If you’re finding it hard to teach your baby to sleep in her cot or crib, this video won’t help. But it will make you smile! For a little more help with your baby’s sleep, visit our community area.
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How Not to Teach Baby to Sleep in her CotMarch 4th, 2010 A Bedtime Routine for your Baby or ToddlerMarch 1st, 2010Here’s an example of a bedtime routine which you and your baby or toddler will love. You’ll want to adapt this depending on your little one’s age. But remember that it should be focused and not too long. 20 minutes for an 8 week old baby, moving to a maximum of 45 minutes for a toddler is ideal. Read the rest of this entry » My Baby Won’t NapFebruary 24th, 2010Napping seems to be one of the most difficult challenges parents face with their baby’s sleep and I can understand why it’s frustrating. A long day with a tired baby is no fun for anyone. Now, new research has confirmed that sleep is an integral part of how infants learn more about their world. We have understood for some time now that babies and children need sleep in order to learn. And another study, carried out by psychologists at the University of Arizona-Tucson has found that babies who nap in the day are more likely to exhibit an advanced level of learning known as abstraction. Read the rest of this entry » Help Compile The Practical Baby Gift Guide and win a £50 Voucher to use in the Sleepytot Shop.February 19th, 2010Remember the exciting days of your first pregnancy when (let’s be honest) you had no idea what it would feel like to have a real life baby? You spent your lunch break surfing the net for all the things you wanted for your precious newborn? The weekends were spent planning dreamily, shopping excitedly and chattering to anyone who would listen about your pregnancy and the future? Looking back on all the baby stuff you bought or had given to you from friends and family, how much of it did you use? Were all the products recommended to you by the Mother and Baby magazines any good? Read the rest of this entry » Grandparents – the unsung heroes in family lifeFebruary 18th, 2010If you’re visiting after reading my North Devon Journal column this week – here is the download I talked about. If not, sorry for the briefness of this post! I will update very soon! A Tip to Help your Toddler Give up the DummyFebruary 17th, 2010If you’ve given your baby a dummy to use at sleep times or when she needs soothing, she is likely to have become dependant on it. Which makes it oh-so-painfully-hard for you to take it away. But as your baby becomes a toddler, and then a preschooler, you will start to think about the best way to help your little one let the dummy go. Here’s how you can use Sleepypaws to make it easier for a child of two and over. Read the rest of this entry » The Sleepytot baby comforter gets 5 out 5 in The Great Toy GuideFebruary 13th, 2010Of course we know our Sleepytot Baby Comforter is great! And we know that our customers know it too. But we never stop working hard to spread the word. Which is why we recently sent off our clever Sleepypaws to the discerning reviewers at the The Great Toy Guide. I know these mummy bloggers are ruthlessly honest when giving their opinion on the toys they and their children test, so I did wonder what they would make of Sleepypaws. Read the rest of this entry » Living with AsthmaFebruary 11th, 2010Last week I found out that my eldest son, Laurie, who is nearly four, has asthma. Since then I’ve learned that over 1.1 million children in the UK have asthma. It often happens in response to a trigger – most commonly colds, smoke, house dust mites, pets (especially cats and dogs), molds, fumes and fragrances, cold air and pollen but there are many more. Read the rest of this entry » A Decision Making Tip for ParentsFebruary 4th, 2010Parents of small children have to make a lot of decisions. Issues like breast or bottle feeding, whether to let your under two watch Cbeebies, should you stay at home or work, what school should kiddo go to…. Every step along the way involves parents deciding what they feel is best for their child. I find the bigger stuff easier than the day to day issues. Hubby and I are pretty much agreed on nutrition, schooling, TV watching, activities and so on… But the day to day decision making is harder. My little people test the boundaries of my decision making hourly. From my nearly four old who wants, wants, wants NOW, to my nearly one year old who’s happiest stuffing toilet paper down the loo when I’m not looking, I am constantly checking my reactions, deciding how to respond. I have a rule I follow when making decisions, which I learned from Suzy Welch’s book, 10-10-10 and it works. Basically, whenever I have a decision to make, I ask myself what the consequences of my decision will be in ten minutes time, in ten months time and in ten years. Hence the title, 10-10-10. Read the rest of this entry » If you’re sleep deprived, I’m feeling your painJanuary 20th, 2010We’re in London this week, exhibiting at Top Drawer, a very fun trade show. And I’m staying at my parents’ house with the boys. The three of us have been sharing a room since Friday night. It’s noisy here. Aeroplanes, car alarms, police sirens… stuff we’re not used to in peaceful North Devon. So we’re not sleeping too well. In fact, I’m barely sleeping at all. It must be me in the room with them or something, but they seem to keep rousing and then fully waking. “Mummy, what’s that noise?” says Laurie about four times a night, causing Frankie to open his eyes and promptly wail. Read the rest of this entry » |