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– Nelson Mandela
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Tricky sleeper? Sleep associations – the sleep habits we want to create!
Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Is your baby or child tricky to get to sleep at bedtime? Do they have multiple wake ups during the night? Are they difficult to get to nap? If any of these things sound familiar, then this blog is for you!
When supporting parents with their children’s sleep there are lots of aspects that we need to look at including routine, their sleep environment and how you put your little down at bedtime and for naps. These points can often be the key pieces of information we need to look at in order to be able to help solve any sleep issues that you might be experiencing with your child.
Sleep and older children! The 3rd and final blog in our sleep series
Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Babies and sleep is a topic which is discussed a lot - it is expected that our youngest children won’t sleep well / through the night in their first few months, but often our older children can develop sleep issues for various reasons, which can leave parents at a loss as to how to resolve them!
Getting to know... Vicki Dawson, CEO and Founder of The Children’s Sleep Charity
Following our series of blogs on sleep we thought it would be interesting to get to know a bit more about Vicki and the invaluable work she does with The Children’s Sleep Charity.
Is your baby ‘sleeping like a baby’…?
Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. What does ‘sleeping like a baby’ actually mean? The way that this phrase is used suggests that a baby who ‘sleeps like a baby’ is sleeping soundly straight through the night until the morning, but we all know that this is very often not the case for babies, particularly in the early days!