Christmas is filled with lights, sounds and excitement. And that’s before you have even added in the promise of Santa, and reindeers and presents. It’s no wonder that children often struggle to fall and stay asleep during the festive period – particularly if they already struggled with sleep before the added sparkle and glitter. …
The UK will be moving our clocks back by an hour next Sunday (27th October) to mark the end of British Summertime (Daylight Saving Time). Where perviously you might have looked forward to an extra hour in bed, there is no such luxury for parents of tricky sleepers! I always receive lots of emails and messages…
Christmas can be quite overwhelming for small children. All of the lights, sounds and smells stimulate their senses and excite their brains. Days are filled with fun activities and familiar routines take a back seat. Before you know it, your child can be heading into a downward spiral of poor sleep in the New…
Most parents know that the 24th December is the hardest night of the year to get your child to sleep. The month-long build-up of excitement reaches its peak and the last thing your child wants to do is lie down and be still. So how do you help your little one to fall asleep in…
Christmas is such an exciting and busy time of year, it’s no wonder that children often struggle to fall and stay asleep. There’s so much fun and excitement all around them, who would want to spend time sleeping? Tired parents have been telling me how exhausted they are from battling their over-excited, over-tired children to…
It is really common for children to wake early in the morning. I know lots of families that regularly start their days before 6am, 5am or even 4am!! Many of these exhausted parents come to me feeling like they have already tried everything to solve this early waking. Often they have already resigned themselves to the…
Its seems to me that dummies are as divisive in the parenting world as Marmite. It seems that you either love them or hate them. Some parents pop a dummy into their sleepy newborn baby’s mouth without a second thought, whereas others gasp in horror “not over my dead body!” I believe that either view…
The beginning of a new year at nursery, pre-school or school can really have an affect on many children and before you realise it, overtiredness can creep in. The really frustrating thing is that overtiredness can set of a vicious circle and spiral downwards. Because your child is tired, they have poor quality sleep, waking…
Parents of 12-month olds, 2-year-olds, 6-year-olds (and parents of even older children), frequently tell me that they worry they have left it too late to improve their child’s sleep. They feel doomed to a life of ongoing sleep deprivation. But I don’t know of many parents that look forward to these bedtime battles each day.…
For us, this summer has been a fantastic blur of sunshine, long lazy days, paddling pools and beach trips. But we are now hurtling back towards the new school year with great speed, and that can only mean one thing – back to reality! For lots of families, the summer holidays provide a welcome break…