As a Psychotherapist, Ashley has worked in a number of different arenas, from the corporate world training to education; being a therapist for 1800 students in an International school in Abu Dhabi, to setting up her own Psychotherapy and Consultancy practice. Ashley gave a TEDx talk in 2019 that gave birth to The Resilient Kid. Last year she releas…

Karena Rathbone Ariel is a passionate Aromatherapy Emotions Coach helping people feel empowered with natural solutions and utilise essential oils for both emotional and physical wellbeing. Karena is a certified Aromatherapist, Swedish and stone massage therapist, internationally accredited Emotional Aromatherapy Advisor. Qualified in the AromaTouch…

In this episode, we catch up with Beaux Raymond, a fresh mother who gained prominence as a reality TV star and influencer following her victorious stint on Netflix's popular dating series, Too Hot to Handle. With over 465,000 followers on her official Instagram, Beaux collaborates with various fashion labels. During our conversation, she delves int…

In this episode we speak to twin mum Emily Simpson Emily is a mum to 3 beautiful boys, including twins. She has a degree in Early Childhood Studies and experience working in various early years settings. She became a sleep consultant after her own experience of sleep deprivation when her twins were first born. Being someone who loves their sleep, s…

Vicky is a certified sleep consultant who established a successful business helping families find the right sleep solutions that gain amazing results. Vicky works with children from newborn to 17 years old and is also a specialist in Anxiety & Autism / ADHD sleep methods. Her unique and bespoke sleep methods have helped families from all over the w…

In today's episode, we're thrilled to welcome Janine McGee Nutrition, who will be sharing a treasure trove of tips aimed at helping you achieve optimal nutrition to deeply nourish your body at a cellular level. Whether you're in the delicate post-birth recovery phase or simply find yourself leading a hectic lifestyle with minimal time for culinary …

Dr Clair Burley is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in attachment trauma After a successful 13 years in the NHS, Dr Clair now works from her private practice in Dorset. Dr Clair helps individuals, couples and parents/families with their relationship challenges and needs. This includes the relationship we have with ourselves (e.g., a harsh inner…

Vern Hill is an ante and post-natal fitness expert, Founder of Carifit and father of 2, passionate about the benefits that baby wearing can bring to parents and their child. Supported by a team of industry professionals, as well as doctors, midwives, physiotherapists and baby wearing experts, they create fun, safe and effective workouts supported b…

In this conversation we talk to the wonderful Lucy Piper who is the presenter at the Baby Show Lucy trained as a professional dancer and enjoyed a career around the world until she was 25 before making her break into television presenting on a breakfast show in Chicago, USA She is a mum of two and the world of Baby and Maternity is one of Lucy's gr…

In this episode I talk to the wonderful Senior Sleep Nanny Consultant and wonderful human Becky Brightman. Becky found Sleep Nanny as a sleep-deprived parent, just like you, who was at her limit. At 18 months old, her daughter was taking upwards of two hours to fall asleep (day or night) and was feeding at least three times a night. Mum guilt over …

In this blog, we are going to be addressing the fact that you’ve recognized that your baby doesn’t sleep enough, or your little one doesn’t sleep enough. So we’re going to find out why. Where is it in 24 hours that the lack of sleep is coming from? Because understanding this is key. In the previous blog we started talking about overtiredness and wh…

https://youtu.be/lx4Kmk1UcVk To conclude my little series on traveling with your little ones and maintaining the best sleep possible, this post is all about the return home. These tips are going to help you to get your little one’s sleep back on track and get them sleeping really nicely at home when you’ve returned from travel or being away, or on …

https://youtu.be/-YPNH-pEFCM The last couple of blogs posts have been about travel with babies and children, in this miniseries I am sharing as much as I can with you to make the journey easier, to make your time away more enjoyable and so that sleep doesn’t just become a complete disaster. Next up is my sleep tips for you while you are away. So wh…

https://youtu.be/yNdjTUWlxeo This blog is the next in the minim series on traveling with babies and children, we’re focusing on time zones and the tips for getting through the change of time zones, on the way there, when you come back, how you can manage them whilst you’re away. The number one tip I want to give you about time zones when it comes t…

https://youtu.be/_qO6v4m3lNY In this blog I’m going to be giving you some amazing tips for when you travel with your children, and specifically in this post, focusing on the journey itself. I’m going to give you the three best things that you can think about when it comes to traveling with children. The three things that I want to share with you to…

https://youtu.be/7OGW7GhXCX0 In this blog I am talking all about the early-rising child. The previous 3 have been focused on how to spot where the overtiredness is coming from that causes the early rising. I’ve talked about how to cope with early rising and strategies to solve all of this and what I want to share with you here is how to stay on tra…

This blog is all about coping when your little one is waking really early every morning, every day.I’m going to be going through three key things that you can use to get through this while you are working on the strategies I shared in the last two blogs about how to actually overcome this problem, and get your little one sleeping beyond 6:00 AM eve…

