Posts by Sophie Acott
Hump Day Q&A – Early Rising
This week’s question comes from Olivia; she asks about how to combat the early risers. You can refer to by two articles Combating the early risers, and 10 Tips to help your toddler sleep longer in the morning for further info and tips 🙂
Read MoreWhen can my baby self settle?
Also known as the holy grail of all things children’s sleep; “self soothing” or “self settling” is often confused with sleep training methodologies such as cry it out, controlled crying, responsive settling – or at worst, neglect. However, nothing could be further from the truth. Teaching a child to self settle, in it’s simplest form, translates to teaching…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Six Months
Ok…. So I know I said I was moving Jett into his own room. Well I did. What I failed to mention though, is that I am now sleeping on a mattress in his room. Not out of necessity, not out of habit, not out of (his) separation anxiety. Nope; for no other reason than…
Read MoreHump Day Q&A – Night Weaning
This week’s question comes from Carly. She asks about night weaning – signs to look out for, and flexibility around times of milestones, teething, and illness. Here’s my response. Any further questions, you can check out my night weaning article. Thanks Carly 🙂
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Five Months
For young babies, symptoms of developmental leaps, teething, and illness (and their affect on sleep) can be frustratingly similar, blurring the boundaries of which point each one begin, and where they end. Often confusion sets for us as parents, and how we *should* respond to them at these times. This sums up my experience of 5 months rather…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Four Months
Just when many of us finally feel we are getting some predictability with sleeping patterns…. BANG! Along comes the Four Month Sleep Regression! In Wonder Weeks terms, this also equates to Mental Leap 4: Events (which starts between 14.5-19.5 weeks). If you are going through this, you may find some comfort in knowing that this developmental leap is Universal. Frustration,…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Twelve
Many will claim that things magically get better from the three month mark. I don’t know if it is so much as magic as a lot of long nights, early mornings, and blood, sweat and tears in the process; literally! The main improvement I notice as the weeks go by, is Jett’s consistency with night sleeps. I…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Eleven
What’s new this week you ask? Three month growth spurt, and mental leap 3; which has seen us regress to hourly wakings overnight, irritability during the day, and lots of baby wearing! I’m also noticing increased drooling and clinginess, so I wouldn’t be surprised if teeth are imminent! My mantra (as always): this too shall pass! Regardless…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Ten
Finally…Spring has sprung! It’s been a loooong, cold Winter, so I am incredibly grateful to have had some sunshine over the past week to make me feel human again. We took Jett on his first beach trip, where he sunned himself in the glorious weather, and felt his tiny feet in the sand for the very first time. After ten…
Read MoreConfessions of a Sleep Consultant: The Jett Diaries; Week Nine
I know it’s only early days, but as we near the three month mark and my newborn slowly transforms to a bigger baby before my eyes, I am left with the unanswered question of; is this the last for our family? Is my family of five now complete? If I am to ask my husband,…
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