leep,I work with lots of parents around lack of sleep and bedtime routines using my 5 Step Solution process to quickly and easily get everyone into a new routine without damaging anyone’s self esteem. With Kids’ Bedtimes, Consistency Is Key To Learning And Development in a nutshell. You can read more about my popular […]
Sleep, rest, renewal – the dream of every parent at some time in their parenting adventure! Here are some of the tips I pass on to the parents I coach. Blackout curtains or blinds. When my kids were little I bought some black out curtains and they worked like a magic blindfold. Will and […]
All kids suffer from nightmares at some point or another so here are some simple tips to help. Simply listen & try to understand your child’s fears. Don’t dismiss or make fun of them. Just hold the space for them to tell you what they dreamt about. Reassure. It is important to reassure your child […]
Sleep, rest, renewal – the dream of every parent at some time in their parenting adventure! Here are some of the tips I pass on to the parents I coach. Blackout curtains or blinds. When my kids were little I bought some black out curtains and they worked like a magic blindfold. Will and Molly […]
Story Massage from Meg Fenn on Vimeo. Yesterday I was delighted to attend a course on Story Massage as I thought it would be another useful addition to add to my toolbox of ways to help parents and children. What is Story Massage? Story Massage involves the use of 10 simple movements (through your clothes), […]
Born Smart, a wonderfully helpful website for parents focusing on the first 3 years in a child’s life, conducted a survey on marriage stress linked to children sharing bed with parents. www.bornsmart.org/ I work with lots of parents who can’t get their toddlers out of their bed and some much older kids of 8 or […]
Today I met an expert in mattresses and beds and it really got me thinking that deciding when to put your young child into a “Big Bed” is a BIG moment – a right of passage almost as your child moves from a cot into their first proper bed. But most of us ( […]
I was fascinated to read that when Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong. Nick Bilton was on the receiving end of a few of those calls. Here’ s […]
I work with lots of parents around lack of sleep and bedtime routines using my 5 Step Solution process to quickly and easily get everyone into a new routine without prescription zolpidem online, damaging anyone’s self esteem. With Kids’ Bedtimes, Consistency Is Key To Learning And Development in a nutshell. You can read more […]
I read with interest, but not surprise this new piece of research on the importance of sleep. Parents have all heard, and personally experienced, how critical a good night’s sleep is for their children. But new research suggests that the consistency of kids’ bedtimes matters just as much for their developing brains as the number […]
Sometimes the reason for your child finding it difficult to sleep is that their room is too colourful, too stimulating and just too plain overwhelming. One tip is to strip back your child’s brightly coloured bedroom and reduce the stimulating toys in an effort to help them sleep. What do you think ? A good idea? Let me […]
As a former Deputy Head and Class Teacher I’ve taught kids like this story in The Daily Mail that have been over scheduled – doing far too many after school activities – one little girl Isobel who was 8 and in my class many years ago springs to mind. Here’s an interesting article in the […]
Today I read this wonderful quote on the very delightful Victoria Chart Company Facebook page. “Be strong enough to be gentle. Too many parents equate being gentle with being weak or passive when nothing could be further from the truth. Gentleness requires great control, active connection, and intense calm. So, when your child needs discipline, […]
For many parents bedtime can be a daily battle, with children finding any excuse not to go to sleep. Today on the excellent “Sleep Workshop” in Bournemouth I heard stories of kids of 10 still creeping into their parents’ bed in the middle of the night, thrashing about, hogging all the duvet and giving their parents […]
I read with great interest today an article in The Daily Mail around some new research that suggests that children who get a good night’s sleep have a boosted memory! The findings could explain why children who do not sleep well do not do as well in school. Children were more effectively able to convert‘implicit’ […]
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