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Sleep is not a skill: Why we are asking the wrong questions

26/3/2018

How can I teach my baby to sleep?
When will my toddler learn to settle herself?
How can I help my son learn to sleep on his own?
Can I teach my baby to sleep through the night?

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The clocks are changing: How do I cope with my child's sleep?

24/3/2018

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With the impending clock change, a few parents have been in touch asking how to cope with it. So we've written down a few top tips to help you navigate it without too much disruption.

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Self care sucks, right?

22/3/2018

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Self-care. Urgh. Those 2 words. I hate them. I can (almost) literally see them dripping with guilt, oozing with indulgence and selfishness. I hate it when people bandy about the term, telling us that we must practise ‘self-care’ with the underlying accusation that we aren’t enough. We aren’t doing enough. We’re doing it wrong. Whatever that ‘it’ is.

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Am I a 'gentle parent'?

8/3/2018

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When I applied to train as a BabyCalm & ToddlerCalm teacher back in 2013 I was apprehensive, I didn’t feel like I ‘fit’ or that I was a a good enough ‘gentle parent’ to do this. And without the encouragement of one of my best friends, I wouldn't have gone. Her opinion mattered to me and because she thought that I was 'enough' I took the leap and applied.
When I arrived at training I was terrified that I was inadequate & that I everyone would think I was a fraud, rubbish at this parenting lark & certainly not good enough to go out and 'teach' other parents but I was eager to learn more, if not to teach but for myself and my son.

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The truth about snow days

1/3/2018

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Now I know that it is pretty treacherous in some places, it can be dangerous, that it’s inconvenient, and it can cost people money. Today it has been inconvenient to me, tomorrow it will be, and this weekend it’s likely to mean I have to cancel training some wonderful new consultants which costs me and the business money. That part sucks BUT I am excited and inspired. I know there are lots of haters of snow out there and earlier in the week when they said it would snow I was both skeptical and a bit frustrated. However today I feel differently.

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