This blog is all about early waking and specifically today, we’re talking about how to overcome the early waking. This is all about early waking sleep training, we will delve into the steps you need to take and my three R’s on early rising. Number one, you’ve got to spot where the overtiredness is coming from. If you haven’t already make sure you’v…

The focus for this blog is why does my baby wake so early? Why, why, why, why, why, why? I know what it feels like myself because when my eldest was little, this was a big problem for me, in fact he’s a little bit wired that way. So I know firsthand what you’re going through if you have an early riser on your hands. In this blog I’m going to go thr…

https://youtu.be/9IueYK86oN This blog is all about dropping the nap, when nap times are no more. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I know people have mixed opinions on that but we will go through when is the best time for this to happen, how you can make it easier on your little one and avoid having it unravel and just destroy nighttime sleep. W…

We are talking naps again today, this time we are talking all about the dropping down to one nap per day. So that’s when we’re going from two naps down to one nap. Now this one can take a bit of time and it can cause a few hiccups along the way, but don’t worry. I’m going to address all of that and give you the tools you need to make a smooth trans…

We’re going to be addressing the change to two naps a day, three to two naps a day. When does this happen? How do you know your little one’s ready and how do you actually go about it? First and foremost, when exactly is a little one ready to drop from three naps a day down to two naps a day? Typically this is going to happen around eight to 10 mont…

If you are ready to overcome nap challenges and win a good night’s sleep, then you are in the right place! This is all about new baby naps. We’re talking about how napping looks in those first months, 0 to six months and everything you need to do to get your little one napping to the best that they can in those early few months. First and foremost,…

In this blog I am talking about all things baby naps, the routine behind them and why they’re important, we’ll be leaving no stone unturned! When it comes to napping, why is it so important and why do so many of us get tripped up by these and spend our lives feeling like we are just trying to get the little one to go to sleep? It feels exhausting j…

In the final part of my little bedtime series, this blog is all about putting a baby down for sleep when you just can’t even get them from your arms to down. I know that problem and I have got the solution! You often find that you are stuck with your baby in your arms or on you and you know they need to lay down. Your arms are aching, you need a bi…

https://youtu.be/GR1o5o1pPhE This blog in the bedtime miniseries is all about how you settle a baby to sleep at bedtime. I will be revealing what settling to sleep actually means and what it looks like. Why it’s important and how it’s going to help you with the whole picture of sleep all around and how to actually do it. Settling a baby to sleep. W…

https://youtu.be/zTY5iPdjwl8 This is the second in my mini series about bedtimes, and we are going to be delving into what you do when you have a toddler who is getting up and down at bedtime and they just won’t stay in their beds. You know what I mean? I’m sure when we’ve all been there. I’m going to be answering the key questions to help you over…

https://youtu.be/QCYdKWfdK3s Do you find yourself dreading bedtime every evening and feeling like, “Oh no, bedtime is coming again.” It’s a battle, it’s exhausting, and you just want your little ones to go to sleep happily.In this blog I’m going to be talking about routine, particularly the bedtime routine. Why it’s important, when you can start it…

https://youtu.be/afjTYssbN5s How did the spring clock change go? How has it been with that one hour forward that the clocks just did to us? Have you managed to get over that yet? Are you feeling like you’re on track with the new time and feeling refreshed by spring, or are you a walking zombie and feeling exhausted because that one hour, it feels l…

https://youtu.be/G5YFLDw01f0 We have got the strategies for to help you and your little ones be able to handle the spring clock change where the clocks go forward an hour. We are going to recap my three preferred approaches that I believe can help any one of you to get your little one sleeping soundly through this clock change. Make sure you keep r…

https://youtu.be/Ug2MT5iNHok When the clocks go forward and we spring forward an hour, how do we get the best from our little ones sleep and how do we avoid them completely coming off track and not being able to sleep very well, this is Part 3 of the Clock Change miniseries and I am giving you my third approach and option, which is the All In One G…

https://youtu.be/uHbO5GjBnj0 This week I am continuing the March miniseries, on the different tips and strategies for managing the clock changes, particularly the clock change where we spring forward and the clocks go forward by an hour. So how can we help our little ones adjust when the clocks go forward an hour? Last week we went through a very g…

https://youtu.be/9ZpWUDoA2ro In this week’s blog post I am going to be talking all about clock changes and baby sleep, I’ll share with you different strategies and different tips for how you can manage the clock changes, particularly this time, the spring forward clock change, where the clocks go forward by one hour, focusing on how you can do that…

https://youtu.be/4rOipotARoc I’m going to answer the golden question today. “When will my baby sleep through the night?” I know just how important the answer to this question is, especially when you have your first baby and you think, “Okay, waking in the night, waking the night, I know this is going to happen, but how long is going to happen for?”…

