Cherished Sleep for all ages - with Kim Corley

11/04/2026

Is your toddler still napping? Here’s the benefit!

11/04/2026

If it’s loud and scary outside, a little extra attention is helpful.

How to help your child find calm in the storm.

It’s going to be a hectic weekend for many kiwis.

With Cyclone Vaianu approaching, our hearts go out to every every family and we hope everyone is keeping their heads down and staying safe.

Weather can be a traumatic and triggering condition for many neurodivergent kids. Darkness + Anxiety + Howling Winds can be a terrifying combination for sensitive minds.

It seems like our children can feel the conditions before they arrive.

The drop in pressure. The howl of wind against glass. The shift in routine that nobody announced, but their body still registered it hours ago.

Neurodivergent children don’t just notice storms. They absorb them.

If your child is more agitated, more tearful, more wired than usual, they’re not being difficult. And they’re certainly not overreacting. Their nervous system is just doing exactly what it was built to do: sounding the alarm when the world stops being predictable.

Two things that can help right now:

1.Shrink their world. One room. Low light. Familiar sounds such a playlist they know, a TV show they’ve seen before. Novelty is the enemy tonight. Predictability is the anchor.

2.Name what’s happening before they have to. “There’s a big storm coming. It might be loud. We’re safe, and we’re staying right here.” When children can’t name the threat, they will invent one. When you talk about it in an open way, you can stop their imagination going into overdrive.

You can’t stop the wind, but you can still be the shelter.

Stay safe everyone 🙏🏻.

10/04/2026

Parenting is a ride! Time can feel like it’s standing still or that you’ve blinked and missed so much. Simultaneously.

This weekend we say Happy Birthday to my son. 18!!

Excuse me while I try and figure out how I got here…

06/04/2026

One thing that astounds me, that parents likely don’t even notice, is how much YOUNGER they look AFTER we’ve worked on sleep, compared with beforehand.

I know they call it beauty sleep for a reason, and it’s true. Helping your kids sleep well has certain perks for you too!

Am I the only one noticing this?

03/04/2026

ARE YOU PREPARED?

02/04/2026

The thought of chocolate and Easter Egg hunts alone is exciting, but then there's the long weekend and NZ school holidays to navigate. In all this excitement it’s easy for good sleep habits to slip away, so here are 5 tips to stop Easter sabotaging your child’s sleep.

With Easter Egg hunts, long weekends, school holidays and travel, good sleep habits easily slip away. Stop Easter sabotaging sleep.

01/04/2026

Here's an easy way to adjust for the daylight-saving change AFTER the fact (starting Sunday). It works for any baby or child who has set naptimes and/or bedtimes.

Tag and share this with your parent friends (and yourself) and save it for Sunday!

01/04/2026

⚠ PARENT SAFETY ALERT ⚠

THE CLOCKS GO BACK THIS WEEKEND! And while gaining an hour is much more acceptable than losing one, it can be just as frustrating as a parent because it’s another adjustment that doesn’t happen easily (and you STILL miss out on that much needed sleep in).

THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOLS POST.

Children tend to be more structured in their bedtime and wake up around the same time each morning which is why you usually see a greater effect on children when there’s a time change. It’s annoying, but there are some things you can do to help make the transition to the new time go a little more smoothly.

Fall back tips for surviving the daylight saving change Daylight saving ends each autumn and it can really help to have some fall back tips for surviving the daylight saving change. And while gaining an hour is much more acceptable than losing one, it can be just as frustrating as a parent because i...

31/03/2026

🚨 NEW SLEEP METHOD ALERT 🚨

Give your child chocolate before bed and let them run wild until they collapse…

…said no sleep consultant ever 😅

April Fools!

But in all seriousness,
what your child eats and how their day is structured does impact their sleep more than most people realise.

Follow along for real-life, realistic sleep support.

31/03/2026

Are you a "start now and get it done", love to be prepared parent? Or more of a "go with the flow" it'll happen when it happens parent?

YEP, DAYLIGHT SAVING ENDS THIS WEEKEND IN NZ (and some of Aus)!

Here are a couple of options to help your child's body clock adjust with ease!

29/03/2026

Bedtime anxiety doesn’t just affect your child… it affects the whole family 💔

When a child feels overwhelmed at night, it’s not about ‘bad habits', it’s about needing the right support, safety, and strategy to calm their nervous system.

This is the work I love most… helping families move from anxious, exhausting evenings to calm, predictable routines where everyone feels confident again ✨

If your child struggles at bedtime, please know there is a gentle, supportive way through 👇

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Kim x

26/03/2026

When sleep doesn’t come easily, it can be frustrating to say the least. But having the right bedroom environment can really help!

YOUR BEDROOM IS YOUR SANCTUARY (or it should be).

Ideally, your bedroom is a peaceful oasis at the end of a hectic day. Your sanctuary. Some of you may even count down the minutes until you get to crawl under your duvet and lay your weary head on your pillow (I’m thinking of you, parents). Bedtime means you are finally free from your boss’s demands. There’s no more scrubbing toddler graffiti from the walls, and any work you need to do can be done tomorrow.

But when you’re suffering from insomnia, that oasis can become a place of misery. You end up tossing and turning for hours. You might even start to dread the walk down the hall to your bedroom, knowing that your cozy-looking bed isn’t going to save you. It is just going to be a source of frustration again.

YOUR BEDROOM ENVIRNMENT IMPACTS ON YOUR SLEEP

If sleepless nights are on your mind, try not to worry. Believe it or not, your bedroom environment can actually have a big impact on your ability to fall asleep. With just a few simple tweaks, you can make it easier for yourself to drift off to slumberland and start to sleep peacefully again. Here are my 3 simple bedroom tricks for better sleep.

READ ON FOR 3 SIMPLE BEDROOM TRICKS TO GIVE YOU BETTER SLEEP

When you’re suffering from insomnia, your bedroom can become a place of misery. Here are three bedroom tricks to give you better sleep.