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Ask Sally · the column
A reader asked
My baby has learnt to pull themselves up to stand in the cot and now will not lie back down at bedtime. What do I do?
Ahh yes, this is such a fun new trick that
...Ask Sally · the column
A reader asked
What do I do if nap 2 is shorter? My baby is nearly 7 months. They go down at 12:45pm and sometimes wake early. Occasionally I can resettle them but often I can’t
...Ask Sally · the column
A reader asked
How do I get my baby sleeping in a portacot?
As many of you know, travel is a huge passion of mine and, as a family, we place a lot of value on it.
We’ve been for
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Sleep Answers · early rising
Why does my baby keep waking at 5am?
A 5am wake is not always genuine early rising. If bedtime is very early, your baby may simply have banked the eleven to twelve hours
...Camp Snooze · night three
Night three of Camp Snooze is done and dusted, and we have just come off roll call. It is not only the coffee. I am on a high, because everybody is doing so well and every
...Camp Snooze · day eight
We are at day eight of Camp Snooze, so let us find out how these eight beautiful babies are going. I am going to work in the order their 7am logs came in.
Every morning I s
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Is your 6-month-old waking at 5:30 am? Have you dropped the third nap thinking it would help, only to find your baby now waking at 4 am? You're not alone, and a sleep-science explanation is behind it....
I am a huge fan of pink noise and so is my baby. When your baby was in utero, the sounds around them were the equivalent in volume to that of a vacuum cleaner. Pink noise can help emulate this aural e...
It’s almost holiday time here in Australia as we inch closer to summer, and like most Aussie families I’m looking forward to plenty of beach adventures, days spent out in nature and time spent with ...
As a certified sleep consultant, I often meet parents who are exasperated and confused about their baby's sleep patterns. They've had that one magical night where their baby slept through, and they're...
A question that pops up for me a lot is "is the 8/9/10 month sleep regression even real?" Or course, not all babies are affected by the 8-10 month sleep regression, but and I'm here to tell you, yes, ...
We want sleep to be a positive experience for all involved. However, it is easy and not uncommon for babies to have developed a negative association with their sleep environment. I know babies who cry...
