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Welcome to the Nurturing Sleep Blog! 

My aim is to empower parents to support their children through sleep and parenting difficulties in an emotionally approriate way, so that each an every baby and child who experiences my Nurturing Sleep approach feels Happy, Safe and Reassured.

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Do Babies have nightmares?

Posted on May 4, 2015 at 10:00 AM

Nightmares are frightening dreams that wake children up. We don’t know exactly when little ones start to experience nightmares because until they have the language ability to communicate their fears and experiences we can’t be sure if their reason for waking is a frightening dream...

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Baby Bedtime Routines - the key to happy bedtimes!

Posted on May 4, 2015 at 9:55 AM

One of the easiest ways to help your little one sleep well is by establishing a relaxing bedtime routine. Babies and toddlers naturally enjoy routines – and establishing a consistent bedtime routine from about 3 months of age can have huge benefits for you and your baby throughout her c...

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How light and dark supports baby and child sleep

Posted on May 4, 2015 at 9:45 AM

One of the many first aims of new parents after establishing feeding is to get more sleep and to help their baby distinguish between night and day – sleep time and wake time. Key to achieving this aim is how the biological clock functions and the related role of light and dark.

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Cry it out or emotional responsiveness? One parent's story

Posted on April 28, 2015 at 11:00 AM

I went to Ann at the stage when i was desperate for help. My little one was 1 year old and had been having sleep problems ever since she was 4mo. This had become a huge problem within our household for one main reason: I didn't want to follow the cry-it-out method whilst my partner was more i...

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Saul's Story

Posted on April 28, 2015 at 10:55 AM

The story of a family of an early waking toddler.... written by Saul's mother.

 Helping your baby to sleep through the night does not have to mean the end of breastfeeding.

 For 6 months Saul would wake up, on average at 4.30am. and he was awake! there was not a change that he was going back to sleep. My husband and I tried everything: earlier bedtimes, later bedtimes. Nursing, then breaking the latch, putting him into his cot awake, and shush patting him to sleep. White...

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