Breastfeeding at night is completely normal and natural, but everyone has their limits, and if you’ve been feeding every hour or two at night for months on end, it’s not surprising that you’re exhausted.

Firstly, if your baby is under 6 months and you’re feeding hourly, I’d recommend that you speak to an IBCLC (lactation consultant). Sometimes, sleep issues are a symptom of a feeding problem such as a shallow latch, tongue tie, reflux or allergy, so it’s important to ensure that there aren’t any underlying issues at play.

If you’re happy that your child is generally feeding well, but their night feeds feel too frequent, then I can help you with this. You don’t need stop breastfeeding completely or introduce formula in order to improve sleep.

When we work together, I’ll talk you through gentle strategies you can use to help optimise your child’s sleep and increase the chances of them sleeping for longer stretches at night. As well as this, I can talk you through methods you can use to gently introduce other ways of settling, so that you can have an alternative to feeding when your child wakes. Also, if your partner has previously struggled to settle your child (which is really common), I can talk them through strategies that they can use, so that night time parenting can be shared between you a little more and some of the weight lifted off your shoulders.

If you want to make changes either to where your baby sleeps, how you are settling them, or how you respond in the night, I’d suggest you have at least 3-4 weeks where you can be at home at night and be consistent in your approach.

However, I know that 3-4 weeks can feel like a lifetime when you’re utterly exhausted! So, if you’d like to make a start on some easier tweaks that are likely to make a positive impact straight away, you can book your sleep package now and have the initial consultation straight away. During this call, we can discuss the easier changes you can make now, so that you can start making progress straight away. As well as helping you get some quick results, we’ll also be able to talk through some strategies to help sleep happen as easily as possible while you’re away.

If you book a Young baby package, you could get going with your initial consultation straight away. There will be some strategies that you can put into place straight away, and may make your trip easier to manage.

You might choose to delay some of the steps until after your holiday, but having a plan in place will probably help you feel more positive and relaxed while you’re away. You can then use your follow up calls when you get home. With this, you get the best of both worlds! It’s worked really well for families that I’ve done this with before. If you’d like to talk it through before booking, just book a discovery call and we can discuss your plans.

Firstly, let me reassure you, I don’t advocate any cry-it-out sleep training strategies.

Lots of babies who come my way are described by their parents as going from 0-60 with little warning. There’s no way they can calm without being held close, rocked, fed, or all of the above.

For babies who do ‘dial up’ quickly, cry-it-out methods won’t work. They’ll probably start crying as soon as they sense you laying them down in their cot, and they won’t be able to calm by themselves.

You’ll need to take smaller steps, and you’ll need to make changes at your child’s pace. However, with the right strategy, a clear path and a consistent approach, you and your child will both be sleeping better soon and night time stress will be a thing of the past.

I don’t make any promises that if you work with me, your baby will be sleeping through the night within a certain time frame, or that they’ll never have a bumpy night in the future. If anyone you speak to makes a claim along these lines, please turn away and run a mile!

Every child and family dynamic is unique, and there is no ‘cookie cutter’ approach that can be applied to all babies to make them sleep through the night. If there was, there would be one book about children’s sleep on the market, and no parents would be googling about sleep regressions in the middle of the night!

Every family who I support has their own unique story, their own starting point, and their own goals. When working together, we’ll prioritise your goals and work at the pace that is right for you. You may be at a crisis point and need to change things quickly. Or things may be less urgent, but you want to start making changes now in anticipation of going back to work, or a new sibling being born in a couple of months. Whatever your situation, we’ll find the balance between making change at a manageable rate, and making progress at the speed you need.

Having said all this, the parents who I’ve worked with have given me glowing reviews and had vastly improved sleep. Even in the most extreme cases, some of my clients have had peaceful sleeps within the space of a few weeks. I've been doing this for 10 years, so I'm pretty confident I can help you.