There is a common misconception that in order to improve your child’s sleep that you need to use crying strategies such as cry it out, leave and check, controlled crying, Ferber method or any other traditional sleep training technique that involves lots of crying. Gentle and holistic sleep coaching is sleep support for parents which looks at promoting good quality sleep for children from day 1 of their life.

Discover why your baby or toddler is taking short naps. If you know my story, then you will have read that our former sleep thief would nap for a maximum of 29 minutes all day. This was until we worked with a sleep consultant (before I become a Gentle Sleep Coach) just before he turned 1.

This is one of the most common challenges I hear from sleepless mums, that your baby or toddler will not go to sleep for anyone else but you. It maybe that you are trying to help your partner/husband, nanny or your child’s keyworker to be able to put your child down to sleep, but feel like you are fighting a losing battle. Here are my 3 key tips on how to introduce your partner to settle or resettle your child to sleep.

You maybe reading this and thinking ‘But not sleeping through is part of the magic of Father Christmas or Santa visiting’. I say “Is that true”? The question arises, does sleeping through the night actually make Christmas less magical? Or take anything away from your child’s Christmas?

Here are my top tips on how to help your baby or toddler to sleep whilst you are away from home. December is probably your busiest time of year, yet the most exhausting. Especially when you are sleep deprived. You may be staying away from home this festive period, which leaves you questioning how will your sleep thief sleep?

There is much confusion around when to put your child to bed the night before the clocks go back. Discover key tips on how to avoid earlier rising, extra night wake ups and overtiredness.

Whether your child is just starting at a childcare setting or is returning after the holidays, you may be worrying about how they will cope without you there and how they will nap in a different environment. Here are my 4 tips on how to avoid disrupting your child’s sleep when they start at nursery or a childminder’s.

Are you nap trapped? Here’s my first 4 steps on how to move from contact naps to napping in the cot or crib.

Dreading going back to work with sleep deprivation? Here’s my 5 key tips on how to help your child to sleep through the night by the time you return to work.

Find out my key gentle tips on how to remove feeding to sleep for your baby, toddler or older child.

Why won’t my child go to sleep at bedtime? This is question that I get asked regularly by my clients. If you are finding that your baby, toddler or older child is refusing to go to sleep at bedtime then there are simple quick wins that you may wish to try.

Lockdown with your child draining you? Suffering with lack of sleep? Here are 4 tips for improving the sleep of your child in Coronavirus quarantine.

Discover my thoughts on whether screentime or television is bad for your children’s sleep.

What can I do to help my newborn sleep? How do I get them into a sleep routine? Read these 5 lessons on how to help your newborn sleep.

How do I fit everything in as a parent? How do I get more time? Follow my 4 life hacks for getting things done whilst your child sleeps.

Confused as to when your toddler should stop napping? Read this blog & follow the table to work out when to drop naps.

Get 4 tips on how you can improve your child’s sleep time.

How do I move my toddler from my bed to their own? Read my 6 top tips on how to succeed at moving from bedsharing to independent sleeping.

I remember when I had my first born and prior to training as a Sleep Coach, I literally had no idea that there is a recommended amount of sleep for children. I just thought a baby would sleep when they wanted to like many of us as adults. The problem was, he never seemed to want to or know how to sleep during the day.

This subject is one that is close to my heart. With our first born Oliver, we never had to worry about this because there was no such thing as “stopped sleeping” as he never started. However, our little sleeper Ruby slept through as a newborn, but now she wakes 2-3 times a night as a 5 month old. Does this sound familiar?