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A gentle, holistic, responsive, child led and family centred approach supporting families to get the best nights sleep. The end goal?

A happy, positive and rested start to each day with your family

28/01/2026

I’ll share first!

Felix almost 5 years dropped his last ten minutes of nap soon after 3 years but we still use it on random occasions!

Ozzy is a 5.5-6 hour window after a 40 minute nap at 21 months!

Tell me yours below ⬇️

27/01/2026

If you feel this may be the case and your little one is waking because things just aren’t balanced with sleep pressure-this is for you.

💤 sleep pressure is what drives sleep. When it’s too high we can get dysregulation and upset often spoken about as being ‘overtired’

💤 when it is too low, there simply just not tired enough

💤 this can be confusing if they’ve not been awake long before bed but shows tired signs….but this could be boredom or simply melatonin doing it’s job

💤 but then if they’ve not been awake long enough or had too much day sleep….sleep pressure won’t be working with melatonin to get that nice consolidated sleep

⁉️ what can you do?

👁️ look at sleep needs for your little ones age

📔 keep a sleep diary and see how much they are having in 24 hours

😴 make sure naps are age appropriate and well timed

🛌 consider total time in bed-for many 10.5 hours is plenty!

😊 make gentle changes and stick to them consistently for at least a week and take note of patterns that are changing or emerging

Got a question on sleep pressure? Drop it here⬇️

26/01/2026

Is your baby or toddler undertired? 😴
 Undertiredness can sometimes look very similar to that dysregulated ‘overtired’ behaviour but the strategies we use to improve things are different.

What are the signs of undertiredness?
 • Fighting naps or bedtime • Taking a long time to fall asleep • Short naps with a happy wake up • Early mornings ready to party • Lots of energy at bedtime

What can you do if you think they’re undertired?
 You can gradually extend wake windows (10 to 15 minutes at a time.
 Make sure naps are age-appropriate and not too many or not too long in length.
 Add more stimulation and exercise in before sleep and think about sensory input, and making sure they’re actually tired!
 Keep bedtime consistent and give changes a few days to work-it can take a good week for things to shift!

Sleep struggles aren’t always about more sleep, sometimes it’s about better timing ⏰
 Save this for later & share with a tired parent who needs it!

24/01/2026

If your child sleeps better at daycare, or with other caregivers, than they do at home, it’s not a reflection of your parenting I promise!
 Children often fall asleep easier in group settings because of higher daytime stimulation, predictable routines, and clear expectations from their caregivers. When the other kids transition or move to something new, so do they!

Sleep pressure is often high after active, stimulating days, and they are open to different sleep associations with different caregivers.

So no,bits not any sort of sorcery, it’s just they just feel comforted in different ways with different people!

However some will have those FOMO babes where the opposite will happen and they JUST WONT NAP!

Sometimes they need a little extra help regulating and feeling ready for sleep, or just need some additional support to feel safe and comfortable with new caregivers. Both very normal!

How does your baby sleep at daycare?

Let me know in the comments!

23/01/2026

Thank you for playing this absolute banger on this week-

As if we don’t listen to it every day on Google anyway (because the original is tons better that the recent one!) we are now singing it in the car on the way to school when it doesn’t come on the radio! The expectations are HIGH now.

Maybe we need a bit of OG Sesame Street next week?

But on an important note-when I’m overwhelmed, overstimulated and struggling a little with the two small people, music is my go to and it ALWAYS helps!

What makes you feel more regulated as a parent?

22/01/2026

That’s right!

The best thing you can do to help your child become interested in solids is creative a positive relationship with food while making food feel familiar and safe!

So how can you do this?

Turn food into play! 🍲

🍝 Create a pasta tray or a serial tray and adding clean animals or cars! We all know babies love exploring things with their mouths and this provides the opportunity to do that as well as tasting new foods!

🥂 Have fun at dinner time! Our oldest used to love saying cheers every time we tried some food off our plate!

😊 Take the pressure off! Don’t worry if they don’t try everything on their plate exploring as a win in itself!

❌ Have a no thank you plate-if they don’t like something, just ask them to put it on a plate and you can do the same!

🐻 Try eating the same things as your little one does even if you’re not hungry! Plate up your own small meal bring some teddies along and make it a family meal of fun!

🤢 Show them that it’s okay to not want to eat all the food on their plate-saying things such as ‘I didn’t like that’ or ‘that was too chewy for me’ to normalise that we all have different tastes!

🤱 My first baby was b**b mad and had zero interest in food. These steps above made a world of difference for us!

Stress free, no pressure mealtimes ❤️

Do you have experience with this?

21/01/2026

These are my non negotiables when it comes to my childrens sleep.

What are yours? Tell me ⬇️⬇️⬇️

20/01/2026

This was the worst part for me-settling the baby all flipping evening. And then choosing between having some evening and being exhausted the next day, or just going to bed.

I hated not having an evening.

I hated that I didn’t even want to bother going downstairs because there was no point.

There was no point starting to watch an episode of our favourite series because I knew I’d get interrupted.

I felt like I shouldn’t even attempt eating dinner because I wouldn’t get to finish it.

This is why it makes me SO happy when parents get their first stretch back. It makes such a difference and it’s the best place to start.

Once those evenings come back everything feels a bit more manageable.

You feel lighter.

You feel more positive.

Your relationship improves because you have time together.

You get to watch two WHOLE episodes!

Have you ever felt stuck in this place? Are you there now?

I was and it was bloody hard, but we found a way out, and you will too. You deserve your evenings back.

Have you ever experienced false starts?

19/01/2026

Have you got a sensitive little one?

Tell me about their sleep ⬇️

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