Parents are all too familiar with every technique in the book to calm down overtired babies. But sometimes, swaying your baby back and forth simply won’t cut it. When your baby is showing signs of...

The Developing Brain Sleep is important for the developing brain and body. By 3 years most children will have slept for more time than all the wakeful activities combined. Many parents worry their baby isn't...

Lucy, Rachel and Tom’s Story Just after the clock ticked over, on the first of January our little baby Lucy came into the world. She was a beautiful and determined little spirit, our first baby....

Feeding schedules and demand feeding Demand feeding has become an overused and misinterpreted phrase. Formula-fed babies are rarely demand fed. It’s mainly breast-fed babies. Whilst this is a good thing in the early months, to...

It will get better One of the big things I hear mums told is, "It gets better at 3 months."This then moves onto 4 months, 5 months, 6 months etc. You get the picture? We’re...

Here's something else from the anticipated baby sleep book I'm writing. Something that when I researched it, blew me away. It's HUGE. Gender and effects on sleep. This may surprise parents and when I had...

Catnapping Catnapping is one of the biggest sleep problems for parents of young babies. It confounds, frustrates and drives a lot of mums demented. I get asked a lot, 'Why can't my baby sleep for...

I spend a lot of time in nurseries and children’s bedrooms with my work as a baby sleep guru. So I think it's timely that I looked at the bedtime routine. Routines create security and reduce...

The old chestnut raises it's head once more - Controlled Crying. Why oh why are we still talking baby sleep training? Parents need Baby Sleep Learning (BSL). It's a gentler way of helping babies sleep.http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/does-controlled-crying-really-work-20150220-133tf9.html  Parents...