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How to manage baby sleep on holiday
Travelling with a baby can be a delightful yet challenging experience, especially when it comes to maintaining their sleep routine. A well-rested baby means a happier trip for everyone. Here are some expert tips to help you manage your little one’s sleep while on holiday.
Early Rising
Early rising can be one of the most counter-intuitive areas of child sleep and really tricky to fix. Understanding why it happens will allow you to put in place a plan to resolve the issue and push out your little ones wake up time.
Becoming an award winning sleep consultant
At the end of March I was incredibly honoured to receive a business award from Prestige Series. I am extremely proud to announce I was awarded Sleep Consultant of the Year for their 2023/2024 Prestige Awards.
Spring Clock Change 2024
The spring clock change 2024 is happening on the 31st March and so I wanted to share some ideas as to how you can navigate the clock change with your little ones. Some of these options require you to start adjusting bedtime in advance of the clock change so you may want to plan ahead for this clock change.
Can silent reflux affect a babies sleep?
Having a child with silent reflux can be extremely tough, especially during the night as they may need a lot of support after feeds to fall back to sleep and seeing your child so unsettled can be stressful for parents.
Drowsy driving – What you need to know for the future
Drowsy driving report: – Why working with a child sleep consultant might mean you avoid prosecution in the future! Did you know that driving tired may be as dangerous as driving under the influence of alcohol!
Clock change 2023
Autumn is here and I am a massive fan of this season. Pass me my pumpkin spiced latte and warm woolly jumpers immediately. I love it. In October we have the autumn clock change and this can be pretty tricky to navigate because the clocks ‘fall back’ and it means keeping your little one up for longer to get onto the new schedule.
What is a sleep consultant?
A sleep consultant is an individual who guides a family to better sleep. A sleep consultant should listen to a family’s needs and address whatever sleep issues they are currently facing. This typically includes struggling to settle your child at bedtime, frequent night wakes, split nights, ditching the dummy, early rising, and issues with nap time.
Preparing For Gentle Sleep Training
Gentle sleep training methods or holistic sleep training methods are sleep training techniques that involve being responsive to your child during sleep training. It involves techniques that mean that your child learns how to sleep independently using methods to gently transition away from their caregiver. It is gently weaning the need for parental help and support, to fall asleep, leaving your child with the skills needed to self-settle and sleep through the night.
Understanding the 12 Month Sleep Regression and How to Cope
Is your baby having trouble sleeping during their 12-month sleep regression? Here is a guide to understanding the process and how you can support your little one during this time. As your baby nears their first birthday, you may encounter the dreaded 12-month sleep...
How using a sleep consultant 1:1 is a game changer!
I have been a sleep-deprived parent pacing up and down the landing during the night willing my baby to go back to sleep. Hours of rocking and feeding my baby to try and encourage a few more hours of sleep for us all. I used to dread bedtime and go to bed at 7pm myself...
Getting the best out of your little ones sleep when they return to school
So your little one is settling into school and the six weeks holidays may feel like a distant memory already. You are back to the morning rush and the repeated requests for them to put their shoes on! Personally, I love the routine that school creates and I honestly...
Getting good sleep in the school holidays
School’s out for the summer!!!!!! If you are anything like me then you will be excited about mornings without the usual rush and repeated requests for your children to put their shoes on! To be honest my children are ready for a break from all of that too. Being...
Top tips to keep your baby cool on a hot summers night
Finally summer has arrived! Hooray! I love sunny summer days but actually it can be a real struggle to keep your little one cool in this heat. Some little ones struggle sleeping when it is this warm and so I wanted to send you my top tips for keeping them and their...
Top sleep tips when taking your little one on holiday
So you have booked your summer holiday! How exciting, but going away especially to a different country can feel quite daunting with a little one, especially if it is the first time you have travelled like this. But fear not! I am here to give you all my top tips for...
Foods to help boost melatonin
Did you know there are certain food that can help with melatonin production. (Melatonin is the sleepy hormone) below are some foods to try with your little ones at dinner time or as a later snack before bed: Bananas: They are high in potassium which helps you to stay...
Getting great sleep when siblings share
Not everyone has the luxury of having a room for each of their children. If you do and you still choose to room share I would just make sure you ask yourself the following question. Are both children sleeping well? If room sharing is costing either child to lose sleep...
Five newborn sleep tips
When I had my first baby, I remember laying in the hospital bed next to her crib and thinking ‘I hope someone is going to tell me what I need to do.’ My husband had just been sent home and it was about 9.30pm. I was exhausted but equally full of adrenaline and even...
Flexible Routines at Christmas
So Christmas is around the corner and you desperately want to see your friends and family but how do you navigate all of this with a baby or toddler who needs naps? Staying home isn’t always possible so it is all about the balance of seeing friends and family and...
Sleep Science
Sleep Science WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT Getting a good night’s sleep is one of the best things we can do for our overall health and wellbeing. Sleep restores and replenishes our energy, strengthens our immunity and improves concentration as it restores the brain’s...
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