The Sleep Nanny Podcast

This blog is all about early waking and specifically today, we’re talking about how to overcome the early waking. This is all about early waking sleep training, we will delve into the steps you need to take and my three R’s on early rising. Number one, you’ve got to spot where the overtiredness is coming from. If you haven’t already make sure you’ve read my blog on early wakings and spotting the s...

The focus for this blog is why does my baby wake so early? Why, why, why, why, why, why? I know what it feels like myself because when my eldest was little, this was a big problem for me, in fact he’s a little bit wired that way. So I know firsthand what you’re going through if you have an early riser on your hands. In this blog I’m going to go through everything to explain why this happens, to gi...

https://youtu.be/9IueYK86oN This blog is all about dropping the nap, when nap times are no more. Is that a good thing or a bad thing? I know people have mixed opinions on that but we will go through when is the best time for this to happen, how you can make it easier on your little one and avoid having it unravel and just destroy nighttime sleep. When are little one’s ready to drop the daytime nap...

We are talking naps again today, this time we are talking all about the dropping down to one nap per day. So that’s when we’re going from two naps down to one nap. Now this one can take a bit of time and it can cause a few hiccups along the way, but don’t worry. I’m going to address all of that and give you the tools you need to make a smooth transition down to one nap a day. The first question is...

We’re going to be addressing the change to two naps a day, three to two naps a day. When does this happen? How do you know your little one’s ready and how do you actually go about it? First and foremost, when exactly is a little one ready to drop from three naps a day down to two naps a day? Typically this is going to happen around eight to 10 months. Now that’s typically, of course, you will alwa...

If you are ready to overcome nap challenges and win a good night’s sleep, then you are in the right place! This is all about new baby naps. We’re talking about how napping looks in those first months, 0 to six months and everything you need to do to get your little one napping to the best that they can in those early few months. First and foremost, I just want to say that napping in the early week...

In this blog I am talking about all things baby naps, the routine behind them and why they’re important, we’ll be leaving no stone unturned! When it comes to napping, why is it so important and why do so many of us get tripped up by these and spend our lives feeling like we are just trying to get the little one to go to sleep? It feels exhausting just thinking about it, to be honest. First of all,...

In the final part of my little bedtime series, this blog is all about putting a baby down for sleep when you just can’t even get them from your arms to down. I know that problem and I have got the solution! You often find that you are stuck with your baby in your arms or on you and you know they need to lay down. Your arms are aching, you need a bit of free time too. Perhaps you need to express so...

https://youtu.be/GR1o5o1pPhE This blog in the bedtime miniseries is all about how you settle a baby to sleep at bedtime. I will be revealing what settling to sleep actually means and what it looks like. Why it’s important and how it’s going to help you with the whole picture of sleep all around and how to actually do it. Settling a baby to sleep. When we settle to sleep, us, children, babies, we c...

https://youtu.be/zTY5iPdjwl8 This is the second in my mini series about bedtimes, and we are going to be delving into what you do when you have a toddler who is getting up and down at bedtime and they just won’t stay in their beds. You know what I mean? I’m sure when we’ve all been there. I’m going to be answering the key questions to help you overcome that exact battle. A toddler, particularly, g...

https://youtu.be/QCYdKWfdK3s Do you find yourself dreading bedtime every evening and feeling like, “Oh no, bedtime is coming again.” It’s a battle, it’s exhausting, and you just want your little ones to go to sleep happily. In this blog I’m going to be talking about routine, particularly the bedtime routine. Why it’s important, when you can start it, and what it should look like.. Routine. Bedtime...

https://youtu.be/afjTYssbN5s How did the spring clock change go? How has it been with that one hour forward that the clocks just did to us? Have you managed to get over that yet? Are you feeling like you’re on track with the new time and feeling refreshed by spring, or are you a walking zombie and feeling exhausted because that one hour, it feels like a huge jet lag to you? It affects everybody di...

https://youtu.be/G5YFLDw01f0 We have got the strategies for to help you and your little ones be able to handle the spring clock change where the clocks go forward an hour. We are going to recap my three preferred approaches that I believe can help any one of you to get your little one sleeping soundly through this clock change. Make sure you keep reading to get a plan in place to leap forward into...

