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About Us

Welcome!

We’re Pam and Elisa, co-owners of Restful Parenting

At Restful Parenting, we bring you over 15 years of experience working with children of all ages and their parents. We are both Early Childhood Educators and Infant and Child Sleep Consultants and have extensive experience in early childhood development as well as a natural ability to understand children and their sleep. After many years in the childcare field we recognize how important healthy sleep is as we have seen firsthand the effects of sleep deprivation. By establishing healthy sleep habits in the children that we cared for we were able to see a significant change in their day to day interactions. Working so closely with and teaching many families the importance of sleep we quickly realized that we had a true passion for working with children and families to help everyone get the sleep they need.

Our calm, nurturing personalities have given us the ability to be able to support varying family dynamics as well as individual temperaments in both children and adults. We know how difficult it can be to reach out and ask for support and we know how difficult it can be to function and be the parent you would like to be with little to no sleep. We genuinely care about our families and we want you to know that you are not alone and that there is help! It is never too late to work on sleep.

Restful Parenting is partnered with Jennifer Taun MSW RSW from North Bay Counselling.  We are always striving to enhance our services to our clientele.  For more information Click here (RP and North Bay Counseling Sleep and Pa)

Meet Pam

Pam lives in North Bay with her husband and 4 children aged 11-19 years old. She services the Northern Ontario region for in-person consultations and classes, and all services are available via phone and Skype across North America.

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Meet Elisa

Elisa lives in Ottawa with her husband and 2 children ages 9 and 13 years. She covers Ottawa and surrounding areas for in-person consultations and classes, and all services are available via phone and Skype across North America.

Teachings and Trainings

Both Pam and Elisa have the following certifications.

  • Early Childhood Education – Algonquin College
  • Maternity, Infant and Child Sleep Consultant – International Maternity and Parenting Institute
  • Happiest Baby on the Block Instructor
  • Hand in Hand Parenting by Connection training
  • Breastfeeding Peer Support Volunteer
  • DONA Trained Postnatal Doula
  • Completed Comprehensive Workshop on Pediatric Nutrition and Feeding

We look forward to guiding your family back to happier days
and restful nights!

What our Clients are Saying

  • We have been resourcing Elisa from when our son was 15 months to present, 3 years old. Her techniques are extremely supportive and compassionate. She was especially easy to contact and to stay in touch with in the early days, which was very helpful. Within a week our son slept... read more

    Brittney Hember Avatar Brittney Hember
    2024-01-29

    I can't possibly express the gratitude I have for the space that Elisa held for us when our baby was waking up every 1.5 hours. She was thorough, honest, direct, and most importantly respectful of where we were at. The fact that I changed my mind three times during... read more

    Stela Murrizi Avatar Stela Murrizi
    2022-01-29

    My child is still too young for formal sleep training, but Elisa took some time to chat with me, providing reassurance and several concrete suggestions to implement now, before training. Her input was thoughtful, insightful, and caring - she really listened to what I had to say, and provided relevant,... read more

    Alexandra Yarrow Avatar Alexandra Yarrow
    2022-01-29
  • I cannot say enough about Pam and Restful Parenting. True lifesavers! We will be back for check-ins again I am sure!

    Brook Thorpe Avatar Brook Thorpe
    2022-01-29

    Verry comprehensive service. Was attentive to my familly needs. We just liked it.

    Audrey Boisvert Avatar Audrey Boisvert
    2022-01-29

    Pam and Elisa have been a godsend! After almost losing my mind due to fatigue and frustration from my daughter not sleeping well, I am proud to say that she is now on a schedule that works for us thanks to the help I received from restful parenting! It was... read more

    Amanda D Avatar Amanda D
    2017-01-29

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