THE SLEEP GUIDE YOUR BABY WANTS YOU TO READ.
Uncomplicate your family's sleep, and go from resentful to rested while remaining responsive to all your baby’s needs.
Sleep Matters
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Sleep doesn’t have to be such a THING.
You don’t have to choose between staying responsive and sleeping. You can have both!
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You’re a new parent, or you’ve been in the parenting game for a few months now and honestly, it’s nothing like you imagined it would be. The exhaustion is next level, sleep feels like a distant memory and if you had one wish right now, it would be for a little more shut-eye.
Your life has turned into a military operation of tracking wake windows and rigidly adhering to strict schedules leaving no time for you, this isn’t what you had in mind when you imagined yourself as a parent.
As every day passes you become more confused as you drown in all the conflicting baby sleep advice. Doctors, friends and well-meaning in-laws are constantly telling you the only way to get more sleep is to sleep train your baby, but it just feels wrong.
Or maybe you took their advice and tried, and found it didn’t work for you or your baby, and now you just feel like a failure. You are desperate to get more zzzz’s but don’t want the guilt that comes along with the separation and tears of modern sleep training techniques.
There must be another way……
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“FIONA'S SLEEP GUIDE IS EVERYTHING I WISHED I KNEW ABOUT SLEEP BEFORE I BECAME A MUM - IT WOULD HAVE SAVED ME A LOT OF CONFUSION AND OVERWHELM! FIONA EXPLAINS THE SCIENCE AND RESEARCH OF NORMAL BABY SLEEP IN A DOWN-TO-EARTH WAY, PROVIDES TIPS AND TOOLS FOR MAKING SOME CHANGES IF YOU WANT TO, AND BALANCES THAT WITH A BEAUTIFUL FOCUS ON HEALTHY ATTACHMENT AND LOVING PARENT/BUB RELATIONSHIPS. I LOVE THAT I DON'T HAVE TO BUY MULTIPLE GUIDES TO GET ME THROUGH THE FIRST YEAR AND BEYOND- IT'S ALL HERE! FIONA HAS HELPED ME FEEL MORE EMPOWERED TO NAVIGATE THE CONFUSING TERRITORY OF BABY SLEEP WITH CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF AND MY CHOICES. I'LL BE RECOMMENDING THIS TO ALL MY MAMA FRIENDS FOR SURE!”
BREE
Are you longing to stay responsive but not sure how much longer you can physically and mentally do the night wakes?
Can you relate to feeling alone and isolated in your choices to parent responsively throughout the night while everyone around you is pushing sleep training before the four month ‘sleep regression’ hits?
Have you ever felt there must be a more balanced way between the extreme of cry-it-out and controlled crying - and waking many times a night waiting for your baby to finally ‘get it’?
Do you second-guess everything you do around sleep due to conflicting messages coming at you from all angles?
You are not alone. Having a baby can feel hard and sleep deprivation is not your friend. We all deserve the right to feel rested and get the sleep we need to take on the mammoth task of parenting a small human.
This honest and comprehensive guide will help you and your family to find the sleep you need while remaining connected and responsive, with not a hint of sleep training advice in sight (honest!).
There is a version of you who can wake up feeling refreshed and rested & ready to take your baby out into the world.
Imagine a time you no longer worry about rushing home for naps in a dark room and instead are free to enjoy your time with your baby.
Picture bedtimes snuggled up beside your child as they fall asleep, while thinking how this is your favourite time of day.
Think about having confidence in your parenting choices so no matter what anyone says or suggests you are steadfast in your decisions to parent the way you choose. You even have the science to back up your choices! Goodbye napxiety!
There is a way you can be all these things and remain responsive and nurturing to your child while still getting the sleep you so badly need.
This is the guide that shows you how.
Sleep Matters contains everything you need to know about biologically normal infant sleep and responsive nighttime parenting.
This guide dives into all the things that affect sleep, how to help your baby find sleep more easily, and what is getting in the way of a restful night.
