Baby Sleep Consultant – Comprehensive Guide to Baby + Toddler Nap
Naps. As parents, we know we need them – and we’re fairly sure our children do too, although they sometimes take a bit of convincing. And then there are all the misconceptions and comparisons – who is...
View ArticleSettling independently | No dummy | No rocking
"She is a different baby now, and a much happier baby too" ~ Sophie, Poppy's mum. 4 month old Poppy was taking good naps, but waking frequently at night. Her mum knew something had to change, but was...
View ArticleLife changing | Best money spent | Sleep consultant
Waking every 2 hours at night, Sabel (6 months) was giving her mum a run for her money when it came to surviving on little to no sleep. While it is biologically normal to wake this frequently at...
View ArticleYou gave us back our confidence as new parents
"Two months ago Cherene helped immensely in changing our lives! My son, back then who just turned 1 was not sleeping very well. Ever since I came back from Maternity leave, he’ll be waking or having...
View ArticleSleep consultants are expensive and don’t work...
This is what I told myself after reading some comments online and looking at a sleep consultant page. I mean surely sleep is like breathing, why would I need to consult someone to help me get my baby...
View ArticleA little night owl makes the switch
For Waikato-based mum Annette and her husband, day-to-day life was intense with two littlies. Their son, Kaleb, and daughter, Carly, were just 13 months apart, and they were right in the thick of the...
View Article5 night sleep myths debunked!
In this video training, our founder and scientist Emma Purdue explains why these 5 night sleep myths are FALSE. Extra night feeds will make your baby smarter. Babies who sleep through the night have...
View ArticleWhen is it time to call in the experts?
This is a tricky question to answer. There are lots of sleep issues you can solve at home yourself by looking at things like sleep environment, awake time, and how your little one goes off to sleep....
View ArticleKaren’s Sleep Journey
As consultants we get to hear all about your sleep training journey, but you rarely get the chance to hear about our journey. I’m Karen one of the Auckland based sleep consultants. I have two gorgeous...
View ArticleFed is best
Up there with the amount of time new mums spend talking about sleep is the also common, and somewhat associated subject; feeding. I entirely agree that back in the 1970s, the formula companies were in...
View ArticleAre you missing clues to an underlying sleep disorder?
When it comes to sleep disturbances, many of us think of snoring as little more than an annoyance; few believe it to be indicative of a bigger issue. According to Starship hospital ENT experts, one...
View ArticleThe art of self-soothing: Baby Carter just needed a little space
The first few months of life with your new baby are a magical, if foggy time – however, eventually the fog starts to lift. For first time Mum, Helena, the fog was persisting. “I was suffering from a...
View ArticleWhen formula is life saving
Jenna was crying when I called her for her consultation. She had just come back from the Doctors office, and had been delivered the blow that her beautiful 3 month old daughter Rosie, was still only...
View ArticleSleep Myths Busted
The only way to teach your baby to self-settling is CIO. This is a common one and many people believe self-settling and cry it out are synonymous. But teaching your child to self-settle doesn’t have to...
View ArticleI sleep trained my baby in secret, because I was afraid of Mum shamers...
Sleep training from 4 months worked brilliantly for my baby, we set up a nap routine, a bed time routine, and I taught him to self settle. I was a happier parent, I needed to know what was happening...
View ArticleSupport with sleep through the different stages helps to keep Charlie on track
Harriet, mum of 13 month old Charlie, attests that “we’ve had sleep problems basically from the beginning. Charlie is my first baby and I really had no idea what I was doing!”. Charlie and Harriet’s...
View ArticleLearnings for mum and baby – as Charlee-Rose adapts to sleeping in her bed
Check out Teegan's story and the amazing change to her daughters sleep. First time mum Unstructured sleep 1-2 hourly night wakes Contact naps only Short naps First-time mum Teegan didn’t think she...
View ArticleStructure + routine brings freedom + flexibility (as well as a much better...
The first few months of Evie’s life had been a dream! The first baby in her coffee group to be sleeping through the night, Evie may not have been managing much in the way of day sleeps, but she was...
View ArticleThe baby who was a rare exception
At one year old, an infant’s sleep issues must surely be improving, right? Wrong. Or at least not for Oliver’s poor exhausted Mum. Her son’s naps during the day only ever lasted 20 or 30 minutes (and...
View ArticleHow did these parents gain confidence, down time, and a happier baby?
We all expect to be struggling sleep-wise in the first few months of our baby’s lives. But for mum Tierney, this year’s lockdowns made getting any help in those early days even more difficult and she...
View ArticleReclaiming their evenings: Relationship-saving sleep improvements
After extended lockdowns and added stress, most households have had a lot to deal with this year. For Nicki and her husband, extreme sleep deprivation was also adding fuel to the fire. Their little...
View ArticleOnline program gets little Omar happily back on track
On some level, we all assume that the first few months with a new baby are going to be tough and that we’re going to be running on less-than-ideal amounts of sleep. However, by the time her little man,...
View ArticleMum at breaking point, nothing seemed to work for baby with oral aversion
Something Kismet There was something kismet about this client right from the very first phone call. I’ll admit I'm busy and I can't always answer my phone but something told me to pick up this call. It...
View ArticleBusting false beliefs about sleep training
One of the most common things we hear from parents after working with one of our sleep consultants is “I wish I’d done it sooner”. So we’re checking in with past clients to find out what stopped them...
View ArticleSurely I can keep going...
"Where do I start ... I had been looking up for weeks about sleep consultants on Instagram, watching stories, reading reviews. Thinking to myself things aren’t really that bad at home surely I can...
View ArticleEffective Strategies for Parents: Helping Your 4-Year-Old Go to Sleep Without...
As the youngest of three siblings, Ebony's sleep routine stood out within the family. Juggling a busy schedule, her mother, Rachel, found that Ebony often had to take her naps on the go – in the car...
View ArticleDealing with Infant Bottle Rejection: Tips and Solutions for Fuss-Free Feeding
Unlocking the Mystery of Bottle Refusal in Breastfed Babies – A Guide to Effective Solutions Breastfeeding is widely regarded as the optimal way to nourish infants, and healthcare professionals often...
View Article6 month old addicted to her dummy
Jess Asks, my baby sleeps with her dummy… I have a 6-month-old baby who has been using a dummy since birth. Recently, we decided to take it away during the day and, after some initial fussiness, she...
View Article4 month old who wakes 4 times a night
Question: Bronwyn is a mother of a 4-month old baby who hasn't yet learned to self-settle. The baby wakes up around four times each night and requires to be fed back to sleep. However, Bronwyn is...
View ArticleThe end of day light savings - your plan
Daylight Savings Changes Updated 2024 It is the end of summer again, which means it will soon be the end of daylight savings too and time to put the clock back an hour. The biggest concern with this...
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