Fed up with pulling her daughter back into bed each night after she’d fallen out, Annie Ridout started looking into beds that might be better suited to her daughter. Eventually she found one that solved this issue…
Category Archive: Sleep
Sleep
Sleep deprivation can leave us short-tempered, devoid of energy and struggling to cope. Once sleep is sorted, parenthood becomes a whole lot easier. So Annie Ridout called in sleep consultant Kerry Secker to advise on her early rising baby…
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Never mind the fantasy of a lie-in for parents of young children: kids or no kids, a good night’s sleep can be elusive in our hectic, stressful lives. Nutritional therapist Jodie Abrahams shares eight tips for getting better sleep…
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Lucy Crotty left her one-bed flat in London for a house in Kent while heavily pregnant. But the stress of raising a toddler and a newborn in a building site led to postnatal insomnia. Here’s what it felt like, and how she recovered…
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The time you go to bed, whether you hit the booze or drink water and your last waking thought will all have an impact how you feel first thing in the morning. The editor, Annie Ridout, is trying to perfect her night-time routine. With young kids, it’s a work-in-progress…
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At six months old, Ivy started having seizures. Tests revealed she had epilepsy and lissencephaly; a life-limiting neurological condition. Her mother, Emma Pelstead, tells us about the insensitively delivered diagnosis, and how life (particularly nights) are impacted…
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Late nights, early mornings and night wakings with a baby can be unbearable, leaving mums and dads knackered and cranky. So we asked sleep expert Jo Tantum to share her secrets for getting babies to sleep through the night…
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Baby naptime is potentially the only break a parent will have throughout the day. A day that may start at 5am and last until 7pm. It is precious ‘free time’ to catch up on housework, paid work or sleep. So it must be protected… but how? Annie Ridout offers a suggestion…
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Insomnia is a common sleep disorder affecting around one in three people. It prevents you from getting to sleep, or getting back to sleep once woken. Entrepreneur Paul Tanner tells us about his experience, and how he learned to change his sleep habits…
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The question on every parent’s lips: when will my baby sleep through the night? It seems most other aspects of parenting are just about manageable if sleep is ok. But that takes time for some babies. Here, our readers share their baby sleep experiences…