Are you REALLY tired? Have you tried EVERYTHING?
Is your baby/child waking multiple times throughout the night?
Does it take you ages to get them to go asleep?
Driving or rolling baby to sleep during the day and at night?
Rocking or walking baby to sleep?
Lying down with your child, holding hands, rubbing them to make them go to sleep?
Are they nursing or bottle feeding excessively at night?
Are you replugging the dummy multiple times during the night?
Do they have trouble STAYING asleep?
Suffering from Nightmares or Night Terrors?
Are you struggling with daytime naps?
Need to end co sleeping but don’t know how?
Want co sleeping to work but don’t know how?
I CAN HELP YOU!!!
2. The Benefits of Sleep
• Vital for health and well being of people of all ages
•Basic human need like breathing, eating a healthy diet & getting enough
exercise
•Human privilege often compromised by modern life
•Sleep problems affect nearly half the world’s population
•Conditions like insomnia, sleep apnoea, restless leg syndrome & sleep
deprivation have significant impact on our physical, mental and emotional
health
•Poor sleep has a negative impact on work performance & personal
relationships
•Researchers believe that ¼ of the world’s children are affected
3. • Lack of sleep in Children can lead to
• Obesity
Lack of Sleep In Children can lead to:
• Irritability
• Frustration
• Moodiness
• Emotional Problems
• Aggressive behaviour
• Decreased capacity for
1. Memory
2. Attention
3. Learning
4. Reasoning
A full night’s sleep is essential for a child’s growth and happiness
4. Sleep Basics:
•A Learned Behaviour
•Partial Arousals/Sleep Cycles
•Sleep Windows
•Quality and Quantity
•Underlying Medical Conditions
5. Five Things That Kept Your Child Awake Last Night
1. Bedtime too late
2. Nap deprived
3. Put down already asleep
4. Inconsistency by you
5. Underlying medical conditions
6. Common Sleep Myths
•Keep up late; sleep later
•Wakes-must be hungry
•Doesn’t take naps, doesn’t need naps
•Limit naps and they’ll sleep better at night
•Babies need quiet to sleep
•Problems will eventually go away
7. Top 10 Sleep Tips
1. Make sure your child gets enough sleep
2. Set consistent bedtime & wake up times
3. Create a calm bedtime routine
4. Encourage your child to sleep independently
5. Avoid bright lights during the night
6. Keep electronic distractions out of the bedroom
7. Maintain a consistent daily schedule
8. Establish a nap schedule if age appropriate
9. Plenty of out-door exercise
10. Healthy diet