When Andy’s mum first got in touch, she was completely worn down. Andy was just over 20 months old and had never slept through the night. He woke frequently, often very upset, and bedtime required a lot of physical support. Settling him meant staying close, rocking, tapping, reassuring - sometimes for long stretches - and while his mum was always responsive, it had become unsustainable. What she found hardest wasn’t just the broken nights. It was the feeling that only she cou

When Conor and Sam's parents first reached out to me, they were exhausted. Their one-year-old twins were waking multiple times every night and struggling to settle back to sleep. Bedtime had become a two-parent job, evenings had disappeared and the whole family was feeling the impact of broken sleep. Like so many parents I work with, they weren't looking for perfection. They simply wanted life to feel manageable again. They wanted more time with their older son, the freedom t

In 2025, Irish midwife Mary The Baby Whisperer wrote this article about my journey into sleep consultancy. I've kept it here in its original form because it tells the story of why supporting exhausted families means so much to me. I hope you enjoy reading it. Generally speaking, sleep deprivation is accepted as part of the course in the early weeks and months of having a baby. On the other hand, sleep regression refers to periods where an infant who was previously sleeping we