https://youtu.be/-sctCzeeBRY One of the most asked questions is how you can get your new baby to do the very best they can with their sleep. Now, we all know that newborns aren’t going to sleep through the night. In fact none of us do, but what’s the best they could be doing and are they doing that? And more importantly, how can we instill some rea…

https://youtu.be/cfv1Xt_Dbb8 New parent sleep – doesn’t that sound like a dream? This week I’m going to help you as a new parent with the coping strategies that you can use to help you with your sleep when you are dealing with the disturbed nights that you get with a new baby. I have some great tips for you to help you through this phase. Now, the …

https://youtu.be/mIzMraIdRV4 What does new baby sleep even look like? This blog will look at new baby sleep patterns and take away any of the guesswork or wondering if what your baby’s doing is typical, or not. We will cover it all. Let’s start by setting your expectations, new babies sleep a lot. Newborns sleep roughly 14 to 17 hours per 24-hours.…

https://youtu.be/cTWZnV6Pm5A Bedtime routine for siblings is our topic of focus for this week. When you’ve got more than one child and you are trying to juggle that bedtime routine and sometimes it just feels you are trying to do something for one and then you need to go to the other and then this one needs you and that one needs you. So of course …

https://youtu.be/_mfEsjXWjcc Our blog this week is all about twins and how we can get twins sleeping without disturbing each other and perhaps without tag teaming you as well. Have a read for my top tips for getting twins to sleep well. 1. Try to keep twins on the same schedule. Yes, you might have one that’s quite a good sleeper and one that’s not…

https://youtu.be/VToFODxuqWc If you have or are currently experiencing sibling jealousy between your children you know only too well how that can impact everything in day to day life, including a little one’s ability to sleep well. This week I’m sharing with you my top tips and tricks to help you to relieve some of that jealous feeling that can hap…

https://youtu.be/lVgfPnFz1WY This weeks’ Blog is all about siblings and when they’re room sharing and the effect that that can have on your little one’s sleep including the all important; how you can make this work harmoniously and have siblings that share a room and sleep as well. The first thing I’m going to get you to ask yourself is why, why ar…

https://youtu.be/XA3ONxvt-ZY In this week’s blog we continue our series on night wakings, looking specifically at long periods where your baby is awake for hours at night, what causes it and how can we prevent it. What do we mean when we talk about long, wakeful periods in the night? Some little ones will go to sleep, they’ll sleep really well for …

https://youtu.be/r8ex-XlojNQ This week I want to look at one of the reasons that could be behind your little one’s night wakings, and that is sleep onset. I will explain what that is, what it means and how this could absolutely be the game-changing nugget of wisdom that resolves your little one’s sleep in a really, really big way. So make sure you …

https://youtu.be/m0PSzAcmK7I This week’s blog is a deep dive into the topic of responding to those night wakings.How can you best respond to them? Because the truth is, different wakings need a different response, and sometimes your response can be perfect and help your little one to get back to sleep quickly, and other times your response might ac…

https://youtu.be/YN1O5Yue6Xc There are so many different reasons for night wakings, but today we’re going to explore one particular thing that could be causing night wakings for your little one, and that is parasomnias. What on earth are they? In this week’s blog post I am going to explain exactly what they are, why they happen, how you can respond…

https://youtu.be/YGCOjZuaR1A Being overtired is so often the cause of sleep challenges for babies and young children. You’d think being tired would lead to sleep, but being too tired actually makes sleep worse. In this week’s blog we’ll be exploring why being overtired is causing your little one to wake at night and how to figure out if your child …

https://youtu.be/cK6DVFzP3Zw 3 YEAR OLD SLEEP REGRESSION. A QUESTION FROM A PARENTHi.Our question is, Joe, who will be three shortly? Sometimes he is over tired during the day. Should we reintroduce his daytime nap, which we haven’t had since the beginning of the year or do we bring his bedtime forward? Because it’s very hard to keep him up past se…

https://youtu.be/E5Y5qymtlsM The eight-month sleep regression. If you know me or have followed me for some time, you’ll know that I really don’t like the word regression. Why? Because it’s not really a regression, just because sleep becomes difficult or hindered, doesn’t mean they’re actually regressing.Your child’s never regressing, they’re moving…

https://youtu.be/5Pn_i4INQXsThe four-month sleep regression. Is it real? Well, this is tricky because yes, there are some things that go on in four and five months old, and it can often be seen or feel like there's a regression. But I want to give you some thought points today. Things to think about that will help you maneuver your way through this…

https://youtu.be/E5Y5qymtlsMBabies and sleep regressions, the four-month sleep regression, the eight-month sleep regression, the 18-month sleep regression. How many are there? Are you wondering what to look out for with a sleep regression or how to get through one? What if I told you there was no such thing as a regression with sleep? I'll explain …