The Sleep Nanny Podcast

Early rising or early morning waking is when a little one repeatedly wakes for the day earlier than 6a.m. Parents often say ‘my child’s just an early riser’ but this doesn’t have to be the way!  We can get your little one sleeping soundly to at least 6a.m consistently, we just need to figure out the cause of the early mornings and address it. The number one reason for early rising is over tirednes...

When is your little one ready to transition from 2 naps to 1? The 2 to 1 nap transition can be complicated and it can be on and off for a number of weeks so you need to be prepared. It tends to happen between the broad range of 13-17 months. Some little ones will show early signs with resisting one of their naps at around 12 months but this really is a bit too young to begin the transition. When t...

Today I am ‘Sleep talking with…’ Certified Sleep Nanny Consultant Helen Farmer. Helen has been running her sleep consulting business for well over a year now. She is a Mum of four beautiful children, three boys and a little girl, aged 10, 6, 5 and 2 and a half years old. When she had her boys Helen wasn’t aware of sleep training or consulting, they all had sleep challenges that, at the time they j...

The number one question with any training or program is ‘will it work for me?’  When you set out to achieve something, it doesn’t matter how highly regarded the expert is or how many success stories you’ve read. You could be all set up with the best coaching, the most powerful tools and the most proven strategy there is BUT, if your mindset is not right, it won’t work for you, period. There are a...

What is a dream feed? In short, a dream feed is a ‘proactive’ feed that you offer your baby while they are asleep.  It’s a great option if you are down to just that one feed per night and you’re not sure whether or not your baby still needs that top up or not. To be clear, when your baby wakes and cries, it’s natural and essential to respond with milk, especially in the early weeks. Of course, you...

Welcome to my Bosses with Babies podcast series where I talk to entrepreneur mums who have built their successful business while raising little ones! This week I am talking to Cara Sayer, Inventor of the Snoozeshade and mum to 12 year old daughter, Holly. Cara was having a lunch out with a group of friends when she was inspired to create the Snoozeshade.  All the mums had the same concerns through...

It’s that time of year again when everyone gets just-a-little-bit confused about what time it is. There are an increased number of reported road traffic accidents on the day after the clocks change, which just shows how much we are affected by disruptions to our sleep! Did I oversleep? Have I woken up too early? It can catch adults out and the majority of us are able to tell the time! Just imagine...

This week I am Sleep Talking with Certified Sleep Nanny Consultant and mum of 2, Emma Lambert. We discuss her journey into becoming a sleep consultant, the joys and challenges of running her own successful business and how it feels when tired parents get their babies sleeping! Experiencing extreme sleep deprivation and reaching out for help first hand, Emma wanted to pay it forward and share her k...

Learning to fall asleep is just that – a learned skill – it is something we actively teach our babies to do whether you realise it or not. How much effort do you put into teaching your toddler to walk? Maybe you feel the back pain, or maybe you barely notice it but either way, you DO teach them! They watch you as you demonstrate and guide them without even knowing it. In fact, most things we teach...

This week I am ‘Sleep Talking’ with friend of mine and TV presenter Lucy Piper. Lucy and I met working on The Baby Show which she has presented for 16 years, and she has a wealth of knowledge on the subject of pregnancy, labour and becoming a mum. Lucy loves all things baby and has a lot of empathy and admiration for all new mums. Lucy is mum of 2 to Phoebe, age 14 and Charlie who is 10. On this e...

This week I am Sleep Talking with Jenni Dunman of Daisy First Aid.   Prior to creating her business, Jenni was a police officer in London and experienced a vast number of real first aid emergencies including treating casualties at Edgware Road tube station during its bombing in 2005.    In 2014 Jenni (mum of 3 to Daisy aged 12, Lottie 10 and Benny 7) was sitting in a coffee shop chatting with a fr...

This week I am Sleep Talking with Ashley Wilson, Instagram star and founder of AMothersEdit.com the fashion and lifestyle site.  She is mum to 2 beautiful girls Vivienne and Margot. Ashley started her successful website and Instagram when her eldest daughter was just one, and has since loved growing it into the fashionable mothers online resource for beauty tips and tricks, travel, health and shop...

