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CALLING A TIME-OUTFor most people I know, it’s been a bit much…This rapid paced year, hurtling at a ridiculous speed towards what will soon be the Christmas-decorations-in-shopping-aisles stage…So much on the go…Demands, deadlines, expectations, social gatherings, work commitments, school functions, family ‘musts’…The ‘normals’ of life…At times exhilarating…At times devastating…And at the pace we enter into…

By Jolandi Becker – MD of Good Night A lot of things change with your baby around 7 to 10 months, these changes unfortunately can also include disruptions to their sleep habits! What is a sleep regression? A sleep regression is a period where your baby/toddler sleeps worse than normal. The worse sleep might entail…

By Jolandi Becker – MD of Good Night As sleep consultants we rarely advise on nutritional problems and always refer our clients to registered dieticians when we do pick up on problems as we are sleep experts after all and NOT feeding experts. However, when we’re working together with parents who have smaller babies, we…

By Jolandi Becker – MD of Good Night From ages 4–6 months, babies develop and change a lot, which could have an impact on your little one’s sleep. Sleep consultants view this as important changes because we celebrate the fact that your little one is forming sleep cycles and the ability to independently link them….

Mister Snail is a kindly soul who finds a wonderful new home in a pretty garden. Soon he makes friends with all his new neighbours – a finch, a pair of field mice and a pretty butterfly – and he is as happy as happy can be. After a while, however, things start to go…

If you’re panicking that travelling with your baby or toddler could be even more stressful than it’s worth, or that their sleep routine will be ruined, then follow these tips for easy travel A lot of parents worry that once their toddler is in a good bedtime and sleep routine, it’s difficult to travel, or…

Does your baby struggle to fall asleep? Stay asleep? Put themselves back to sleep independently? Sleep is probably the most common reason for me seeing mums of little ones in my practice. Good news- you will sleep again- one day… A baby’s sleeping pattern is SO closely linked to the way in which they modulate…

Creativity is a uniquely human capacity. Some animals have the ability to change, adapt or be resourceful and computers can learn, process and ‘understand’ huge amounts of information. But neither can claim the innate human ability and motivation to create something new, innovative, or beautiful. I love that creativity is often described as a ‘phenomenon…

Celebrating two years of being a Mom. I still cannot believe that our precious little miracle turned two this month. My Motherhood journey began on the 20th of May 2019 at 09h09 o’clock. I recently came across this poem which I thought was so true and just too beautiful not to share. Being a Mom…

You’ve heard of the terrible twos and threes. What seems like overnight your sweet, precious baby turns into a willful force of nature that takes every opportunity to test boundaries (and your patience). There’s no doubt that this stage of parenting can leave us feeling unprepared and at war with ourselves – on the one…