Posts in Childhood Sleep
How to help your baby or child to sleep without leaving them to cry?

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.

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My baby or toddler won’t go to sleep for my partner or husband

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.

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How much does my baby need to nap?

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.

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Why has my baby stopped sleeping?

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?

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