Expert panel: Sleep

You could think about closing your bedroom door, or placing a gate across his doorway so he can’t get out. This is often very useful but it d...

It’s still ideal for him to have formula or breast milk under 12 months. Cow’s milk (though he loved it), isn’t suitable for youn...

Try not to go into him too quickly when he first wakes and give him the opportunity to resettle himself. Think about how he’s going off to sl...

If he only learns how to go to sleep in your arms then he won’t learn how to settle himself. I hear what you’re saying regarding his di...

Not necessarily, but it really depends on whether he’s happy or not, if he’s thriving and meeting all his milestones and you’ve n...

It’s hard to say without knowing more information from you. Has there been a change in her routine, a new developmental phase, sickness, a st...

It may help if you try and place him into his cot when he’s sleepy, showing tired signs but is still awake. He still needs to sleep through t...

By 14 months, his behaviour is more than likely due to habit rather than gut maturity. Wind/colic/reflux tends not to be so much of an issue once t...

This is a pretty age appropriate problem but if you keep doing what you’re doing, he’ll learn to rely on your help to get back down. By...

Hi, We would assess her corrected age to now be four weeks to compensate for her 7 weeks of prematurity. Yes, we do need to expect her to take long...

If she goes to sleep by sucking on the breast, both day and night, then she’s likely to want the same overnight. She’s probably waking ...

To be fair, it is still entirely realistic to expect a 6 month old breastfed baby to wake at least once overnight for a breastfeed. At this age, it...

Hi Anne, It’s hard to say, perhaps he’s just venting off some excess energy or displaying his own individual characteristics which are ...

Sorry to say this, but in all honesty having a toddler who wakes anywhere from 5am onwards is completely normal. You could try not going into her t...

Yes, it is very normal. Taking her back to her own bed, offering her reassurance, avoiding letting her in your bed and giving her the clear, consis...

Yes, it sounds fine. Don’t expect that there will never be any more changes to his sleep from now on. Sleep is a dynamic, always changing sta...

If you keep him up through the day this will impact on his night time settling as well. He’s just on the cusp of having a longer sleep overni...

Hi Melinda, Placing your baby into her cot when she’s fed but awake will help, but any change to what she’s used to is likely to be met...

This sounds completely normal and only to be expected at this very young age. It’s impossible to implement a routine or have any expectation ...

It’s important to remember that as parents, we can only persuade our baby’s to go to sleep, we cannot control if they go to sleep or ho...

Hi, At 11 weeks of age, his sleep/settling behaviour is probably not due to teething. It could be, but is more likely due to normal developmental b...

It sure sounds fine to me. But don’t expect his sleep to stay this way and avoid being disappointed if it does. Sleep is a dynamic and consta...

You don’t really need to use a sleeping bag. They tend to be hot over the summer months anyway unless they are made of very fine muslin or op...

Hi-5am is a little early, a more reasonable wake up time is around 6am at this age, but you can’t enforce this. There are a couple of factors...

It can be but it really depends on how tired the baby is, when they last fed and if they are coming up due for a feed and honestly, how much stamin...

It could be related to the differences in time zones, however, short of not going away and quarantining yourself in the house, this is a reality. A...

Hi, You are managing this in an ideal way, the rest is up to her. Be consistent and calm as you are being. Have you tried putting a gate across her...

It’s unlikely he will change his sleep association until you stop lying with him and breastfeeding him to sleep. You need to change what you ...

Perhaps, but generally there is a pattern to more frequent feeds for a few days and then the baby tends to extend the time between feeds. The sure ...

Hi, This is a common issue in the transition phase between a cot and using a bed. The benefits of cots of course is that they keep the child in, bu...