“As a second-time mum I started out with baby no. 2 with all the confidence of someone who thought they had done pretty well the first time.. until I realised my new baby had quite severe reflux. With a screaming child who would not settle in the evening for hours and who was clearly exhausted herself, my husband and I were at a loss to know who or what to turn to. And then I discovered this book and Alison herself. Quite simply, a revelation. Our little girl has been sleeping through the night from 9 weeks but most importantly, her reflu...

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Thank you 🙏 she slept from 7:20 (again!) to 6am straight no wake ups! You truly are The Magic Sleep Fairy 🧚‍♀️ xxx This message came from the parents of a gorgeous baby girl I visited last week. She is exclusively breast fed, but had never slept for more than an hour and was snack feeding round the clock. I was able to show Mum how to regulate her feeding to just four times a day which meant we could then establish proper naps and her baby was able to naturally sleep through the night.  I love my job 😊💗

BABIES NEED SLEEP! In fact during sleep they grow, their brain develops, they process and store all the information they've been bombarded with during the day, their immune system strengthens and they rest and rejuvenate ready to face the next exhilarating day of sounds, smells, sights and sensory awakening. BABIES ARE DESIGNED to sleep and if given the right cues and environment, their body clocks will naturally and quite quickly fall into following the universal pattern of eating during the day and sleeping during the night, WHICH QUITE NATU...

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Firstly don’t expect too much of yourself to start with, you've got a lot on your hands! Do remember that  they are both still babies.  Your toddler will look oder to you, but he is still just a baby, too. Don’t start any new things, like  potty training for a while, as your older child will be unsettled with a new sibling.  Let him adapt to the new baby first. As I  always say,  try to keep a nightly bed and bath routine for baby and toddler.  It will help you at the end of tho...

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WHY MY SLEEP PLAN WORKS. The PLAN, is NOT ‘sensational’ to me at all and is simply based on the natural feeding and sleeping requirements of any healthy newborn baby. It works whether you breast or bottle feed and is relatively simple to implement and follow. It’s based on a flexible, yet structured routine that allows for individuality and incorporates the differences of day to day living. No two days are ever exactly the same in life and I would never expect any baby to feed and sleep at exactly the same time each day or re...

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