The Sleep Nanny Podcast

Juggling Business and Babies


Mum guilt – this is a real thing! Especially if you are a mum that works, or you have your own business, because your work can dominate your thoughts a lot. Sometimes we can think “Was I fully present” or “Did I rush the kids too much…?”
But sometimes doing things just for us, guilt free, can be a really great trait to demonstrate to your children.
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Sleep Safety

Co-sleeping and various sleep products cause controversy around sleep safety but it’s important to be in the know.
In this video I delve into what parents really need to know and how to stay safe with your baby.
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Baby Jet Lag (audience question)

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Distracted Parenting

Living in a digital age filled with distractions presents even more ‘mum-guilt’ and knowing how to navigate this all new!
We are the first generation to have to figure out how this all fits into parenting and how we do the best by our children who are growing up in such a technologically advanced world now.
I’m exploring how we can be present and engage with our children and maintain a healthy environment for them to thrive, without ignoring the reality of the world in which they will become adults.
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Strong Willed Child

Understanding how to respond to little ones depending on their unique temperament traits will help you to find the most effective way to help them sleep soundly too.
We know that one size does not fit all. The way your friend parents her child might work brilliantly for her but potentially be disastrous if you were to do the same.
This episode is for you if you want to gain an understanding of how temperament impacts results when it comes to crafting your approach to helping your little one sleep and, in fact your approach to all-round parenting with the different temperament traits in mind.
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Sleep Training Methods

Why is it that some babies start sleeping through the night blissfully within just a matter of months while yours seems to be taking forever?
Of course, we are all different and what fits for your little one won’t suit another at all. But there are some key principles that will help us to determine the most suitable way to help our little ones sleep soundly so that you don’t watch your little one spending her days fractious and clingy without any refreshed energy for her learning and development.
The right solution for you and your little one will be unique to you. It will be founded on a method and fine tuned to the ideal, bespoke approach that is just right to get the best from your child’s sleep abilities.
I truly believe that finding the right sleep training method for your exhausted child and sleep deprived family is such an honourable and proactive thing to do as a parent. The whole family will be healthier, happier and thriving rather than just surviving.
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How do you do an ‘animated wake-up’ when siblings are sharing?


What is ‘animated wake up’? It is a technique used to show a child that it’s time to get up. It can also be
used to break the cycle of repeated behaviour, such as saying “Go back to sleep”. If a child is up and
down from bed numerous times, there comes a point where you need to break this.
If your child won’t settle back to sleep, don’t just pick them straight up. If you have entered the room,
step back outside for 60 seconds, then enter the room in ‘daytime mode’ by saying things like “Good
morning” and “It’s time to get up”. This gives the child ‘permission’ to now not be in bed rather than
experiencing you attempt to keep him in bed or go back to sleep and then give up and just get him up.
But what about when siblings share?
If you need to use animated wake up when siblings are in the same room, go into the room quietly, lead
the child out by the hand and take them into a lighter room and then begin ‘daytime mode’. Exiting the
room needs to be done swiftly, calmly and quietly so as not to disturb the other sleeping child.
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Over Parenting

What is over parenting and can you really do too much for your little one?
Babies and young children learn so much from us as their parents, care-givers and role models and it’s a minefield for us as we bear a lot of pressure to ‘get it right’
I believe ‘getting it right’ simply means doing your best and sometimes we look to learn more about how children develop and what they need so that we can do our best for them.
This episode is all about the differences between teaching, guiding and paving the way for our little ones to learn and develop as opposed to doing it all for them and not giving them a chance to try or practice things for themselves.
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Starting school – How to protect your tired little one

There can be a vast difference between one child’s age and another, who are both starting school at the
same time. It may be that your child has just turned 4 (a Summer baby) or that they are almost 5 (an
Autumn baby) Regardless of your child’s age, a period of adjustment is on its way.
If your little one has been used to long days at nursery, it’s easy to assume they will cope with the transition to a school day easily. But nursery is mostly play-based, whereas the adjustment to the structure of a school day, as well as being in a new environment, plus making new friends can all take their toll. They are all mentally and emotionally tiring.
Here are three tips to help counter tiredness upon starting school:
Early Nights – Why not bring bedtime forward? Anything up to an hour would be achievable. Use your child as a guide, you’ll know when they are ready for bed.
After School Snooze – This is perfectly ok, let it happen. Don’t panic and worry this will affect their bedtime. They need this snooze to help cope with the adjustment of their new day. A snooze of 30 minutes or less is ideal.
Allow A Weekend Nap – Similar to the after school snooze, the weekend nap is also perfectly ok. Again, don’t worry it will affect your child’s bedtime. Let them catch up and recharge their batteries. This will prevent other issues such as over-tiredness, which can lead to bedtime battles and early rising. It’s sometimes worth planning a car journey for the weekend in order to incorporate a sleep.
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Morning Routine

Most of us with young children are used to being yanked from our sleep by the calling, crying or prodding of a little one! Parenting young ones is exhausting and we’ll often sleep until we’re needed again.
The thing is, the way sleep works, there are times in our sleep cycle when we’re ready to wake and times when we are really not! Even if we haven’t had enough sleep, waking at the end of a sleep cycle or from a light sleep stage, we’re more likely to feel okay about waking up and getting on with it. When we get disturbed during deep sleep we feel most groggy and often irritable.
If you start the day in an irritated way, it can set the tone for your day. Likewise, when you’re prompted to wake up and jump into action to meet the demands of your family, you’re starting the day on the defence – it’s not great for your mindset and attitude towards the day ahead.
Have you ever been woken by a little one at say 5a.m and then resettled everyone to sleep and you’re nicely back into a deep sleep then, boom, it’s time to get up?! I have. I know exactly how this feels. The being woken at 5a.m wasn’t too bad and I actually would think to myself, hmm, I could actually just start the day now, I feel okay. But my scrumptious pillow would win me over and I’d go back off to sleep. A short while later, when I’m deeply asleep, I’d be woken again and this time for the day. With two children needing my immediate services! Not only would I feel grumpy because I’d been woken from deep sleep, I’d also feel that instant pressure and demand. This kind of thing fills us with defensive and resentful thoughts particularly as we’re not yet awake enough to think rationally!
What time do your little ones wake you up? Let me know in the comments below and tell me how do you feel when you start the day?
So, taking back ownership of how you begin your day is going to set you up for a brighter life! Of course, it’s not easy when you have a baby and if that’s you, you just do what you need to do to survive! That entire first year is going to be demanding. But listen up and do this when you can…As soon as you’re little ones are into a blissful sleep routine, wake up before they do! Being a sleep expert, it was naturally a priority for me to get our children sleeping soundly and doing the best they could as soon as they could. It wasn’t easy, the best things are never easy to achieve right? But the committed effort to guiding their development of healthy sleep habits is what led to the eventual ability for me to own my morning again!
So once you can, start your day before someone else wakes you up. Take some time to let your mind wake up and process your thoughts. Maybe you’d enjoy some meditation or journalling or even a brain dump onto a piece of paper as us mums always have plenty of open running apps up there!
Some exercise at home or a walk if it’s possible are brilliant ways to not only take great care of your physical body and energy but to also free your mind, release endorphins and feel good! Starting the day by taking care of you is a lot like fitting your own mask before helping others. If you’re in a good mental state and have decent energy levels, you’ll be a far better wife, mum, friend, colleague and you’ll feel happier and more fulfilled within as well. It’s not selfish. It’s being your best self for others as much as for you.
Like everything else, it has to become a habit for it to be really effective so I like to set little 30 day challenges. It takes 21 days to form a habit but let’s go for 30 to make sure!
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