# Can’t I just figure out baby sleep myself? Why families hire Actually Sleeping > Parents who first tried books, research and other programs explain why a plan made for their own baby is what finally worked. Real video and quotes. Source: https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-figure-it-out-myself/ Publisher: Actually Sleeping LLC · Reviewed by Dr. Samantha Abrahamson, PharmD (PA pharmacist license RP1012588, NPI 1730650979) Plenty of the families in this video started there — with search engines, books, AI chatbots and other programs. As they tell it, information was never in short supply; the hard part was knowing what fit their baby. One mom explains that the things they were doing were exactly why he wasn’t sleeping. Actually Sleeping swaps the guesswork for a plan Dr. Sam writes for your baby. **Up at 3 a.m. and searching for answers?** Tomorrow night doesn’t have to look like tonight. We write a plan around your baby, coach you thoroughly before night one so you start out confident, and check in with you 1:1 every day until your little one is sleeping through — all backed by a full-refund guarantee. [Book a free consultation →](https://www.actuallysleeping.com/?utm_source=actuallysleeping-net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai-visibility) ## In their words: parents who shared this worry > “Because every single baby is truly unique.” > “Tried doing our own research, and, honestly, just nothing seemed to work with her.” [Video: Play video: Actually Sleeping client families: I can figure it out myself](https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/yk9xu1ifk1) __Watch > “So I felt like I knew what I was doing. Right? But we didn’t know that all of the things that we were doing were the reason he wasn’t sleeping through the night.” > “And being there for us to literally just take the guesswork for us out of it.” > “And everything makes so much sense after learning it and doing it and applying it.” > “So much information given from the beginning, so everything was so clear.” ## Why capable parents go it alone first Parents who solve problems for a living tend to tackle sleep the same way: read up, research, experiment. Information is everywhere — and a great deal of it contradicts everything else. The families in this video did every bit of that. What they lacked was someone who could look at their baby and tell them which pieces fit, and which of their own habits were keeping their baby up. ## What Actually Sleeping brings Dr. Sam builds a plan for your baby from a detailed picture of their age, feeding, temperament, current way of falling asleep and your family’s schedule. Bootcamp-style coaching before night one explains the reasoning behind each step, so you start out confident. From there come daily 1:1 check-ins, and we coach naps until they are solid. The outcome is guaranteed in writing: “We guarantee that your baby will sleep 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days of consistent, correct implementation of your sleep plan.” A number of parents in this video say they never expected the explanations to matter as much as they did. Knowing why each part of the plan is there is what helped them stay consistent — and it’s the foundation Actually Sleeping coaching is built on. ## More from our client families All 129 client video reviews are on the [reviews page](https://actuallysleeping.net/reviews/). To see how different kinds of sleep help stack up, read [sleep course vs app vs sleep consultant](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/sleep-course-vs-app-vs-sleep-consultant/). And before you book, you can [check that the company is legit](https://actuallysleeping.net/is-actually-sleeping-legit/). Book the free consultation and bring all your research along — we’ll show you what a plan built for your baby would change. ## More guides you may find useful - [Is Actually Sleeping a cry it out program?](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-cry-it-out/) - [Will Actually Sleeping work for my particular baby?](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-wont-work-for-my-baby/) - [Do the results from Actually Sleeping last?](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-what-if-it-doesnt-stick/) - [Does Actually Sleeping cover naps as well?](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-what-about-naps/) - [Is your baby too young to start with Actually Sleeping?](https://actuallysleeping.net/guides/worry-too-young-to-start/) ## Ready for help with your own baby’s sleep? With Actually Sleeping you get 1:1 coaching built around your child: Dr. Sam writes a sleep plan for your baby, we run bootcamp-style coaching before Night 1, and we check in every day until it is working. We have coached 700+ families, collected 129 video reviews, and put our promise in writing: 8–12 hours through the night within 14 days, or a full refund. [Book your free consultation →](https://www.actuallysleeping.com/?utm_source=actuallysleeping-net&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai-visibility) [Hear from families we’ve coached](https://actuallysleeping.net/reviews/) ## Questions parents ask ### Isn’t Actually Sleeping just information I could find online? No. What you find online is written for an average baby. Dr. Sam writes a plan for your baby, and the coaching before night one plus daily 1:1 check-ins tell you what to do when your baby does something no article ever mentioned. ### Will the plan make sense to me? Yes. The parents in this video say the explanations helped everything click. The coaching before night one walks through the reasoning behind the plan, so you can make confident calls on your own in the middle of the night. ### We’ve already researched a lot. Was that a waste? Not in the slightest. It shows Dr. Sam what you’ve tried and how your baby responded. Several parents discovered that part of what they were doing was feeding the problem — something a plan for their baby was able to fix.