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My child is afraid of the dark!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Has your child suddenly started to say, “I’m scared!”, “I don’t like the dark”, or “I’m scared of the dark”? If so, please be reassured that this is a very normal phase of development and can be experienced by lots of children, their parents and carers. Most often the biggest impact of this can be around bedtimes where little ones are typically on their own and it is dark. This sense of fear can have an impact on sleep, bedtimes or even cause waking in the night.

Separation anxiety and bedtime (including 10 tips to help!)

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. One area which families can find very challenging during the phases of separation anxiety is bedtimes and naptimes. In this blog we are going to specifically look at how and why separation anxiety might affect bedtimes and sleep.

Separation anxiety, SleepRebekah Frankcom26 January 2022parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, separation, anxiety, separation anxiety, comforter, independence, routine, reassurance, developmental stage, development, separation anxiety and bedtime, bedtime routine

Tricky sleeper? Sleep associations – the sleep habits we want to create!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Is your baby or child tricky to get to sleep at bedtime? Do they have multiple wake ups during the night? Are they difficult to get to nap? If any of these things sound familiar, then this blog is for you!

When supporting parents with their children’s sleep there are lots of aspects that we need to look at including routine, their sleep environment and how you put your little down at bedtime and for naps. These points can often be the key pieces of information we need to look at in order to be able to help solve any sleep issues that you might be experiencing with your child.

Thumb sucking and how to stop it!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Following on from my blog about helping your little one to give up their dummy we had lots of questions about how to stop thumb sucking and so we decided to write a blog on this topic as well!

According to the British Orthodontic Society, one in every eight children in the UK (aged 7 to 11) has a thumb sucking habit. Babies have a natural sucking reflex and thumb sucking can start very early on after birth and can sometimes even be seen in the womb!

Transitions, BabiesRebekah Frankcom24 February 2020parenting, families, development, comforter, thumb, thumb sucking

Dummies and how to help stop your child using theirs!

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Dummies are often introduced in the early days or weeks of a baby being born and there is some research to suggest that using a dummy in the first 6 months for naps and night-times could help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). For more information on this please see the Lullaby Trust website.

As advised by the Lullaby Trust and the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry, it is however best to gently withdraw use of the dummy between 6 and 12 months – this is to avoid possible longer-term problems associated with dummy use (such as ear infections or misalignment of teeth - these problems have not been found below the age of one year). However, as many parents and carers know, this can certainly be easier said than done! We hope that this blog will give you some useful suggestions as to how to go about it.

Transitions, BabiesRebekah Frankcom10 February 2020parenting, families, developmental stage, development, dummy, pacifier, comforter

Don't leave me! Separation Anxiety and how to manage it...

Written by Claire Burgess, Family Consultant. Over recent weeks I have been getting lots of questions about how to deal with babies and young children who are getting really upset when a parent or other main carer such as a nanny, grandparent etc is leaving them, whether this is going to school or nursery, or even just to go to the bathroom!

Separation anxietyRebekah Frankcom30 September 2019parenting, children, families, nanny, childcare, separation, anxiety, separation anxiety, comforter, independence, routine, reassurance, developmental stage, development

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