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Newborn Baby Sleep

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Ever heard the phrase ‘sleep like a baby’ and then wonder why parents say they are tired and not sleeping?! Well this is because newborn baby sleep is deep and it often takes young babies a very short time to go from awake to sleeping. However, due to having a really...

Will the clocks going back affect my baby?

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So the clocks are going back by 1 hour in the UK and Ireland at 2am on 30th October 2022. Apart from meaning that Halloween is the next day, Fireworks Night is a week later and Christmas is fast approaching, what does that mean for you? Well it might have used to mean...

Baby loss week 2021 in collaboration with miscarriage for men

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It took some time for me to be open about the pregnancy losses we faced as a family. The first one was a missed miscarriage which was only found at the 12 week scan. With it being our first pregnancy I think we were very naive to the whole thing. We got pregnant...

Back to basics sleep tips for all parents

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Back to Basics – Baby sleep tips. Everyone has their own ‘helpful’ tips on how you should get your baby to sleep. And some of them are so complicated or involve the latest expensive gadgets. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been a victim to...

Why is my baby waking for hours during the night?

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Is your baby waking for a long period in the night? Are they generally quite content and not in distress initially? This is something often referred to as a ‘split night’. But why does your child have these split nights and what can you do to help them not sleeping at...

Wake Windows vs Sleep Cues

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If you go online and look at any literature around sleep for babies, you will repeatedly hear the phrase “wake windows”. But what are wake windows? How do they help my baby sleep? Does it mean that I have to put my baby down to sleep at regimented times each day? Our...