Dreamfeeds
I often get asked whether a dreamfeed is a good idea. The main thing to say is they work amazingly well for some families and not so much...
Amy Roberts
Sleep Consultant
The Norfolk 'n' Sleep Blog
Combining my passion for writing and all things sleep related to normalise infant sleep one blog post at a time.
- Jun 6
- 3 min
Car journeys with kids and sleep
It’s totally fine for your baby to sleep in the car seat on a long journey (it's often pretty impossible to stop them!), but it’s...
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- Apr 6
- 2 min
Illness and sleep in babies and children
Your little one will inevitably get poorly at some point, but it can have an impact on their sleep (we as adults know being ill can...
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- Jan 6
- 7 min
How to improve your family's sleep hygiene
Having good sleep hygiene - the habits you take both during the day and before bed - are a really important part of the family sleep...
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- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Settling two children to sleep
Settling more than one little one to sleep at bedtime can be tricky, especially if you’re new to the multiple kids at bedtime game. But...
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- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
Wake windows for babies and why I don't like them
Wake windows are a bit like marmite. The traditional sleep training world which tries to get you to shoehorn your baby into a generic...
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- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
Floor beds - the what, where, why and how
Now, I have never actually used a floor bed with my own children, so I can’t blog on this from personal experience. However, I have...
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- Apr 22, 2021
- 4 min
Is there really such a thing as a baby self-soothing?
I felt like the subject of self-soothing was too long to do justice in just one Instagram post, so I have cobbled this blog together to...
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- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
The truth about teething
Teething seems to be a catchall for pretty much any general grumpiness or illness a baby goes through in the first year. But is it right...
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- Feb 4, 2021
- 11 min
From womb to world - the fourth trimester
I’m not sure about anyone else, but I sure did seem to get taught a lot of information to prepare me for the birth of my first baby, but...
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- Dec 17, 2020
- 8 min
Late bedtimes & bedtime battles - is there any hope?
I’ve already discussed early rising anguish in a previous blog. But competing with early rising for top spot on the weary parents hit...
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- Dec 10, 2020
- 6 min
The 8 month sleep regression & separation anxiety
I made my thoughts about labelling moments of great developmental progress for your baby with such a negative word such as ‘regression’...
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- Nov 26, 2020
- 6 min
Put any anxiety you have about naps to bed once and for all
Naps. Frustratingly a source of contention and anxiety for many parents throughout the years. But it makes sense why parents become...
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