Allow the Struggle
Dear Fellow Parents, I just wanted to write to let you know that it’s completely normal to feel guilty and uncomfortable, when your children are crying. It’s the hardest thing on earth to see your children upset and it can be really stressful for you, too. I...
The Secret to Self-Settling
Has anyone ever told you that your baby is incapable of self-settling or self-soothing? This simply isn’t true. First of all, self-settling and self-soothing often get confused as one and the same but they are slightly different things. Having said that, they are...
How to Tell if Baby is too Cold at Night.
Signs your baby might be too cold at night ... (and how to set up a cosy and safe sleep environment). As a parent, ensuring your baby is comfortable and safe while they sleep is a top priority. One common concern for parents is whether their baby might be too...
How to manage bedtime with calm and ease
Whether you have one child or four, bedtime can be hard, that’s for sure. Everyone is usually exhausted at the end of a long day and despite best intentions, you might find yourself being snappy or feeling like you’re not in control. You don’t want to feel this way...
How to make (hard) parenting decisions
Why is it so hard to make a decision? When it comes to all things parenting, parents can feel pressured one way or another from advice they get from well-meaning friends, family and especially from what they read online. In our current age of information and social...
How to establish bedtime boundaries for toddlers.
It’s important to have strong bedtime boundaries. This will help establish healthy sleep habits and ensure your toddler gets enough sleep. Here are ten practical strategies to help you establish and enforce bedtime boundaries with ease. Note: this article refers to...
Ten Steps to Make Bedtime Easy
The key to easy bedtimes is to have strong and consistent boundaries. This will help your toddler settle to sleep easily and sleep all night long. Your kid WANTS you to set limits and have boundaries. Your kid wants you to be in control. In addition to your...
Five things that might be sabotaging your child’s sleep.
There are 5 main things that can stop your kid from sleeping well. Assuming your child has no medical or health issues and he (or she) is healthy and thriving, there are really only five real reasons why he may not be sleeping well. Each of these things can be...
‘Pop-outs’ are a gentle strategy to help your child go to sleep independently, at bedtime.
What are pop-outs? Pop-outs are a gentle way to teach a child that he is capable of going to sleep on his own, at bedtime. It can particularly help when a child is going through a period of separation anxiety or when transitioning from sleeping with a parent to his...
How to Set up Quiet Time for Toddlers
Quiet time is a chance for your child to rest and reset but how do you encourage your child to actually stay quiet and rest? If you’re like most parents, you cherish nap time and you dread the day your child no longer needs a nap. When your child is asleep in...
Why your child is the boss of bedtime and the missing link
Who's (really) in control at bedtime? If you feel like you’ve ‘lost control’ at bedtime, or around sleep in general, you’re not alone! Just like so many other parents, you might be on the struggle bus right now. You might be thinking, ‘what the heck … it never...
Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety can negatively impact sleep. You may be in the midst of a sleep regression right now, where your once ‘good sleeper’ has suddenly become clingy and it’s negatively affecting naps or night sleep. It’s normal for a child to experience separation...
How to Deal with Toddler Bedtime Battles
Help, my toddler fights bedtime! Many parents struggle when it comes to their child's bedtime. Lots of parents dread this time of day or they feel anxiety leading up to bedtime. One of the most common reasons your child will fight bedtime is that your child is...
MEET TORI
Tori is an internationally recognised and certified Infant and Child Sleep Consultant based in Toowoomba, QLD. She is also a registered teacher with a Masters degree in Education, a Happiest Baby on The Block Educator and a mother of three.