- By Carla Kriel, Good Night Senior Sleep Consultant February is the month of love, but our children should feel loved every day. As such, it is very fitting to talk about love languages and your child.“What are love languages?” you ask. The love languages are straight forward. It...
Bringing home your newborn is a beautiful yet challenging time. Along with the intoxicating newborn scent and newborn cuddles, also comes the 1 am wake-ups. Oh, and the never-ending feeding and nappy changes. So many nappy changes! You will hit the stage where if one more person asks if you...
Its that time again! New Year’s Resolutions! Most of us try to keep to resolutions but by now, the third week in January, some have already been left at the way side. What if you kept to your New Year’s Sleep Resolutions and created a better sleep routine for...
I have been assisting families with implementing sleep plans for many years and as it so happens that I am assisting the same families again with their second or third children. Often, the question comes up: “Why does the same plan of my first child...
It is the season to be jolly but for many parents the idea of family or travel can be daunting with young ones in tow. There are many factors to consider and anything could go wrong…. Here are some tips and notes to help you get...
The words ‘CRY IT OUT’ jump into most parent’s minds when they hear the words ‘SLEEP TRAINING’, which is why I don’t like to refer to myself as a sleep trainer but rather as a sleep consultant. We have a very holistic approach at Good...
As a sleep consultant and mom of a one year old, the biggest lesson I have learned thus far is not “how to implement sleep flawlessly” or “7 steps to assure your child sleeps through for the rest of her life”, no the two biggest...
With the stigma around the cry-it-out method – which is what the majority of parents believe sleep training your baby to be - there is no wonder that moms and dads are right to question whether sleep training can harm their baby. In South Africa, the...
As moms, we can often feel helpless when it comes to our babies, especially with their sleep. We look for ways to be able to feel in control and positively change our baby’s habits. This is easier said than done and often leads to more...
This article was submitted by Cherralle, a South African mommy blogger who created the With Love Baby Journal. Nothing prepared me for coming home with a newborn. I tend to be quite structure in my work and lifestyle. However, with a newborn all that does tend...