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November 25, 2023

5 Tips to Improve Your Sleep as a Parent

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November 7, 2023

How Temperament can Influence Sleep Needs

Not all sleep needs are created equal: temperament can significantly…

a person laying in bed, getting better sleep based on their unique temperament

November 7, 2023

How Temperament can Influence Sleep Needs

Not all sleep needs are created equal: temperament…..

4 times waking a sleeping baby can better their sleep

November 7, 2023

4 Times Waking Your Sleeping Baby Can Improve Their Sleep

The old adage, ‘never wake a sleeping baby’, is one…

4 times waking a sleeping baby can better their sleep

November 7, 2023

4 Times Waking Your Sleeping Baby Can Improve Their Sleep

The old adage, ‘never wake a sleeping baby’,…..

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September 24, 2023

5 Tips to Exercise as a New Parent

Stepping into motherhood brings about significant changes, both physically and…

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September 18, 2023

Why the foods you eat can make – or break – a good night’s sleep

Why a healthy diet rich in sleep promoting foods and…

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June 10, 2023

Why is it so hard to get your kids to fall asleep at night?

It’s not just your imagination: bedtime is a conflict of…

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May 27, 2023

Successful Toilet Training: Ditching Diapers and Nighttime Management Tips

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May 12, 2023

Why millennial parents are embracing gentle parenting

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April 27, 2023

Building the Perfect Bedtime Routine

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Sometimes its just a matter of switching the sleep

Sometimes its just a matter of switching the sleep association. Other times, we first need to investigate potential underlying issues. And, sometimes it’s both! This is why I offer a free 15 min call so that we can chat through your challenges and your goals and ensure we are a good fit for each pther, before coming up with tailored, bespoke stratrgies to improve sleep without ever using sleep training.
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If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by you

If you’ve ever felt personally victimized by your child’s sleep AND the sleep training industry all at once, here is my number one piece of advice: you are the expert on your baby; you know them better than anyone else; and if something doesn’t feel right to you, it won’t feel right to them, either.

I won’t sugar coat it and say that the first year is smooth sailing - it can be REALLY tough, and many parents feel totally unprepared. Some even feel isolated, especially if the parenting choices made don’t fit the ‘norm’.

My job is to be here to support you through the good, bad and ugly of normal infant sleep - and the biggest thing to recognize is that all of this is normal.

It is normal for your baby to wake at night. It is normal for your baby to take short naps. It is normal for your baby to sleep more or less than the sleep charts suggest. It is normal for your baby to have sleep associations. It is normal for your baby to need your help to fall asleep.

We can use all of these aspects of normal infant sleep to find a middle ground, where we are respecting your child’s developmental and attachment needs, while simultaneously making space for your needs as a parent.

You don’t have to choose between sleep training, and waiting for things to improve on their own. There is a middle ground, and I’ll hold your hand though all of it 💕

👉🏽 Now tell me - which part of infant (or toddler!) sleep has shocked you the most?
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I am all in favour of sharing a sleep space with y

I am all in favour of sharing a sleep space with your child, so long as it is working to get better sleep, both for you and for them.

So you’ll either watch this and think, ‘yup, sounds about right’, and keep on doing what’s working; or you’ll see this and groan at the thought of another night with feet in your ribcage, on your head, or poking your back.

Either way, you have my support.

But if you are ready to make a change, and don’t know how to do it without sleep training, you’re in the right place.

Drop a comment below and tell me: does cosleeping work for you, or do you want help to make changes through responsiveness?
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It used to drive me crazy when people would ask of

It used to drive me crazy when people would ask of my first, “is she a good baby? Does she sleep through the night?”

As a first time mom, I didn’t have the confidence to bite back with what I wanted to say. Because yes, she was an amazing, sweet, and easy going baby who never, ever slept through the night.

We felt so much external pressure to get that “full night’s sleep”, which was never about what was best for our child, but what everyone told us was best for us.

This is the cycle of sleep training. Parents are made to feel guilty for their baby’s biological needs; they then believe there is a problem to fix; and the solution is to sleep train.

But what if we recognized that sleeping 12 hours straight (or even - 12 hours at all!) was not a reasonable expectation for most babies? What if we altogether dropped the idea of some babies being ‘good’ and others... not good? Does anyone seriously answer the question saying they have a bad baby??

Just as no two adults have the same sleep needs, no two babies need the exact same amount of sleep either. Sleep trainers prey on parents’ vulnerability and fear of sleep’s ‘worst case scenario’, overtiredness. While I do agree that true overtiredness becomes a cycle of less and less sleep, chronic overtiredness is really, really uncommon. And, the precise number of hours your baby sleeps - especially in comparison with their peers - is completely irrelevant. Whether your baby wakes happy and rested from a 30 minute or a 2 hour nap, they’re doing just fine. You’re doing a great job.

The next time your baby is up in the middle of the night and you’re tempted to feel defeated because they’re not ‘sleeping through’, remember that waking through the night - even as an adult! - is completely normal, and the number of hours they sleep isn’t a reflection on how well they (or you!) are doing.

Want to learn more about normal infant sleep? Comment ‘FREE GUIDE’ and I’ll send you a DM with everything you need to know!
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If these things were so bad for your baby, would t

If these things were so bad for your baby, would they work so well?

The truth is, we live in a society that puts independence above all else, and in that framework, supporting babies during a basic biological function may seem “bad”.

The trouble with this is that we are operating under the assumption that babies are born as fully functioning humans, which, in the most simplified way, they are not.
 So will independence eventually come? YES

Will dependence be the key to getting them there? ALSO YES

None of these associations are “crutches” that impede your child’s ability to sleep in longer stretches - they support your child’s need for proximity, and show them that regardless of the time on the clock, you recognize their needs.

This isn’t to say that you MUST do these things, or that if you move away from them, you’re harming your baby in some way.

If, at any point, these sleep associations no longer work for you, or no longer work to get your baby to sleep, we can make changes together that support everyone’s needs, without having to use separation to get you there.

👉🏽 Have questions about sleep without sleep training? Drop them below!
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While there is nothing wrong with crib sleep, it’s also not necessary to have a ‘good’ sleeper!

But, if crib sleep - or just ‘independent’ sleep in general - is part of your goal, that’s okay too!

Whether you have a baby or a toddler, we can make changes to sleep any time you’d like. Comment FREE CALL and I’ll send you a link to book a free 15 minute chat so we can figure out what your biggest challenges are, and how we can solve them together 💕💕
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