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How Much Sleep Does My Baby Really Need? A Month-by-Month Guide

When you become a parent, you’ll realize that baby’s sleep becomes one of the biggest challenges for you, bringing with it the questions such as whether your baby is getting enough sleep, should they be napping more and wondering if it’s normal for them to wake every two hours.

The Science Behind Baby Sleep Cycles: White Noise For Babies

Understanding baby sleep can often feel like trying to solve a puzzle. Some nights your baby sleeps peacefully, and other nights they’re wide awake every hour. Many parents wonder what they’re doing wrong, but the truth is that baby sleep is different from adult sleep.

Why I Recommend White Noise As An Infant Sleep Specialist

Whether you’ve received a sleep as a gift or your best friend swears by it, it can be a true game changer for your little one’s sleep. White noise works by creating a steady, soothing background sound that helps babies fall asleep more easily.

How to Get Your Child Back on Track with Their Sleep Routine After Summer

The summer holidays are a fun and exciting time for many families. Whether that be days out, holidays abroad or perhaps summer evenings out with family and friends.

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

Hello – I’m Charlotte and I’m a Certified Infant Sleep Consultant based in Essex. I’m mum to Jessica and Joshua and wife to my incredible husband, Lee. 

Tackling Toddler Sleep Challenges

Sleep challenges are often associated with babies, right? How often did you get asked the question, ‘Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?’ 

Getting a Good Night’s Sleep in Pregnancy

Growing a teeny tiny person is hard work! From morning sickness to indigestion, restless leg syndrome to them sitting on your bladder A LOT, cue the 4th trip to the bathroom in the night and it’s only 2am!

Celebrate this Festival of Sleep by catching some much-needed ZZZ’s. 

If you are anything like me, then you are probably working your way through the many tins of leftover chocolate whilst trying to figure out where all the new toys your little one has got, will go. Yikes! 

What is Separation Anxiety

Is your little one experiencing Separation Anxiety? If so, this blog is just for you!

It might not seem normal that your little one is clinging to you like a spider monkey, and screaming until they are red in the face, but be rest assured, Separation Anxiety is all a very normal part of development. 

Great sleep starts with a great sleep environment!

How many of us mums and dads spent hours Googling images of cute, adorable little nurseries, before our little ones were due? Colour schemes, personalised accessories, the list goes on! But did you know, their sleep environment really can play a part in how well they sleep. 

Safer Sleep in the Winter Months

Brrrr the winter months surely have arrived. With crisp mornings and even crisper dark evenings, the winter months can bring with them many challenges to families with young children. 

Clock Changes This Autumn: How to Adjust your Baby’s Sleep

You’ve probably heard lots of people talk about this each year, heck there are even LOTS of memes on it too, yep I’m talking about the Daylight Savings Clock Change!

Toddler sleep challenges

Sleep challenges are often associated with babies, right? How often did you get asked the question, ‘Is your baby sleeping through the night yet?’

You thought that once they became a toddler or even older – cue the ‘my baby isn’t a baby anymore’ moment – that your sleep woes from the baby days would be behind you. But they aren’t, and it’s hard. REALLY HARD. 

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