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16/10/2026

14/10/2026

As a certified baby and toddler sleep consultant, here is my advice for handling the clock change with your little one.

10 days to go until the clocks go back one hour, but what will that mean for your baby or toddlers routine? Here are 3 options…

1️⃣ Shift all your timings back by 15 minutes (naps,meals,bedtime), starting on Wednesday 21st. Best for babies who still have two or more naps. This means your baby will already be on the new timings by Sunday morning.
2️⃣ Shift nap time and bedtime back by 30 minutes starting on Friday 23rd. Best for toddlers taking one or no naps. This means your little one’s nap and bedtime will be on the new timings by Sunday morning
3️⃣ Do nothing. You can adjust your timings once the clocks have changed if you prefer. Best for adaptable babies or forgetful parents! It will just take a couple of days for little one to adjust.

To help little ones ease into the adjustment, get them outside as much as you can in the mornings. Daylight can help re-adjust their circadian rhythms (internal 24 hour clock) and help them understand when it’s time to be awake, and when they should be sleeping.

If your little one is waking at 5am for the day and you’re worried this will become 4am, see my previous post about early rising.

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12/10/2026

Is your little one waking at 5am ready for the day? When the clocks change that will be 4am!

The next two weeks are your opportunity to resolve those pesky early wakes - here are my 3 top things to consider:

🌙 Sleep environment: in the early hours of the morning babies are in a lighter stage of sleep which means they are more sensitive to things like the boiler firing up, a neighbour leaving to go to work, being too cold or needing a nappy change. Could any noise,light or temperature changes be disturbing your baby?

🌙 Sleep drive: think about (or even write down) how much sleep your baby is getting across 24 hours and how much awake time they have before bedtime. Could they be getting too much sleep and therefore genuinely bright and breezy at 5am?

🌙 Sleep habits: if it is becoming a habit that they are taken downstairs at 5am for cuddles, milk and tv, this is what they will associate with their early wake. Anything before 6am should be treated as a night wake, then when it is time to wake up, open the curtains and make a point of getting them out of the cot to start the day.

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09/10/2026

Im just a certified baby sleep practitioner who wants to give parents evidence based advice to help their little ones sleep, but im having to battle the algorithms, mis-information from other “sleep consultants”, social media hooks and search engine rankings!

If you’ve found this reel and want evidence-based sleep advice for your baby, then you’re finally in the right place.

07/10/2026

As a certified baby sleep consultant, here are my pro’s and con’s if you’re considering a floor bed for your baby…

✅ Can make breastfeeding easier - no need for Mum to get out of bed or lean across to lift baby into the bed for a feed
✅ Recovery from birth - no need to reach down into a cot or lift baby if you’re struggling with mobility
✅ Less risk of baby falling out of bed - if you are planning to bedshare
✅ A great transition from bedsharing to encouraging independence when your baby is ready (from 6 months)

❌ Bedroom will need baby proofing - once your baby is rolling or crawling you will need to consider their safety if they get out of the bed
❌ Mums mobility - although there is less need to pick baby up, it may be difficult for Mum to get down to the bed in the first place
❌ Purpose built floor bed or breathable mattress required, not safe to just have any type of mattress on the floor

Always follow Lullaby Trust and NHS safe sleep guidelines for your baby. They should be in a clear,flat sleep space with no loose bedding or cuddly toys, put down on their backs.

05/10/2026

As a certified baby sleep consultant, here are 4 products I would NOT recommend buying for your baby’s bedroom

1️⃣ Cot bumpers - even the ones marketed as safe or breathable are not recommended - they are a suffocation risk and baby could become tangled
2️⃣ Sleep positioners, pods and nests - these are not safe for sleep and baby should never be left unattended, they are a suffocation risk
3️⃣ Monitors with tons of data- not a safety risk of course, but they can cause unnecessary anxiety amongst new parents-what are you going to actually use all that data for?!
4️⃣ Smart cots and wearable sleep data products - same as above. It is recommended to room share with your baby for the first 6 months, so there shouldn’t be much need for that amount of data if you are sleeping next to your baby

As long as you are following safe sleep guidance with your baby, there is no need for these additional al products or gadgets. If your baby is struggling to sleep well, it’s worth getting professional guidance before investing in a snazzy product that you think may help.

