The building blocks of sleep

By Jolandi Becker – MD of Good Night At Good Night, the basis of our methods and processes are the building blocks of good quality sleep.  The reality is that even though sleep is quite natural, it is also quite complex.  Getting your baby to sleep better, is often not just one thing but a […]

Sleeping Guidelines for Day Care centers

By Janine Rudwick – Good Night Consultant Many babies attend day care centers from as young as 4 months as mommies need to return back to work after maternity leave. Baby safety should always be the number one priority. An unsafe sleeping environment puts your baby at risk for suffocation, strangulation or choking. SIDS (Sudden […]

How to take away the dummy without emotionally scarring your toddler?!

By Charnè Smit – Good Night Consultant If you have a toddler who LOVES their dummy and dares to walk around with it in public, then you’ve probably been subject to at least one judgy look or snotty comment like: “When are you planning to get rid of the dummy?” OR “your child is going […]

Our 10-year journey – Good Night and Me. The evolution of Sleep Training

By Owner Jolandi Becker The journey of Good Night as a company, is very closely linked to my own personal journey over the last 10 years.  A journey marked with growth, obstacles, learnings, love, gratitude, the support of others and of course a lot of blessings and luck (or destiny of you like)!    The […]

Pre-schooler: Dropping the nap or making bedtime later?

By Melissa Bierman – Good Night consultant How do you feel when you have had a restless night or even worse, less hours sleep than your body needs to function the next day? During sleep, the brain sorts through and stores new information and even solves problems during sleep. Most children don’t get enough sleep […]

Co-Sleeping and Sleep

Good Night Consultant Being a parent, means that at some point in your life you will find yourself co-sleeping with your child. It might be by personal choice, because they are sick, out of desperation or it might be because you are on holiday and spare beds are limited. When is it a good idea […]

From one Women to the next

By Jolandi Becker – MD of Good Night Women’s Day forms part of South Africa’s Women’s Month which provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the generations of women whose struggles laid the foundations for the progress made in empowering women and achieving gender equality to date. The privileges and choices we have now is […]

All about Comfort Items

By Sarah Bibi Patel – Good Night Consultant We’ve all seen it – the absolutely adorable baby or toddler who has a favourite blankie/bear/security object that they cannot do without. I clearly remember Baby Bop and her blanky from my days of watching “Barney”. PS now I feel old J. When I was expecting my […]

Parental Preference

Good Night Consultant It is quite typical that many children appear to have a parental preference for one parent/caregiver even when it comes to sleep. This essentially prevents the other parent’s efforts to attend to their baby. This dynamic, whatever the cause, often results in one parent feeling exhausted and overwhelmed and the other parent […]

When the ENT comes to the rescue

By Dr Nina du Toit – ENT and Good Night Consultant Sleep is so essential for our children’s overall development and health, but we cannot address sleep habits if there are medical reasons for a child’s restless nights.  There are a few ear, nose and throat (ENT) related conditions that can contribute to poor sleeping […]