Really good question.  Once you have achieved success from sticking consistently to a few weeks of your sleep training programme, you’re ready for the next step.THE NEXT STEPTo the parent who has already gone through the training: Well done!  You would know by now how...

The best person to sleep train your baby or child is the person (or people) who understands the process, and who is committed to the process. “What is the process?” I hear you ask? Let me explain. When getting started I suggest parents take the reins 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,...

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...

This is a question that is asked often – especially during the first chat I have with my clients. Parents want to be sure that what they are potentially embarking on is safe for their child. I usually answer this by asking exactly what they mean by ‘long term’. “Are...

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...

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...

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...

I would be fascinated to see statistics of the number of parents who leapt into sleep training their child without a little trepidation.The general consensus out there is that sleep training is hard. Parents feel that sticking to a sleep schedule will cause stress to...

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...

I believe a new parent deserves a particularly special place in heaven.  It is beyond overwhelming needing to suddenly make decisions involving our little ones who are so new, vulnerable and precious.  Not only this, but this comes at a time when we are not exactly...

As a sleep consultant the questions I get asked very often are along the lines of whether or not sleep training will be harmful. Will it damage my child psychologically? Is it safe? Isn’t it unreasonably cruel? Won’t it cause stress? For good reason, we want to know...