As a reminder, baby should be in a clear,flat sleep space with no loose blankets or cuddly toys, and always placed on their back.

03/10/2026

How many scientifically proven age-specific baby sleep regressions are there?

Way back in the 1940s a couple working with primates noticed that they became clingy and wanted more milk feeds at particular times in their development

📚 Studies were done (on real babies!) in the 40s, 80s and the 00s to try and prove this theory of age-specific regressions.

(You may have also heard of a famous book that talks about sleep regressions happening at certain ages, which is linked back to that 1980s study.)

❌ The problem is that they were all small scale and the data wasn’t necessarily accurate, so we can’t accurately draw conclusions from them.

In fact in 2018 a large scale study was done on 3,500 babies that DISproved age-specific sleep regressions in babies

So yes, sleep disturbances happen at any point in your baby’s first two years, but are they a specific regression? No

👶🏼 Your baby’s sleep will change a lot in the first two years, it’s because their little brains are going through a huge amount of development. They’re learning all about the world around them and how they fit in.

There are ways in which you can support your baby’s sleep and improve it if you need to, but there’s no need to prepare for an age-specific regression that’s coming up because it may never happen!

02/10/2026

How many scientifically recognised sleep regressions do you think your baby’s first has in their first two years?

Baby sleep regressions were first discussed in the 1940s when a couple working with primates noticed that they became clingy and wanted more milk feeds at particular times in their development

📚 Studies were done (on real babies!) in the 40s, 80s and the 00s to try and prove this theory of age-specific regressions.

(You may have also heard of a famous book that talks about sleep regressions happening at certain ages, which is linked back to that 1980s study.)

❌ The problem is that they were all small scale and the data wasn’t necessarily accurate, so we can’t accurately draw conclusions from them.

In fact in 2018 a large scale study was done on 3,500 babies that DISproved age-specific sleep regressions in babies

So the answer is - the evidence tells us there are NO age-specific sleep regressions in the first two years

👶🏼 Your baby’s sleep may change a lot in the first two years, it’s because their little brains are going through a huge amount of development. They’re learning all about the world around them and how they fit in. But these disturbances can happen at any time, or maybe not at all.

There are ways in which you can support your baby’s sleep and improve it if you need to, but there’s no need to prepare for an age-specific regression that’s coming up because it may never happen!

30/09/2026

“This is amazing, last night she slept straight through till 6am...that’s 4 (5?) nights on the trot of proper sleep! I feel like a new human being!”

Baby C’s story...

Mum and Dad came to me for their second child, baby C, when she was 7 months old as they were experiencing multiple night wakes as well as unpredictable naps.

Mum wanted some freedom from contact naps to spend time with the older sibling, and a decent routine that suited the whole family.

We agreed a suitable:
* Daytime routine
* Settling method to help baby C fall asleep in her own cot
* Bedtime routine
* Plan to move baby C into her own bedroom

Within one week baby C was:
* Taking long, regular naps in her own cot
* Sleeping through the night
* Night weaned (an unintentional bonus!)

This meant Mum and Dad had:
* Quality time during the day with both children
* Quality time with each other in the evenings
* Proper sleep that helped them feel normal again!

“Thank you again so much, has made far more progress than I honestly thought possible.”

28/09/2026

Giving your baby a dream feed might be causing more harm than good. Here’s why…

In this context a dream feed is when you deliberately feed your baby at the time you go to bed (say 10pm) in the hope of getting a few hours of uninterrupted sleep.

But here’s what you need to consider when thinking about dream feeds:

🌙 There is no concrete evidence that dream feeds extend sleep stretches overnight
🌙 If your baby isn’t yet able to settle themselves, they will likely wake multiple times in the night for your support,whether they are hungry or not
🌙 when you wake your baby they might be in a deep sleep, which means we are interrupting the important work that sleep was doing to their bodies and brains
🌙 If baby isn’t fully awake for their feed, they are at risk of choking as the muscles in their throat can’t cope with swallowing the milk
🌙 Depending on your baby’s age and weight, they may not need the additional feed in the night, so you will be waking them unnecessarily

Parents may incorporate a dream feeds to try and extend sleep, get the partner involved with bottle feeding, and have fewer distractions than during the day, but the evidence just isn’t there to support the potential benefits.