Baby sleep solution guide for 3 – 18 months

This guide offers an economical way to access the benefits of sleep training and baby sleep expert consultancy.

The baby sleep guide is based on the principles and practices I bring to families in my role as a baby sleep expert and baby sleep trainer. It offers a gentle approach to sleep for you and your 3 - 18 month-old and covers topics including:

• Physical, emotional, cognitive and social development of your child.

• Separation anxiety in babies. How do you stop separation anxiety in babies? What are the signs of separation anxiety in babies? At what age do babies show separation anxiety?

• Kindness and self-compassion, the importance of Self Soothing, grounding Techniques to Help You With Your Own Anxieties, the power of self-compassion and Dr Nelf's Three Key Features of Self-Compassion. Recognising and meeting your own physical, emotional and social needs

• How does sleep work, how much sleep does my baby need? Chart of average sleep needs for a child, sleep cycles and sleep pressure, circadian rhythms and wake maintenance zone

• Wake windows and your baby's exploration tank, wake window activity suggestions

• Love bombing - filling baby's love tank

• How do you know when the baby is ready to drop a nap? How do I drop a nap? How do I help the baby consolidate naps? What is a good nap time routine? (Possible Nap Routine for different ages), When should I introduce a nap time routine? How do I make my baby nap? How do I make my baby nap longer? (techniques for extending naps). How to transition from contact napping?

• Daytime routines versus strict, prescribed schedule. Is routine important for a child? Do kids really need a routine? What should be kids routine? What is a positive bedtime routine? What time should you start a bedtime routine? What is the perfect nighttime routine?

• Overtiredness in babies. How do you settle an overtired baby? What are the signs of an overtired baby? What are the symptoms of Overtiredness? How to get a baby to sleep when overtired?

• How do I set up a simple nursery? What do I need to set up a baby nursery? Where do I start setting up a nursery?

• What are the soothing techniques to calm a baby? How do you calm a fussy baby at night? How to get a baby to sleep without being held? How to get a baby to sleep without rocking?

• Gentle sleep training methods. How do I wean my baby of sleep associations?

• How do I wean my baby off swaddle? How can I get my baby to sleep without being swaddled? How long does it take to wean off the swaddle? How long does it take for baby to adjust to sleeping without swaddle? How to get a baby to sleep without swaddle?

• How to wean of dummy? How to get a baby to sleep without a dummy? How to get a baby to sleep without a pacifier?

• How to wean off night feeds? How do I stop my baby from comfort nursing? How to get a baby to sleep without a bottle? How to get a baby to sleep without feeding?

• How to transition from Co-Sleeping to cot? How do I get my toddler to sleep in his own bed after co-sleeping?

• What is sleep regression? How do I know if my baby is having a sleep regression? What age do babies have sleep regression? How do you fix sleep regression?

• How to get a baby to sleep when teething? How to get a baby to sleep when sick?

• My baby rolls in their sleep is this safe? What if baby rolls on stomach while sleeping? Can babies sleep on their front if they roll over?

• Why is my child waking up so early? How do I fix my baby rising early? How do you break a habitual baby waking?

• My Baby Has Problems with Wind / Gas, how can I help them? Feeding and winding techniques to help with colic.