My Baby Sleep Philosophy!
Hey Mama. Welcome to my first blog post.
I don’t really know where I intend to go with a blog or if I will even use it to its potential but I thought it was an important aspect of my website to have a special little spot for my philosophy around sleep.
Whilst I have been trained in ALL aspects of Sleep Training as far as the methods go and I can 100% help and support you through any goal you have. I feel like it’s pretty important to know me well before investing…
Your experience is going to be solidified if we hold similar values around our baby’s sleep. It’s only natural that my philosophy is LARGELY shaped by my own journey as a Mama so I will start there.
I had my first child when I was 21. A dark haired tiny little squish of a boy. From the second I held him, I never wanted to let him go. And safe to say, He is almost 9 now, and I still barely let him go far from Mama’s reach. I have never parted well with my children, and I still don’t.
Eli was a content Bub – But we definitely had the trials and errors that all new parents experience and there definitely was a period of getting to know each other. I remember being given a book about Sleep which I tried that night and of course it didn’t go well so from then on, I vouched to follow my instincts when it came to responding to my baby and sleep. I did watch a lot of Facebook Live’s (they were the go back then) from a few well known Sleep Consultants and maybe that is where I picked up tips and tricks. Reading a sleep book can be great but often they are a 1 size fits-all solution.
I had my second child two years later – And out of my 3 children, she was probably the “best” sleeper. She was the only one who accepted a dummy, She breastfed like an absolute champ and slept well from a tiny little Bubba. Just as well, because I was chasing after her 2 year old brother who was an absolute whirl wind.
Fast forward, number 3 came along when Indi was 5. Harlow was yet again another pretty good sleeper. We definitely had some tough moments, battling severe eczema/intolerances and allergies so her sleep hasn’t always been perfect but it is definitely pretty close.
My approach was the same for all my 3 children – I often remained in there room while they fell asleep – especially in those younger days. I breastfed to sleep often, and I rocked them to sleep even more often than that. I am naturally a very routine type of person, so we always kept to a rough schedule. I was passionate about breastfeeding them (mainly because I was so fearful of missing out on their first year that I wanted that constant closeness). I never room shared with my first, did with my second for 2 months and then my third was stuck in our room a full year due to not having a big enough house at the time. I have co-slept at times; I’ve left them to cry at times; I’ve fallen asleep feeding on the couch in the depths of sleep deprivation and I’ve struggled with the blips in the road along the way. I’ve done it all – I am human after all.
By the time I started studying sleep, My third and last baby had just turned 1. People have often asked me if I wished I had done this course prior to the kids and my answer is a simple NO. I think studying sleep AFTER being the sleep deprived parent has made me so much more understanding and empathetic. I think my experience a mother helps shape me as a Sleep consultant. And 100% proves, that you can still be gentle, responsive and form healthy attachments with your children and still have them sleep through the night.
My mission is empowering Mama’s to feel confident around sleep, To encourage them to use their intuition and a little bit of my guidance to make sure everyone is happier and well rested.
