Before you start changing anything it's important that you have ruled out any underlying reasons why your infant might have such a strong link to staying latched.

Between the ages of 2-3, many toddlers will experience a heightened level of fear and anxiety. They go through a big developmental leap in their imagination but their ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy doesn’t quite match up! Cue the sudden influx of questions about monsters…

Sleep training as a concept is rife within the parenting world. It’s divisive, controversial, hugely popular, and ingrained within Western society. This blog is a one-stop shop for the @heysleepbaby approach and view of the complex world of sleep training!

Here are my best tips and tricks to help you bridge this transition. I found that I needed to prepare myself as a mom and prepare my baby. So here are my practical tips for preparing the YOU!

Here are my best tips and tricks to help you bridge this transition. I found that I needed to prepare myself as a mom and prepare my baby. So here are my practical tips for preparing the YOU!

What are floor beds? When to use them? And How to use them?

Most parents get to a point where their current method of supporting baby’s sleep stops working. Perhaps you want to switch things up in your bedtime routine, or you want to change what you use to help your baby to sleep. Whatever your reason for wanting to change up the sleep associations, these are my quick tips for making gentle changes without any need for sleep training.

‘How can I involve my partner in my baby or toddler’s sleep?’ Perhaps you want to more evenly share the load of navigating the world of baby or toddler sleep, or your baby is no longer falling asleep at the breast and you want your partner to be able to put them down for sleep, or you have a second child and you want to divide bedtimes.

With temperatures rising and summer fast approaching thoughts of holidays, vacations, packing lists, and mental preparations are underway. However, the idea of traveling with little ones can feel daunting.

From the moment you announce you are pregnant people begin talking to you about baby sleep! As a society, we are fixated on the subject. Everyone has opinions, experiences, and advice, which feels completely overwhelming. We’ve all heard the warnings ‘Be prepared to never sleep again’ but is this really something to worry so much about?

As a baby sleep consultant, I've worked with many new parents who have experienced a phenomenon known as "reverse cycling" babies. Reverse cycling in babies occurs when a breastfed infant begins to consume most of their 24-hour intake of milk during the night, rather than during the day. This can be a frustrating and exhausting experience for parents who are struggling to get their baby to sleep during the night. In this blog post, I will explain what reverse cycling is, why it happens, and how parents can cope with it.

Many parents want to know if their baby is actually hungry at night, and if they should be getting fed overnight at a certain age. Many pediatricians and other healthcare professionals will tell parents that their baby shouldn't need nighttime feedings by certain arbitrary ages or weights. The truth is that feeding throughout the night IS normal, and depending on the mother/baby dyad, night feeds might last well into the first year and beyond.

It’s probably the most-googled question for all new parents. When will my baby start to sleep through the night? We all want to know when we’ll get a solid night of sleep again, it’s only natural! If only the answer were that simple…

The 6 months sleep regression (or sleep PROgression as I prefer to call them!) might mean your little one’s sleep is backsliding. You may feel like you barely made it through the 4-month sleep regression and now this!? Lots of parents report a sleep “regression” around this age, with noticeable differences in how their baby is sleeping

Is your 1 year old baby sleeping worse than ever? Babies at 12 months old often go through a regression with sleep. Parents of 1-year olds report their babies waking up more frequently, wanting to nurse more, and fighting naps. You’re not alone.

Children don’t just stop needing us once they aren’t babies anymore. During the toddler years, children are developing rapidly and as a result, often need an abundance of closeness to stay regulated.

There are a whole host of reasons why parents may consider moving siblings into the same room from economic to emotional. Some families will have no option but for siblings to share and for some they will actively choose this route.

If you are in the minority and choose not to then there seem to be lots of newborn and baby sleep support but I felt lost when it came to my toddler’s sleep.

During the REM state, a baby may be moving simply due to the activity happening in their brain. All this movement can be noisy. Also, your baby may make sounds, from a gurgle to a whimper or even a cry.

There are some things that stand out to me as a sleep specialist which I call “red flags.” These red flags might be signs that there is something underlying (often medical but not always serious!) that is causing your little one to wake more than what I would consider to be “normal” for their age. I encourage parents to look into these red flags, to trust their gut, and to get second opinions when needed.