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You can contact me at nicole@baby2sleep.co.uk or call 07488 376414.

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.

Keep a listen out on the Career Dad podcast for an exciting interview with the brilliant Dan Reed.

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.

I also took part in the Incredible Years Course for toddlers and preschool behaviour.

If you would like to speak to me further, you can book a FREE 15 minute call with me by clicking here.

Nicole Ratcliffe

Hi, I’m Nicole Ratcliffe, and I am mum to Sofia, my beautiful 3 year old, and have my second baby due in march 2020 . I live in South Manchester and I support parents suffering from sleep deprivation due to their baby not sleeping well.

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. Sound familiar?

There just came a point, probably the same point you are at now, or you wouldn’t be on my page, where you feel like 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 (PNA), depression and post-natal depression (PND) 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, it isn't, it takes hard work, commitment, support, understanding and preparation. There is no reason to leave your baby to cry alone if you can get the right plan in place and make the right changes.

I then realised I had found my passion - child sleep. Such a complex but fascinating subject.

I had always wanted to support and help people in life but had never found the 'thing' that got me excited enough to risk everything, until this moment.

I then started to study sleep, first with a gentle sleep coaching course, followed up with an intensive, in-depth Holistic Sleep Coaching course, and I then went on to do the Incredible Years course for toddlers and preschoolers.

I now get to change the lives of those families that are wearing my old shoes. I get to support them through the difficult times, help them understand sleep, rebuild their family and support them in their journey back to physical and mental health through helping everyone get better sleep.

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 play a huge part in their behaviour. If they are struggling with sleep, it is only natural that they will be easier to tantrum, whine and have meltdowns. This can be very distressing for a parent, but by implementing behaviour strategies, improving sleep and adding reassuring elements into their day, whilst supporting the parents in understanding why they are getting these types of behaviour and how to address them, you can feel more in control and support your child through these difficult periods.

If you are wanting to make change, I can help you in a gentle, supported and reassuring manner.

This can be from transitioning from co-sleeping to sleeping in their own bed.

Breaking sleep associations such as feeding to sleep, rocking to sleep, dummies and whatever else it is that seems to be effecting your childs sleep.

I am an advocate for breastfeeding so I wouldn't ever suggest stopping this, however, if a mum is needing to stop breastfeeding for whatever reason, I can help with that transition.

Toddler anxiety, Night terrors, Circadian rhythm changes where necessary. Cot to bed transitions.

Getting onto a steady nap schedule for a baby's age and supporting nap transitions.

There are so many reasons why babies and children struggle with sleep, and I can help you address them and support your family through the process of change.

There are so many people supporting sleep now, how do you know if I am the right person for you? Have a read of this article to find out more.

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 or call 07488 376414.

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