Here’s a clue - it has nothing to do with teaching your baby how to self-settle.
Inside are some of the most frequently asked questions about infant sleep and their answers - like why your baby is fighting bedtime; if cat naps are damaging your baby; and whether you are creating a monster by rocking your child to sleep at night?
Steeped in evidence, it’s ethical and no-nonsense. It’s the sleep guide with real references!
For parents and caregivers from newborn up to 18 months, covering stage-by-stage expectations, what is and isn’t normal. Guiding you to what you can change to encourage more sleep whilst remaining connected and attachment-centred in your approach.
What’s included:
How sleep works - the science and biology of sleep
What normal sleep looks like, including breakdowns of every important stage and development
How to figure out how much sleep YOUR baby needs
Why babies wake
Wake windows and how to use them (without losing your mind)
All things naps - what’s normal, what the science says
How to approach nap transitions like a pro
The truth about sleep training
The big questions like self-settling and self-soothing
How to find more sleep whilst being responsive
Working within our Circle of Influence - how we can actively shape our children’s sleep
How to optimise your baby’s sleep environment
To swaddle or not to swaddle
Guiding you through different sleep arrangements such as bed sharing, room sharing and transitioning to own sleep space
How to safely bedshare
Creating the ideal bedtime routine for your family
Napxiety and breaking free of stress around sleep
Busting the BS of the mainstream sleep advice
What gets in the way of sleep (temporary hiccups and underlying causes of longer term challenges)
Is this just sleep training under a different name?
HEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLL NO!
Everything within this guide is evidence-based with a strong focus on biology, attachment and development.
This guide is all about tuning into your baby and your own intuition, maintaining and nurturing attachment while finding more sleep.
There is never a moment that tells you to ignore your child's cries or ignore your instincts. This guide supports breastfeeding, cuddling your baby to sleep and co-sleeping if it works for your family – if that’s no longer your jam it will help you find another way that is still steeped in responsiveness.
It is all about listening to your baby's cues, tuning into your instincts and making changes when you and your family are ready to do so.
What makes it different?
The main focus of this guide is on building and maintaining a strong relationship with your baby and the confidence to be flexible with sleep. There are no strict schedules or routines and instead, it promotes gentle rhythms and coming in tune with what YOUR individual, unique and wonderful child needs.
It is not a magic formula for sleeping through the night; in fact, that is not the aim of this guide; babies are not made to sleep through the night – and it will tell you why.
IT IS AN HONEST AND BABY-LED WAY OF SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD WITH SLEEP WHILE ALSO GIVING YOU A BUNCH OF TOOLS AND TIPS TO GET MORE SLEEP AND REST.
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This guide contains the same information I have shared with hundreds of parents over many years supporting families. It is full of all the valuable information that has changed countless families' lives, allowing them to enjoy those early months of motherhood no matter who their baby is or how they choose to parent.
Sleep Guide Love
Fiona's sleep guide is everything I wished I knew about sleep before I became a mum - it would have saved me a lot of confusion and overwhelm! Fiona explains the science and research of normal baby sleep in a down to earth way, provides tips and tools for making some changes if you want to, and balances that with a beautiful focus on healthy attachment and loving parent/bub relationships. I love that I don't have to buy multiple guides to get me through the first year and beyond- it's all here! Fiona has helped me feel more empowered to navigate the confusing territory of baby sleep with confidence in myself and my choices. I'll be recommending this to my mama friends for sure!
GABRIELLE
Fiona is like the kind friend you really want in your corner when you’ve just had a baby.
She is that one person who really sees you and understands instinctively what it is you need and how you feel. She is a fierce advocate for both baby and mother and is passionate about honouring them both as individuals and not choosing one over the other.
With years of experience in perinatal mental health and parenting, a social worker turned baby sleep specialist who advocates for an evidence-based, biologically normal, compassionate, attachment-based approach to all things infant sleep.
