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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 Are you spending  a lot of your time as a parent feeling guilty about something? If so you are not alone and it will last for years and years!!. It could be others who make you feel guilty, but a lot of the time it will be the pressure that you are putting on yourself. I work with many different families and I have drafted a list of the sort of things that parents that  I have worked with have told me they feel guilty about: Working long hours and not spending enough time with the children. Getting home late for the pic...

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Hello to all you happy parents out there that have kindly taken time to post and send me such positive feedback on how you have successfully followed, used and implemented all the routines and advice detailed in my book. I'm now asking you to help me spread the word further afield by posting a review and detailing your success stories on Amazon.com and also Amazon.co.uk. Quite simply you could copy and paste your original feedback or if you have time write a new post/review. Let's get the Magic Sleep Fairy sleepy-dust spread around...

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Happy Flowery Friday to all the Mums and Dads out there struggling with sleep deprivation. Take a look at my book The Sensational Baby Sleep Plan as it will certainly give you some resolutions.  Alison xxxx