Getting your baby to sleep is hard enough, let alone when they are SICK. As a parent, it’s so easy to panic and become overwhelmed when your little one falls ill which is why we have the incredible Penny from Sick Happens joining us in today's episode! Penny is a Paediatric Nurse who has created online courses and products to reassure parents with practical and reliable information for when their children get sick.  We are discussing so many great topics that we know you will love hearing...

99% of 12-month-old babies dropping to one nap are WAY TOO YOUNG! We see 11 and 12-month-olds dropping down to one nap and this is simply too early for most. The knock-on effects are REAL! In today’s episode, we are bringing you one of the most highly requested topics to your ears… The 2-1 nap transition. Our little ones are going through SO MANY developmental milestones from taking steps to talking which is why it can be a tricky one.  We’re telling you all about it today; what to expect,...

“It was a really dark time for me and I was okay until I wasn't. When I hit rock bottom I realised afterwards that it didn't need to be like that. She didn't need to be suffering and miserable during the day from lack of sleep. I didn't need to be suffering either.” In today’s episode, we are chatting to the lovely Jules Coffey, who you may recognise from her original Instagram account, @newmumstheword Jules is a mum of three who we worked with when her first daughter Hadley was six months...

Sleep training gets a BAD WRAP! We all hear about it through mother’s groups, we read it online and we are now viewing it all over social media platforms. But today we are putting a STOP to the fear-mongering that parents are experiencing every single day and giving you the ACTUAL science and facts behind it.  We are SO excited to introduce you to Dr. Funke Afolabi-Brown, she is a board-certified sleep physician and the founder of Restful Sleep MD. Dr Brown helps women and their children...

Did you previously have a baby who slept really well and now you’re wondering if they might be broken?  Are they waking every 2 hours overnight? Catnapping through the day? Or for some reason, you just can’t get them to sleep longer than 40 minutes?  …You may have hit the 4-month sleep regression! It is probably the MOST talked about thing in the realm of sleep and parenting.  Now, you may have heard terrible stories from other mums or have been researching like crazy. There is NO NEED to...

We do a weekly Q&A on our Instagram and get HUNDREDS of questions each week.  But to give you the ACTUAL advice you need to master a topic can be SO hard in a 30-second video SO we’ve decided to bring these to the pod. Each month we’ll choose some of the most popular questions and deep dive into WHY we recommend the changes and adjustments and how to troubleshoot these if you’ve tried and it’s not working for you yet!  In today’s episode, we are breaking down FIVE questions (along with...

Does your current Google search history look a little something like this:   How do I know when the right time is to drop night feeds? Why is my milk supply dropping? How often should I be pumping? Should I introduce a bottle? Is it okay to pump and dump?  …Don’t worry, we’ve ALL been there! Especially at 2 in the morning.  That’s why we have the amazing Susie Prout, an incredible Lactation Consultant and Midwife on today’s episode to answer some of the most common questions from our...

Are you yet to transition from cot to bed? Or have you started and it’s not going the way you planned?  Even the best sleepers can have issues when we transition from the cot to a bed so this week Beck and I are unpacking the common mistakes we see people make and how you can set your little one up for success and ensure you all keep getting a good nights sleep!  If you’ve been wondering if you need to get a doona, how to manage the transition when you have a new sibling on the way OR...

It took Mon two hours to get her baby to sleep at night … and then within an HOUR, she was back in there. Welcome to our Sleep Stories episode where we’ll be sitting down with REAL mums to talk about their sleep journey so far and the solutions they implemented to get that good night's sleep we’ve all been dreaming of.  Today’s mumma is Monica who has eight-year-old twins and reached out when her 7.5-month-old just WOULDN’T stay asleep. She was up between 4-6 times a night and day sleeps...

We do a weekly Q&A on our Instagram and get HUNDREDS of questions each week.  But to give you the ACTUAL advice you need to master a topic can be SO hard in a 30-second video SO we’ve decided to bring these to the pod. Each month we’ll choose some of the most popular questions and deep dive into WHY we recommend the changes and adjustments and how to troubleshoot these if you’ve tried and it’s not working for you yet!  In today’s episode, we break down three questions (along with some...

Every week we get HUNDREDS of questions from families about how they can help their child sleep.  BUT just like every human, each baby is so different and it is almost IMPOSSIBLE to articulate exactly why you might be encountering your sleep struggles in a couple of Instagram stories. SO … we are BEYOND excited to finally bring you The Sleep Teacher podcast where we can dive in deeper to answer all of your sleep questions (and those you didn’t even know you had)  In our very first episode,...

I see you over there Googling ‘HOW TO GET MY BABY TO SLEEP’ for the hundredth time.  I see you when you’ve had a good nap and you are literally writing down the EXACT zippy your baby was in, the temperature outside, which arm you rocked them in, what colour SOCKS they had on and the PRECISE second you put them down.  I also see you when you are exhausted, feeling broken and helpless … when you just don’t know what to try next and just want a break. Mumma I’ve been where you are. I feel ALL...