By Belinda Pieterse - Wellness Counsellor en Transformation Life Coach The times we are in right now are challenging and uncertain. Many of us are overwhelmed with fear, stress and anxiety. We are experiencing a loss of control and some of us even feel hopeless. It is...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night I think we can all agree that the last couple of days has resulted in quite an unexpected mix of feelings for many of us. Ups-and-downs from anxiety, as well as stress, anger and then also periods of calm (or at least...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night The popularity of weighted blankest has increased in the last couple of years. However, these blankets have been around for quite some time, especially in the Occupational Therapy field. What is a weighted blanket? It is pretty much...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night As sleep consultants we rarely advise on nutritional problems and always refer our clients to registered dieticians when we do pick up on problems as we are sleep experts after all and NOT feeding experts. However, when we’re...
By Megan Heuer - Good Night Consultant Most people warned me how difficult it was going to be, adjusting from one child to two and how they wished they had known how challenging the change would be (And then feel compelled to share this information with me so...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night Sleep regressions can be quite challenging for both parents and little ones. There are many regressions and some babies and toddlers might experience one or two instances of poorer sleep as they grow and very rarely some children experience...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night Once again recently I came face-to-face with the question of whether I am for or against sleep training (working in the baby and sleep industry this seems to come up quite often). And once again my answer was, as always, I...
By Salomé Botes - Good Night Sleep Consultant I work with parents daily, and I hear many of the same questions, things parents are unsure of when it comes to sleep. Let’s start at the beginning, with your new-born. Please do not let the old-fashioned idea of “spoiling”...
By Raylene de Villiers - Good Night Sleep Consultant We have all been there - you show your two-year-old a real photograph of someone and they try to “swipe” it across. We all roll around laughing at how funny it is but this shows a deeper...
By Jolandi Becker - MD of Good Night Often breastfeeding and sleep are thought to be part of two different worlds. Many people will tell you that your child won’t be able to sleep through the night until you stop breastfeeding. Tell that to my daughter...