Welcome to Baby 2 Sleep If you would like to know more about me and what made me became a sleep consultant, feel free to have a read below. I am sure most people will be able to relate.
However, if you just want the basic information about who I am and what I offer, here it is in a nutshell:
I offer you and your family the chance to bring sleep back into your home. This in turn gives you the chance to build on your relationship again, and get some well deserved me time.
I do this by using gentle, reassuring methods to help your little one learn how to put themselves to sleep, while the bond between both parent and child grows stronger, leaving you with a much happier child.
I purposely don't take on many clients as I became a sleep consultant to help the masses. I give free advice every week in the form of a live question and answer session on my Facebook page which can be found here . If the free advice fixes the problem, you probably don't need to spend money on a plan, however, there are some families that need a more complex, tailored plan and the supporting hand to get them through, and that's where I come in.
Feel free to read some of my testimonials from previous clients to give you an idea of how I work.
You will find a Blog on my site where I will regularly write helpful articles to help you on your journey to sleep.
If you have a little one who is having sleep difficulties up to the age of 6 years old, I can help.
I am also a contributor the the BBC and have most recently been featured on BBC Radio Manchester's The Dead Good Show, Bad Parents' Club discussing sleep and the importance of sleep on mental health.
Previous broadcasts have been on Radio London, Three Counties Radio and in the BBC online news with sleep tips on starting back at school along with BBC Radio Essex discussing the CBeebies bedtime time change and the impact of television and sleep .
Study and Qualifications:
There are very limited recognised qualifications within child sleep and it is currently an unregulated industry so please make sure that you ask about any sleep consultants training.
I have taken part in the Holistic Sleep Coaching course which is ongoing study, as so much new research is becoming available and it is important to stay on top of new safety guidelines. You can click through the link to find out what that course covers. This is the first course to have a recognised qualification attached to it at an OCN Level 5.
I have also studied Gentle Sleep Coaching with the Sleep Nanny Academy, this course gave me the basics and I was then able to enhance my skills with the Holistic Sleep Coaching course.
If you would like to speak to me further, you can book a FREE 15 minute call with me by clicking here .
About Me
Hi, I’m Nicole and I am a mum of 1 living in Manchester and I help parents from all over the world make their dream of sleep a reality.
If you are looking on my page, the chances are, I have been where you are. The parent to the child that never seems to sleep, unless she was on me of course, and even then, the slightest noise would wake her. I dreaded a knock at the door or someone ringing the doorbell. I was the mum who used to envy all the other mums at baby groups that talked about how great their baby slept. I was the mum that everyone felt sorry for and was giving me all their tips on how they got their baby to sleep, but for my girl, nothing worked.
Don’t get me wrong, she wasn’t an unhappy baby, if anything, everyone used to comment on how happy she was, and she still is the happiest little girl going, she just never slept. She was rocked to sleep, fed to sleep, sang to sleep and she even had a dummy. I spent hours walking around the same park to get her to sleep, even at 6am in the rain, but she was up for hours at a time in the night and only slept on me or in the pram in the day – oh, and the pram had to be moving or she would wake up.
There just came a point, probably the same point you are at now, or you wouldn’t be on my page, where you realise something has to be done. My relationship was suffering, I couldn’t think straight, I was getting ill and life was generally just hard. Sleep deprivation is a form of torture for a reason. It is one of the biggest contributors to mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and post-natal depression in new mums.
I tried everything to get her to sleep but nothing worked. Then a friend recommended a sleep consultant to me, and that changed everything. In the first week, my little girl slept through the night 3 times, it was like a miracle had taken place.
I'm not saying sleep is solved in a night, but with the right tools and support, it can be changed quickly, and without the need for letting your baby cry it out.
I was then fortunate enough to get the chance to train to become a sleep consultant. I am now lucky enough to help other families that have been where I was, and see their life change like mine did. I am so passionate about making the difference in someone else's life and every new journey excites me knowing that in a matter of days to weeks, they will be sleeping again and getting their life back.
I am here to tell you, don’t suffer in silence. Whether you come to me for help, or seek other methods, make sure you get the help. I have spent many years working with people encouraging them look after their every day health, as I believe that we must look after ourselves to be able to look after the people around us.
Sleep deprivation can affect so many aspects of your daily life, from relationships breaking down, clumsiness, forgetfulness and even peoples jobs and lives can be at risk, this really is not an exaggeration. With most children overtiredness can effect their behaviour and leave you thinking you have a naughty child, when in most cases, they are just exhausted.
By getting support and making the right changes, you may find you have a child that is much happier in day to day life, you may have a partner who you remember you like being around, and you may also find your ‘baby brain’ isn’t playing as big a part in your daily life anymore.
I have helped multiple families move on from co-sleeping in a gentle manner,
Helped babies who were being fed to sleep to be able to sleep independently, without taking away necessary feeds that are for nutrition rather than for sleep
Removed various sleep crutches such as dummies, bottles, hand holding, parents sleeping on the floor and many other things you wouldn't think of.
Toddlers who thought been awake for 18 hours a day was OK sleep 11 hours a night and nap well throughout the day
Children who were waking in the night screaming having night terrors,
I help to stop the bed hopping that can occur when a toddler or child learn about the freedom of a bed.
Generally, I can and have helped families get their life back, regardless of what the sleep problem is or was.
There are numerous other reasons why families struggle to help their little one sleep, but I am here to help rectify this and bring back peace and harmony to your household, (well, at least as peaceful as having children can be). MAKE THE DREAM OF SLEEP A REALITY AGAIN.
The average length of time it takes to change your life, is 2 weeks. Sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. The important thing is that it moves at the right speed for both you and your child, but that it does progress forward. I do not advocate cry it out, I believe that babies and children need to learn with their parents reassurance and support. This will help create a strong bond and lasting results.
Baby Sleep Consultant in Manchester If your child is having sleep difficulties and you would like to know how I can help you, please get in touch for a free 15-minute chat. You can contact me at nicole@baby2sleep.co.uk 07488 376414.
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