Our Story

The Beyond Sleep Training Project was founded by Carly Grubb, aka ‘Grubby Mummy and the Grubby Bubbies’ in 2017.

It all started after Carly had tried and tried to ‘fix’ the ‘problems’ she kept being told her firstborn had with sleep. After repeatedly being told Sleep Training was the only option, and trying every method in all the books, including a stint in sleep school, the industry that is Sleep Training washed their hands of her.

At a loss for what to do about her baby’s ‘broken sleep’, she finally was given the advice she needed from a beautiful and nurturing midwife: ‘What does he need you to do? what helps? You can just do that!’ After finding Pinky McKay, Sarah Ockwell-Smith and Evolutionary Parenting, she did just that, gave in to her baby and met him at his point of need. She’s never looked back. Now on her third, she is so glad her little sparkler never gave up on telling her what he needed.

After her second baby, Carly thought it would be great to get some like-minded souls to discuss safe sleep practices, share advice, and support each other, so she started The Beyond Sleep Training Project Facebook Group. She hoped to get 50 people together… That goal was met in less than a day. Now the group is joined by over 4,000 members a month worldwide and has become a haven for those who wish to parent their babies by listening and responding to their needs.

In 2019 we launched our registered Australian charity- Little Sparklers, which became a much-needed lifeline for new parents dealing with a worldwide pandemic and a lack of support and resources. In 2023, Carly Grubb took a break with her beautiful family and handed the reigns over to long time volunteer, Elise McMahon.

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