Dear Sleep, Remember me? We used to be best friends, but then four years ago we fell out. I know it was something I did and not something I said; getting pregnant isn’t a sure-fire route to nights of blissful slumber, is it? And when the pregnancy insomnia was replaced by a baby who much…
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12 signs you’re a sleep-deprived parent
Are you a sleep-deprived parent? Here’s 12 signs your child is no friend of sleep… You can always tell when the clocks change due to the higher-than-normal volume of tweets from parents. Extra hour in bed? Not likely! Lighter evenings? Thanks so much for the 9pm bedtime. Blackout blinds? Ha! – are some of the things…
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Plus five months: no sleep till…Bromley?
So what’s it like being the mum of a five month old, second time round?
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Five things for the weekend – spring and sleep
1) This week we headed over to Peter Jones on Sloane Square for the launch of the new Dyson Humidifier (top left). Isn’t it the most space-age thing? It looks great, and after me and Florence stood in front of one for a while to recover from the journey, I can also report that it…
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The sleeping baby secret film club
One of the big differences between your first and second babies is the amount of time you get to spend on the sofa, feeding, napping, and trapped under them when they sleep. As a baby Eliza didn’t want to be put down, I didn’t want to put her down. Nothing got done for ages when we…
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SnuzPod Bedside Cot Review: Ten Weeks Of Newborn Baby Sleep
Thinking About Buying A Snzpod Bedside Crib? We Review The Snuzpod Cot We review the Snuzpod bedside cot – a co-sleeper cot that attaches to your bed. Here’s how we found ours with our newborn baby. Are you pregnant or have a newborn, and are interested in buying a co-sleeper cot that attaches to the…
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Counting sheep, newborn sleep and second babies
“My baby won’t sleep in the Moses basket…help!” I remember saying to the midwife when she visited the house, about 12 hours after our return from hospital. She gave me a sympathetic but knowing look, before saying “Yes…that’s perfectly normal.” In my just delivered, highly hormonal and not-slept state I was stunned. Did this mean…