https://youtu.be/Ug2MT5iNHok When the clocks go forward and we spring forward an hour, how do we get the best from our little ones sleep and how do we avoid them completely coming off track and not being able to sleep very well, this is Part 3 of the Clock Change miniseries and I am giving you my third approach and option, which is the All In One Go approach. I’m going to explain to you how this i...

https://youtu.be/uHbO5GjBnj0 This week I am continuing the March miniseries, on the different tips and strategies for managing the clock changes, particularly the clock change where we spring forward and the clocks go forward by an hour. So how can we help our little ones adjust when the clocks go forward an hour? Last week we went through a very gradual approach in the last episode, so this week,...

https://youtu.be/9ZpWUDoA2ro In this week’s blog post I am going to be talking all about clock changes and baby sleep, I’ll share with you different strategies and different tips for how you can manage the clock changes, particularly this time, the spring forward clock change, where the clocks go forward by one hour, focusing on how you can do that in gradual little steps to make that change reall...

https://youtu.be/4rOipotARoc I’m going to answer the golden question today. “When will my baby sleep through the night?” I know just how important the answer to this question is, especially when you have your first baby and you think, “Okay, waking in the night, waking the night, I know this is going to happen, but how long is going to happen for?” And when you start hearing friends or other new m...

https://youtu.be/-sctCzeeBRY One of the most asked questions is how you can get your new baby to do the very best they can with their sleep. Now, we all know that newborns aren’t going to sleep through the night. In fact none of us do, but what’s the best they could be doing and are they doing that? And more importantly, how can we instill some really basic strategies as a parent, actual parenting...

https://youtu.be/cfv1Xt_Dbb8 New parent sleep – doesn’t that sound like a dream? This week I’m going to help you as a new parent with the coping strategies that you can use to help you with your sleep when you are dealing with the disturbed nights that you get with a new baby. I have some great tips for you to help you through this phase. Now, the first thing that I want you to take on board is th...

https://youtu.be/mIzMraIdRV4 What does new baby sleep even look like? This blog will look at new baby sleep patterns and take away any of the guesswork or wondering if what your baby’s doing is typical, or not. We will cover it all. Let’s start by setting your expectations, new babies sleep a lot. Newborns sleep roughly 14 to 17 hours per 24-hours. So in every 24-hours, about 14 to 17 of those are...

https://youtu.be/cTWZnV6Pm5A Bedtime routine for siblings is our topic of focus for this week. When you’ve got more than one child and you are trying to juggle that bedtime routine and sometimes it just feels you are trying to do something for one and then you need to go to the other and then this one needs you and that one needs you. So of course it can all just feel too much. Well, don’t panic,...

https://youtu.be/_mfEsjXWjcc Our blog this week is all about twins and how we can get twins sleeping without disturbing each other and perhaps without tag teaming you as well. Have a read for my top tips for getting twins to sleep well. 1. Try to keep twins on the same schedule. Yes, you might have one that’s quite a good sleeper and one that’s not such a good sleeper, but if you go along with one...

https://youtu.be/VToFODxuqWc If you have or are currently experiencing sibling jealousy between your children you know only too well how that can impact everything in day to day life, including a little one’s ability to sleep well. This week I’m sharing with you my top tips and tricks to help you to relieve some of that jealous feeling that can happen between siblings. Hopefully by the end of this...

https://youtu.be/lVgfPnFz1WY This weeks’ Blog is all about siblings and when they’re room sharing and the effect that that can have on your little one’s sleep including the all important; how you can make this work harmoniously and have siblings that share a room and sleep as well. The first thing I’m going to get you to ask yourself is why, why are your siblings going to room share first of all?...

https://youtu.be/XA3ONxvt-ZY In this week’s blog we continue our series on night wakings, looking specifically at long periods where your baby is awake for hours at night, what causes it and how can we prevent it. What do we mean when we talk about long, wakeful periods in the night? Some little ones will go to sleep, they’ll sleep really well for a number of hours, and then they wake up. But they...