Pros and Cons of Sleep Training

Pros and Cons of Sleep Training

ProsPros for baby: Time with mommy and daddy is really fun because they are calm and so am I Nap/sleep time is relaxing and even anticipated No more over-tired tantrums Nice full tummy before naps because my eating times are properly monitored Lots of cuddle time,...

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Sleep Training without Crying

Sleep Training without Crying

Wouldn’t it be great to change from one habit to another at the snap of a finger? No pain, no discomfort, just ‘snap’, suddenly a 5am-waker and loving a 10km morning run before a nutritious green smoothy. I wish. I can’t help thinking of my poor friends who tried to...

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Sleep Training when baby is sick

Sleep Training when baby is sick

It is impossible to prevent our children, or ourselves, from getting sick. Unless we wrap up in cotton wool and stay at home with no one to see or to socialise with, we are bound to pick up bugs from time to time. Babies and young children are particularly prone. [Yes...

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What is a Sleep Regression?

What is a Sleep Regression?

When I first heard the words ‘sleep regression’ I immediately became weary. Even though I didn’t know what it was, it was spoken about in such negative tones that I immediately decided to not like it. Once again, that was before I was educated. It is, in fact, not a...

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Sleep Training: Where to start?

Sleep Training: Where to start?

You’ve decided it’s time to start sleep training your baby or toddler but you don’t know where to start. You are also probably wondering how to sleep train you child or which sleep training method to use. It’s a lot if you’ve never done it before. Well, you’ve come to...

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Is the Cry-it-Out Method Cruel?

Is the Cry-it-Out Method Cruel?

There is a misnomer out there that parents think the ‘cry-it-method’ is part and parcel of a sleep training routine for their baby or toddler.  I go to great lengths to tell my clients that my approach is NOT cry-it-out.  I am a parent and I would NEVER have attempted...

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