The Baby Sleep Solution: The stay-and-support method to help your baby sleep through the night

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I don't want to confuse him so that he can be fed sometimes and not others but I also don't want to feed him unnecessarily because how things are right now is not good for any of us.

I recognize that if you are reading this you may be over-tired and not have had uninterrupted sleep for a long time. To begin my sleep process, you do not have to complete a lengthy sleep diary. Completion of a simple client history review will enable me to identify core contributory emotional and developmental factors providing scope to devise a suitable, bespoke sleep plan for your family that encourages better sleep to emerge. It is important to me that parents receive high quality information, guidance and support and I continue to invest in training, education and research to ensure that when you select me to accompany you on your journey, that you are are assured that it is the right decision. Night-time waking and severe asleep deprivation are unavoidable for new parents but for how long should that last and what can be done if it seems to be continuing indefinitely?Limit the use of electronic media and television, obviously, in the last hour before bedtime, but also through the course of the day. As parents, we can often rely more heavily on gadgets than we would like and routinely their use derails sleep - cutting short the amount of deep, restoring sleep they have and alerting the waking part of the brain when we want it to slow down. It can be challenging to alter our device use, but a challenge that can pay dividends in terms of sleep improvements. She also says “some naps are better than no naps” – so if child will only sleep in the buggy or car, go with that and you can work on other elements later. I am a busy Mum to four lovely children and can easily associate with whatever sleep challenges that you may be experiencing, both as a parent and a professional.

There were loads of different things we had to implement to get to a good place in terms of sleeping, I don’t think any one thing made a huge difference other than establishing a good routine for naps, eventually the night looks after itself if a baby is well rested. I get asked so many questions about what we did so I hope I have answered it as best I can. I didn’t include our routine because for the first while it was specifically based on her sleep history as prescribed by Lucy Wolfe for Alice and with babies their daily routines change nearly monthly within the first year, like soon Alice will be down to two long naps in the day but it’s 2 or 3 at the moment. And she might wake (or be woken!!) from a nap early so our days are often figured out as we go to make sure she gets about 4 hours sleep during the day. My DS is about to turn 6 months and we've decided that we're going to try Lucy Wolfe stay and support as we are not coping with the night wakings... as I'm writing this we are on our 9th wake up of the night and it is only 3.30am! Know when baby’s tired. Watch for sleep cues like yawning, eye rubbing or crankiness, which may happen around the same time every night. It’s important to put your baby to bed when she’s sleepy but not overtired, since overtired babies have a harder time settling down for sleep and are more likely to sleep fitfully or wake early. However, that doesn’t mean parents can’t take some steps towards what Wolfe, describes as “sleep shaping”. These include getting to know how to read the early sleep cues, such as brief eye rub, brief yawn or a “dreamy look” in the eyes.National Institutes of Health, National Library of Medicine, Behavioral Interventions for Infant Sleep Problems: A Randomized Controlled Trial, June 2016. I am a busy Mum to four lovely children aged 13, 11, 8 and 5 years and can easily associate with whatever sleep difficulties that you may be experiencing, both as a parent and a professional. Does your little one wail for extended periods of time before falling asleep? Her body might not be ready for sleep at your desired bedtime. The bedtime fading method can modify her circadian rhythm to get bedtime to where you want it to be.Here’s how.

Hopefully she’ll fall asleep fast, but if she cries a lot, take her out of the crib for a set amount of time (say, half an hour) and then try again. I am a graduate from University College Cork in Relationship Mentoring and hold a first-class honors master’s degree in The Psychotherapy of Relationship Mentoring from Technical University of Shannon (TUS). I am a Post-Graduate researcher (PhD) with TUS. My current research is focused on how women of different generations experience their children’s sleep. I have completed the Gentle Sleep Coach program (USA) and Certification in Child Sleep Studies accredited by the OCN (UK) and have attended the Naturally Nurturing Sleep Clinic (UK). I have undertaken specific training and qualification for children aged between 4-5 months, and I am a certified Happiest Baby, New Parent Educator together with certification in Post Natal Depression accredited by OCN (UK). I undertake continuous professional development to stay up to date with recent research and development, together with personal reflection. My past research was an exploration into the lived experience of first time Mums in Ireland; giving voice to the challenges of early Motherhood. I have been in practice for over 12 years. Soothing white noise is a good option, says Kedzierska-Teague, “especially when you live in a busy place, or simply don’t want to tip-toe around your house when the kids are in bed”. If you do play music or white noise while your child is going to sleep it must stay on for the whole night, says Wolfe. “Otherwise the brain will search for it, as it will always search out the conditions under which it has gone to sleep.” While it may seem harsh, CIO is harder on you than on your little one. With consistency (that’s the key!), your baby should begin falling asleep on her own within three to four nights, give or take. Ferber methodBe consistent with the sleep training method you’ve chosen for two full weeks to give it a chance to work. Sleep training tips Geoghegan suggests that parents should be aware of nap guidelines for their baby’s age “but don’t fixate on them, some babies need more or less than others”. She also believes that while consistent naps time is important, parents shouldn’t feel like they have to be home every day for them. Adult sleep recommendations are between seven to nine hours. For children, I rely on the National Sleep Foundation’s (NSF) current guidelines, which are derived from the opinion of 18 international sleep researchers after they reviewed findings from 312 articles. This indicates sleep values between 11 to 12 hours overnight with naps decreasing as the child gets older.

An informal sleep chat represented by a 30 minute zoom meeting to help you gain insights and suitable from birth to 6 years. Get more information He doesn't feed to sleep except during the night and he used to be able to self settle for naps and at the start of the night but never in the night (including half an hour after he's been put down!) he's lost this though since we moved him into his own room. American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Behavioral Treatment of Bedtime Problems and Night Wakings in Infants and Young Children, 2006. No matter what method you’re trying, the following sleep training tips can help ensure a smoother transition to dreamland:Experts recommend beginning sleep training when babies are 4 to 6 months old. This age range is the sweet spot, since babies are old enough to physically make it for six to eight hours overnight without needing to eat but aren’t quite at the point where the comforting you provide has become a sleep association. Sleep training methods Lucy Wolfe, HDip RM, MA Sleep Consultant and Co-Creational Relationship Mentor Author of The Baby Sleep Solution, All About the Baby Sleep Solution, Creator of Sleep Through brand, TV Columnist, Writer and Mum of Four Time it right. It’s not the time to tinker with baby’s sleep when there’s been a recent disruption in her life (a move, new nanny, ear infection, travel). Wait until things have settled down before attempting sleep training.