Clare Gordon Sleep Consultant

Is it always hunger? No.
Is it hunger about 80% of the time? Yes.

Before you assume it's behaviour, big feelings, or a personality change overnight, check if they've eaten in the last two hours.

Half of what looks like a meltdown is just a very small human running on empty. A cracker, a piece of fruit, literally anything and suddenly the whole vibe shifts.

Not a parenting hack. Just basic blood sugar. But nobody tells you how often it's the actual answer.

Tag the parent whose kid turns into a gremlin on an empty stomach.

This baby's reflux journey was month's of only being able to sleep upright and held, resolved with osteopathy. But the sleep habits that built up around it didn't just disappear once the reflux did.

By the time the parents reached out, they were overwhelmed with conflicting advice online and very clear on one thing: no cry it out. So that's exactly what we didn't do.

We used a hands-on, responsive approach the whole way through and he took to it fast. Three weeks later he was settling in his cot easily, down to two feeds overnight, and napping beautifully.

Sometimes fixing the medical piece is only step one. The habits built around it need their own gentle plan.

If you're overwhelmed by conflicting advice and know cry it out isn't for your family, there are other ways through.
Message me ‘SLEEP’ and tell me what’s happening. I’ll point you in the right direction.

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Everyone's over the bug, but the nights haven't caught up yet?
This happens more than you'd think. You didn't create a bad habit by comforting a sick baby. Swipe through for how to ease back to normal.

If it's not shifting on its own, message me.
I've got you!

Not every parenting hack needs to be complicated.

Half the time the actual solution is: get them near water. Bath, puddle, hose, paddling pool, kitchen sink with two cups. It doesn't matter. Something about it just resets the whole vibe.

If you know, you know.

Tag the parent who needs this reminder today.

This one matters to me. Before we started, this baby had been through 5 ear infections in 3 months, including 2 hospital admissions. The first thing I told this family wasn't about sleep, it was that they needed medical support first, and I'd support what I could alongside it.

No sleep training. No rushing anything. Just the day routine, the naps, and a lot of patience while the medical side got sorted. (It's still not sorted but they are getting there)

By the end: two overnight wakes instead of hourly, settling in 10 minutes or less with mum or dad, and sleeping most of the night in her cot.

Good sleep support knows its lane. And it never asks a family to push through something that needs a GP or specialist first!

If your gut is telling you something's off beyond sleep, please get it checked.
I'll always tell you if that's what's needed before anything else.
I've got you!

Returning to work with a baby who's only ever slept for you is its own kind of stress. Swipe through for what actually helps and message me if you want it sorted before day one.

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