Anxiety! We’ve all felt it before, sometimes it creeps up on you throughout a particularly stressful day, taking you altogether by surprise and in some cases, it’s a debilitating state of mind that can leave you physically and emotionally drained, highly strung, nervous or even completely paralysed. A recent US study has shown that anxiety...
Welcome back! For those of you joining on from last edition, this blog is going to delve into the delicate and often confusing realm of sleep or separation anxiety in babies and young children. Last week, we discovered how sleep anxiety can be triggered in young children through fears of separation, an inability to self...
Maximise your child’s sleep time by following these 5 steps to ensure your child falls asleep, and more importantly stays asleep! 1. Have the same routine every night. An easy way to help maximise your little one’s sleep is to create a predictable bedtime routine. The key to a bedtime routine is to follow the...
As a certified sleep coach, it is a well-known fact that babies thrive on routine and need lots of sleep during the day and night. However, unless you stay at home all the time, giving your baby what they need, sleep and travel, whether it is airline travel or simply going to friends can be...
Has your baby gone from sleeping up to three hours to only stealing 20 minutes at a time? You’ve got yourself a catnapper. One of the most common questions that I get asked goes a bit like this: “I don’t understand what happened? My baby has gone from sleeping up to three hours and is...
The sleep window is that perfect window of time in which a baby is ready for sleep, and will calmly and happily go to sleep. It’s so important that you read your baby’s sleep signs and don’t miss their window – otherwise you can be sure nap times (and even night times) won’t go to...
It’s time to say goodbye to the hot weather and embrace the chill! The Sleep Coach Cheryl Fingleson, shares her top tips for choosing comfortable winter sleepwear for babies and kids. Changing autumn temperatures can make choosing the right sleepwear a bit of a challenge. As the nights get cooler, wrapping your child up in their...
Your sleep questions answered with The Sleep Coach, Cheryl Fingleson.
Find out how long your baby should be sleeping for by following this easy sleep time reference guide. Here are some wake time formulas to help guide you… 0 to 1 month Wake time = Duration of the last sleep time, up to 40 minutes max. Newborns are usually awake for the length of time...
CHERYL SHARES 14 LIFE FACTS WITH US ABOUT BEING A NEW MUM – ONE OF THE HARDEST, BUT MOST REWARDING ROLES. Read my full post via Life As A New Mum – The Baby Vine