This week I am ‘Sleep Talking with…’ the amazing Jools Oliver! Jools is a busy mum to five kids, Poppy Honey, 18, Daisy Boo, 17, Petal Blossom, 11, and Buddy Bear, nine, as well as three-year-old River Rocket.   She is wife to TV chef and restaurateur Jamie Oliver. I first spoke to Jools over a year ago when she was having challenges with Rivers sleep.  The family moved from sleep perfection to ch...

Do you find yourself holding your baby until they’re asleep and every time you try to put him down, he wakes up? You’re not alone, I am contacted by tired parents all the time who have this challenge.   Babies don’t know how to fall asleep until we teach them. Fact. So, understandably it’s strange for a baby to go from all the comfort of the motion, sound and closeness that lulled him to sleep in...

This week on ‘Sleep Talking with…’  I am talking with Gina aka The Honest Parent (@thehonestparentuk).  A former client of mine, Gina shows all sides of parenting and not just […]

On this week’s podcast I am Sleep Talking with the wonderful Suzy Reading. Suzy and I met a year or so ago at an event and hit it off straight away, I always love chatting with her, she is so open and calming!  Suzy is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in well being, stress management and facilitation of healthy lifestyle change. She is also an accredited yoga teacher and personal trainer.  Sh...

https://youtu.be/zW-yIR9qhRQ Why pay for any kind of expertise or guidance? It’s usually because you don’t know the answers and figuring it out for yourself could take years or leave you in a worse place if you don’t know what you’re doing. Or it’s because you can’t seem to stick to things, perhaps you lack confidence or have worries and something is holding you back from achieving your goal. We a...

Introducing our new ‘Sleep Talking with…’ series on The Sleep Nanny podcast. Each episode I have a conversation with a special guest about every parents favourite subject – Sleep! During these conversations I will be asking guests to reflect on their own experience of their children’s sleep, looking at particular tricky stages and challenges.  I’ll also be inviting specific experts on who can prov...

How much sleep your little one needs evolves all the time, with each phase of development.  When it comes to managing each transition, knowledge is most definitely power, so check out our Sleep Needs Chart today so you have all the information you need. Whilst every baby or child is different, a vast majority will fit into the averages in our chart, so look at the range and take a moment to assess...

Being over tired is so often the cause of sleep challenges for babies and young children. You’d think being tired would lead to sleep but being too tired actually makes sleep worse! Check out my advice this week and find out why being over tired is causing your little one to wake at night and how to figure out if your child is in fact over tired!

This week I am answering a great question from one of my audience members; 8 month old Ottilie has never slept through the night, sleeping typically for 2-3 hours before waking.  Recently things have got a lot worse, and she is now waking every hour. She has never been able to self settle, Mum has tried a variety of strategies to encourage her to sleep longer such as introducing a dummy, gradually...

From around 4-7 months babies become aware of object permanence. This means they recognise that things can be gone from their sight but still exist and return, Playing peek-a-boo is great way to demonstrate and practice this. You might spot signs of separation anxiety at a parent and baby group or when leaving your little one with someone else. Or it may show up at bedtime for a little one who was...

I received a fabulous question from one of my audience members; Three year old Joe gets so overtired during the day, because he doesn’t nap anymore.   Should Mum reintroduce a day time nap, or should she bring bedtime forward? Great question, three can be a tricky age.  Some children are ready to give up their day time naps, whilst other children still need a sleep in the day until they turn four,...

How much sleep does your 1 year old need? How does this change from 12-18 months? And what impact does it have on your little one if they’re not getting enough sleep? In this episode we’re going to uncover the reason why your 1 year old might have begun waking in the night or super early in the morning and what to do when they begin to resist the afternoon nap! Grab your FREE Sleep Needs Chart tod...

Question: Hello. My son is nine months next week and ever since he was born he slept through until about three months, then he started to wake up in the night. He’s had his moments where he’s woken up once and that was it, but then I think teething and that play a big part. He’s breastfed. He’s now getting weaned onto formula, so he’s on three bottles of formula and two breast milk currently. Even...