Preventing drowsiness on feeds can be tricky. A rule of thumb when teaching a child to sleep well is to make sure you keep your baby wide awake through any feeds. That’s the breast or the bottle. If your baby has a connection between drinking and falling asleep, you will experience night wake ups. Why?…
Early wake ups can be very frustrating for parents. Just when you think you’re going to get a full night sleep – BAM! Baby starts waking up at 5am. This is a really common problem and there are a few things we can look at to help babies sleep for longer. Keep it super dark…
Sleep has always been, and will likely continue to be, a bit of a mystery. Why do we sleep? What are the benefits of sleep? From an evolutionary standpoint, it seems like something that we should have abandoned a few hundred thousand years ago. The fact that we fall into a near unconscious state for…
Are breastfeeding and sleep training mutually exclusive? A very common question among breastfeeding Mums. So here’s an interesting fact. Ready for it? Nobody sleeps through the night. You might think you do, or that you did before you had kids. You might think your partner does, but I assure you, they don’t either. Unless you’re…
If you put co sleeping and sleep training together, what does it spell? The absolutely primal and uncontrollable impulse to stay close to your baby is so deeply rooted in our DNA that it’s almost frightening sometimes. I’m sure evolutionary defensive instincts are what’s at play in this phenomenon. However, it feels more like love…
As a provider of sleep training support, one of the most interesting aspects of my job is that I get to work so closely with such a wide variety of people and personalities. Coming into people’s homes, especially at a time when they’re vulnerable and emotional, lets you get to know them in a hurry.…
While our bodies rest, our brains embark on an intricate journey each night. Far from being idle, the brain during sleep engages in a variety of crucial activities that are essential for our well-being and cognitive functions. In this post, we’ll explore the five vital processes that occur in the brain during sleep. The resting…
We all know how good sleep is right? Especially when you have young children. It can make us feel good, it gives us a chance to tune out of the busyness of our day, and furthermore, it gives us the boost we need to keep going. Sleep, however, is actually even better than we thought.…
