it needs to be.

The practice is explicit that its goal is not to hand a family a spreadsheet and walk away. The stated goal is to coach parents through a clear plan so they understand what to do, why it matters, and how to repeat the process with confidence as their child grows. Families who want independent perspective on that experience can review actually sleeping reviews collected through a third-party platform, alongside the client stories the practice publishes from families like Lindsey M. and Marco, Kaylin and Hendrix, and Jaclyn and her triplets.

On the question of method, Actually Sleeping has been direct about what it is not. It is not a cry-it-out program. The practice states that the goal is not to torture the baby or leave parents guessing, but to teach the baby how to fall asleep without unsustainable props, with the right schedule and a parent who understands the plan. Some crying can happen because change is new, but coaching is intended to prevent unnecessary crying and get the result quickly. The practice also confirms that the program works for breastfeeding families. Many clients breastfeed, and Samantha breastfed too. The goal is not to take away breastfeeding. The goal is to stop sleep from depending on feeding, rocking, co-sleeping, or another unsustainable prop.

Actually Sleeping works with babies and children from 0 to 5 years old, depending on the family’s situation and whether the practice believes it can help. The fit conversation is built into the intake. Parents complete a short qualification form, and if the practice believes it can help the baby sleep, the parent speaks with a sleep consultant about the specific situation. The practice has stated that it only works with a limited number of families at a time, so the call is genuinely a fit conversation rather than a sales pitch.

The practice is also clear about who it is not for. Families looking for a magic gadget, a no-change approach, medical advice, or a plan they are not ready to follow consistently are not a fit. According to the practice, the goal is not to enroll everyone. The goal is to help the families the practice truly believes it can support, which is part of why the engagement is structured around a guarantee in the first place.

Parents who want to see the day-to-day work of the practice, including client milestones and educational content, can follow actuallysleeping.com for ongoing updates. The practice has also been featured across media and podcast platforms including Cosmopolitan, GQ, Glamour, Medium, SOS, The Sisterhood of S.W.E.A.T., and Buffer, though the practice has stated that the best proof of the work remains the families who got their nights back.

The guarantee itself is structured as results-or-refund. The practice states that if the family qualifies and they work together and the baby does not end up sleeping, the family gets 100% of their money back and the practice keeps working with them for free. Actually Sleeping describes the guarantee as one of the reasons the practice is selective about who it takes on. It only makes sense for the practice to work with families it genuinely believes it can help.

The broader mission the practice describes is for parents to get their nights back and understand sleep deeply enough to never feel lost again. That includes knowing exactly why the baby was not sleeping, what changed, and how to use that knowledge again in the future as the child grows and sleep needs shift. For families who are done guessing, done doomscrolling, and done feeling like not sleeping is just something they have to accept, the practice positions itself as a coached, accountable alternative to another course bought and abandoned.

About Actually Sleeping

Actually Sleeping is a pediatric sleep practice founded by Samantha Abrahamson, PharmD. The practice offers a coached process for families with babies and children from 0 to 5 years old, built around a custom plan for each child and a results-or-refund promise.