Creating the right sleep environment for your child to sleep in is all part of the puzzle that make for great sleep. And one main component is this puzzle is a hormone called melatonin.
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In this blog I am going to explain what it is, where it comes from and how it helps in completing the sleep puzzle!

Let’s be honest, it is something we never talk about pre baby and then once baby is here it is a topic we all talk about when we meet up our parent friends in the park for walks, playgroups and to our partners!

​Baby poop is a hot topic and quite a serious one as well. Your baby’s poop is a porthole into their bowel system, a bit like a telescope.
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In this article I am going to explain to you the different types of poop you will and may see from your little one.

So your baby was a great sleeper until they reached 4 months. “She slept so well and then those 5 hour stretches went to hourly and now I don’t know what to do, even the naps in the day time seems to have gone to pot…”

These are the words I hear often when a family get in touch with me and please know you are not alone. What is happening here is actually a wonderful thing, even though it is ever so exhausting...
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It is a sign that your baby has reached a milestone and is developing and that is surely a positive thing!

This is the one right, we all think babies just sleep all day long and are quite happy to do so but in reality it is not so true all the time. Certainly in the first few weeks this may be the case but as they get older, the weeks turn into months and now your new-born is say 8 weeks old, perhaps she is not sleeping as easily as she did even just even a week ago.

Babies change so fast, this first year is when they do the most growing, developing and learning ever. Just 1 week may make all the difference in sleep and perhaps it is not so easy to get them to nap anymore.
So we know they need sleep but how do we help them along if they are refusing and struggling to fall asleep?

Here I am going to explain some ways for you to try to help support your baby to nap.

I am often asked " Rach, what are your best tips for new-born sleep"? Babies just sleep heaps when they are born right and we don’t need to do much – or do we?