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How to help a child with ADHD to sleep

The connection between your child’s ADHD and their sleep is well known and documented, although there is still a need for further research in this field. Discover 3 key tips on how to improve your ADHD child’s sleep.

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How to survive the sleepless nights

Sleep deprivation is unfortunately mostly part of being a parent. However sleep is more important than ever to survive modern parenting. Here are my top tips on how to survive the sleepless nights

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How to help your child to sleep through the night

Have you been wondering what the secret recipe is to help your child to sleep through the night? No idea where to start or what the answer is? Discover my 5 key tips on how to help your child to sleep through the night

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How to stop rocking your baby or toddler to sleep

Rocking to sleep maybe impacting your child’s ability to fall asleep independently. However, to reassure you, a sleep association isn’t usually the only reason why your baby or toddler is waking or in the night or taking shorter naps. Although it is likely to play a part.

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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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How improving your sleep can help your finances

The new world we live in can be scary, uncertain & stressful. When you are supporting a family in the new financial crisis, it is common to experience negative emotional states such as stress, anxiety, and depression. The link between mental health and sleep is widely reported, when we are in any of these states, your sleep is likely to suffer.

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Reclaim your bed: How to help your child to sleep in their own bed

Regardless of the reason why you chose to bedshare, you may find now that you need your bed back as you have another baby on the way, your child is keeping you awake in your own bed, or you have just had enough and need your own space back. Discover my first steps on how to reclaim your bed

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Why is my baby taking short naps

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.

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My child 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 to help your baby or toddler to nap at nursery

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.

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Can improving your sleep protect against Covid19?

What if I told you that your sleep can protect you from viruses, infection and illness? There is a scientific reason why you are more susceptible to becoming unwell when you are sleep deprived.

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