When I first met this family of five in their inner Sydney home, they were struggling with a solid routine and heading down a very painful path of sleep depravation and frustration. With three full time working parents, and young twins who wouldn’t sleep – life was getting hard to handle. Being able to help...
Lack of routine, anxiety and sleep problem – how are they connected? Most of us have felt it. Sometimes it creeps up on you throughout a particularly stressful day, taking you altogether by surprise. In some cases, it’s a exhausting state of mind that can leave you physically and emotionally drained, highly strung, nervous or...
Get ready to turn the clock back on April 5th for the end of daylight saving. Cooler weather means better sleep. Both adults and children tend to sleep better and more deeply in cooler temperatures. Even if it varies from person to person, a good temperature to aim for is 20°C. So make sure you don’t compensate...
I got my confidence back, I got my sleep back, we got our lives back! Mother of one, working full time, often travelling. High power jobs. For the longest time, we believed it would sort it self out automatically as our child grew older. A few weeks became a few months, then those months...
Many people reach out during stressful times in their lives. HSC can definitely be one of those times where your sleep is suffering. As featured in EFTM: Link to original post: It’s almost HSC time so here’s a tip, GO TO BED, by Chris Bowden. There’s three letters that still instil fear in me,...
https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/story/5860867/reset-young-body-clocks-for-start-of-school/ While longer-than-normal sleep ins and a-bit-more-than-usual access to the Playstation has been a wonderful part of the holidays for most children, the looming school term means parents need to think about resetting those little body clocks so they are primed for the start of the school year. Holidays can induce jet-lag-like symptoms in children...
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...
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...
