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Too Hot to Sleep? How to Help Your Baby, Toddler or Child Sleep in Hot Weather 2026

Warm summer evenings can be lovely until it is time for bed… When your child’s bedroom has been heating…
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Sleeping Bag TOG Guide: The Ultimate Sleeping Bag TOG Chart for Babies (2026)

By Gemma, Child Sleep Specialist Choosing the right sleeping bag TOG shouldn’t feel like decoding science homework! However, we…
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The Best Toddler Bedding 2026: When to Transition and What to Choose

Choosing the best toddler bedding is not just about cute prints. It is about comfort, safety, temperature regulation, and…
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Can Newborns Use Sleeping Bags? A Guide to Safer Sleep for Your Baby

One of the most common questions I hear from new parents is can newborns use sleeping bags safely. With…
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Nightmares in Children: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Help Your Child Sleep Better, 2026

Nightmares in children are incredibly common, but that doesn’t make them any easier to navigate when your child wakes…
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How to Use a Worry Monster to Help Children Manage Their Worries

A Worry Monster is a simple yet powerful tool to help children manage their worries in a playful, reassuring…
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Easy guide to adjust for winter clock change and baby sleep in October 2025

How do you keep your child’s sleep routine on track when the clocks change in the Autumn? Daylight savings,…
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Children’s Sleep During Halloween: 6 Expert Tips for a Calm Bedtime

Sleep During Halloween: Helping Kids Overcome Bedtime Anxiety During Halloween Halloween is an exciting time for children, but it…
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“Drowsy But Awake”: Helpful Advice or Just BS? 2026

If you’ve ever Googled how to get your baby to sleep, chances are you’ve stumbled across the infamous advice…
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Childhood Sleep Anxiety: Why It Happens and How to Help Your Child Sleep Better

Updated June 2026, Gemma Coe, Sleep Specialist If your child struggles to fall asleep or wakes during the night…
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How to Stop Rocking to Sleep, 5 Top Tips

A gentle, step-by-step guide for teaching your baby to fall asleep independently Ever found yourself rocking your baby without…
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The 2 to 1 Nap Transition: When and How to Drop a Nap Without the Chaos Now

The 2 to 1 nap transition is a big milestone, and can be tricky. This move to a one…

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Parents, Don't Make These Mistakes When Trying To Get Your Baby To Sleep

So you’ve got yourself a baby who doesn’t sleep…? Welcome to the club.

With so much conflicting baby sleep advice out there, it can be hard to know where you stand as a new parent trying to get your tiny crying bundle to sleep.

Do you pick them up and soothe them? Do you let them cry it out? So many questions – and to be honest, often no right answers. It’s mostly a case of trial and error, and doing the best you can.

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HEALTH HACKS This is why ‘wake windows’ might be your secret weapon

2nd November 2021

“GETTING your child to go to sleep and into a good routine is a real win.

Not only does it help them hugely, it will make you feel much better than those nights where you got maybe two hours kip.

There are a few tried and tested tricks, but also some that you may not be aware of.

Gemma Coe, a certified baby and child sleep specialist, revealed a few extra tactics to the Sun Online.”

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Dummies, Pacifiers, Soothers Or Binkies: Are They Friend Or Foe?!

20th October 2021

“There’s no doubt about it, babies are born with a strong desire to suck to soothe. Some babies will get instantaneous comfort from a dummy in their very early weeks whereas other babies find comfort in other things and just seem disinterested. But what to do when it comes to taking away the dummy?”

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A Sleep Consultant’s Best Sleep Aid? A Sleeping Bag!

April 23rd 2022

We caught up with Gemma Coe, The Baby and Child Sleep Specialist to chat about how sleeping bags can help you all get a better night’s sleep…

My best sleep aid as a sleep consultant? Sleeping bag. Absolutely! Given all the sleep products out there for newborns upwards you may think I’m mad (or just slightly boring). Hear me out. OK, so not only do these ‘wearable blankets’ look totally cute, but they are great for many practical reasons too. 

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Creating the perfect sleep environment

“Sleep is a skill that our little ones have to learn. Some babies find it easier than others to learn how to settle and resettle. We need to give them lots of opportunities to practice but we also want to help them along the way where and when we can.”

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MUM'S THE WORD I’m a child sleep expert and there are three things every mum of a newborn needs to know

27th November 2021

“WHEN it comes to having children nothing is easy, particularly if it’s your first one.

But what can make every other decision and action a million times harder is when you’re completely exhausted.

Certified baby and child sleep specialist Gemma Coe knows all too well the importance of helping your baby get some good kip – so you can get a rest too.”

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Napping on the go?

29th June 2022

Do you know the feeling? You’re turning into the road to your house in the pram or car and poof, your child has fallen asleep. As we all know, this has been a nerve-racking experience for one parent or another. But what about napping on the go? Do these power naps ruin your little ones sleep routine? Or can you actually use them in a positive way?

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Really struggled with sleep with my 10 month old, Gemma was patient, kind and so helpful.

Made a plan for us that was completely personal to us and our situations

Thank you for everything

Jade, and Roman (10 months)

Thank you for being so detailed in your recommendations to me on a routine that you thought would suit Delilah the best , it definitely helped, also your quick response to all my emails and all my questions 🙂

(at 3 months) Delilah is now doing awesome and sleeping through the night. She has also settled during the the day which is great.

Maurisa, and Delilah (4 weeks)

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