The Importance of Parents Getting Enough Sleep for Parenting Success Parenting is demanding and exhausting, and it is easy for parents to neglect their own sleep in the process. However, parents need sufficient sleep to function at their best and to provide the care and attention their children require. The lack of sleep can affect…
DetailsI get asked this question a lot, and there could be varying answers. Firstly, the clinical one. If your child is six months or older, gaining weight as expected, and your doctor says you’re okay to end nighttime feeds, then go ahead and give it a shot. But that doesn’t really answer your question, does…
DetailsIf there’s anything that can send your child’s sleep off the rails, it is, without a doubt, the dreaded outplay of ‘overtiredness’. Babies and children, as with all of us, have a natural rhythm when it comes to sleep. Our bodies secrete hormones to keep us up and running during the day, and different ones…
DetailsThat right there might be the single most common question new parents ask. Is it a developmental milestone? A regression? Are they getting too much sleep during the day, or not enough? Maybe they’re just hungry. Maybe they’re too hot, or too cold. Well, the truth is that it could be any of those things,…
DetailsAs a professional sleep consultant, I do hear the term “sleep regression” used in regards to many circumstance. So is the 4 month sleep regression a myth? What I can say is, that the four-month sleep regression, is the real deal and is backed by science. There is a lot of talk that there’s an…
DetailsSo, perhaps that’s a bit of a misleading title. I’m not suggesting that you remove yourself from baby’s bedtime routine altogether, rather removing yourself from your child needing you to fall asleep. Watching kids play in the bath, getting them dressed in their pyjamas, cuddling and reading stories, is a lovely time of the evening especially if you can simply…
DetailsMost mothers I’m sure, can relate to those endless pieces of advice, suggestions, and information we receive on varying topics including sleep, feeding to sleep, sleep regressions etc, particularly with our first child. This is all given with the best intentions, but it can be overwhelming nonetheless. It’s hard to imagine the number of times we mothers have heard the…
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