The work behind the perspective
Cara Dumaplin
Pediatric Sleep Expert, Founder of Taking Cara Babies, Neonatal Nurse
- Infant and toddler sleep training
- Neonatal nursing
- Labor and delivery support
- Postpartum parental guidance
- Translating medical jargon
- Family sleep improvement
About Cara Dumaplin
Cara Dumaplin - Biography
Cara Dumaplin is a registered nurse specializing in neonatal care and a certified pediatric sleep consultant. She founded Taking Cara Babies to provide sleep training resources for parents.
Cara Dumaplin's path to becoming a leading pediatric sleep expert began in her teenage years. Inspired by a nurse during a hospital stay, she pursued nursing and spent five years in the NICU caring for sick and premature babies. After starting a family, Dumaplin faced significant sleep challenges with her first child, which led her to develop sleep training resources. Her business, Taking Cara Babies, expanded rapidly through social media, reaching over 700,000 families. Dumaplin remains committed to her roots, hosting giveback events at hospitals like Phoenix Children's during NICU Awareness Month.
Learn from Cara when you're...
- Struggling with newborn sleep deprivation after hospital discharge
- Managing NICU or premature baby transitions to home sleep routines
- Handling frequent nighttime wake-ups in infants or toddlers aged 0-4
- Needing safe, non-'cry-it-out' alternatives tailored to a baby's age and temperament
- Postpartum exhaustion from lack of family-wide rest strategies
- Interpreting medical advice during labor, delivery, or early newborn issues
- Building confidence in first-time parents questioning their skills due to sleep challenges
- Seeking online, accessible classes for busy families facing sleep regressions
What can you ask about Cara Dumaplin's work?
In Get Mentors, Cara Dumaplin can hold one of the five seats on your Chat board. Ask Cara's seat or the whole board a question and receive perspectives grounded in published work, with every answer cited. Separately, one idea arrives each morning from mentors selected for your focus.
Best for these goals
- ✓Infant And Toddler Sleep Training
- ✓Neonatal Nursing
- ✓Labor And Delivery Support
- ✓Postpartum Parental Guidance
Core frameworks
- •Establish predictable routines over rigid schedules
- •Prioritize sleep as foundational to physical, mental, emotional, and relational health
- •Only change what's not working and unsafe
- •Infant And Toddler Sleep Training
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- “Which Cara framework applies to my current goal?”
- “What would Cara's published work suggest I consider?”
- “How does this Cara idea apply to my situation?”
- “What blind spot would this mentor framework help me notice?”
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