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  1. Angel For Everyone Except You? Why Little One's Behaviour is 1000% Worse When Mummy Is Around!

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    When i was a room leader in the baby room of a day nursery i recall this one child who was a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde. He was 2 years old, adorable and so well behaved .... …..until his mum came to collect him.

    When his mum brought him in for a settling in session she warned us that he could be very challenging. We were told to expect tantrums and meltdowns daily but they almost never happened.

    Mum would drop him off to nursery and daddy would pick him up.

    This one particular evening mummy came to get him instead of daddy. Daddy was held up at work and the little angel that we were used to seeing  suddenly disappeared and in his place... the Tasmanian Devil! 

  2. Spring Forward - Preparing your little one for daylight saving time & losing an hour of sleep

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    Spring Forward (1)

    Daylight Savings TIme (DST) is fast approaching meaning the clocks will be changing soon here in the UK and will be moving forward by 1 hour.

    On the last sunday in March every year our clocks ‘spring forward’ an hour at 1 am ( making it 2am) marking the start of British Summer time. This year the clocks change on Sunday March  25th.

    This means we lose an hour of sleep but  great news for parents of little ones who like to wake up ready to party at the butt crack of dawn!

    So in anticipation of Spring forward should you plan ahead for the time change?

    That all depends on you & your little one, your little ones personality and ability to cope with overtiredness and slight change will determine how you might  decide to prepare for the clock change.

  3. I Don't Care About Sleep But What I Do Care About Is.........

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    I Don't Care About Sleep, But What I Do Care About Is.........

     

    An acquaintance  asked me the other day why I'm so passionate and obsessed with sleep. And it made me realise something….. I actually don't care about sleep all the much ( unless im at home and unable to nod off that is) But what i do care about is being a confident and connected mum. Being a mother  is the hardest most demanding  job in the world yet so rewarding but going to work on a job with no sleep and n real idea what to do is no fun, being a new mum  for many is  exactly that. Going to work at a new job without any training or experience  and no sleep  whatsoever on top of that. We all know we are not at our best without much sleep, imagine having to perform at a job with no training and no sleep. Welcome to motherhood!! 

  4. Happy Talking Talking - I talk to babies!!

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    Happy Talkin!

    I talk to babies. Especially the babies I get to care for overnight. I talked all day long with 11 babies every day when I ran a baby unit and I still do it now. I do it because I like to put myself in the  shoes of the baby i’m caring for and treat them how I would like to be treated. 

     

    When I'm working with a group of mums  I often say to them “tell your baby what's going on let them know what's up!! Wouldn't you want someone to grant you the same courtesy?” 

  6. SoundCloud Podcast - How do i get my baby to sleep through the night?

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    Hello Lovely Mums and Dads 

     

    I hope you are well and getting as much sleep as possible!!

    Listen to my latest podcast 

    How do  i get my baby to sleep through the night?

     

    Have a listen, share with your friends and comment below and tell me what you think?

  7. Latest Podcast - SoundCloud- Unintentional Inhibition, Could you be keeping your little one awake?

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    HI Ladies

    My latest podcast is now up!

    Could you be unintentionally stopping your little one from learning to sleep independently?

    I found i was doing this allbeit unintentionally with a client......