Clocks Going Back with a Baby – Do You Really Need to Prepare?
On Sunday 25 October 2026, the clocks go back by one hour. At 2 am, British Summer Time ends, and we return to Greenwich Mean Time. An extra hour in bed! Wonderful news, isn't it? Well, perhaps not if you have a baby who already wakes at 6 am. Because there's a...
Breastsleeping: How Breastfed Babies Really Sleep
Your baby finally falls asleep at the breast. Their body becomes heavier, their hands relax and you wait – just to be sure. Then you carefully try to put them down. Their eyes open almost immediately. Or perhaps your baby sleeps peacefully beside you but wakes again...
Start with the problem, not the solution
An early extract from The Baby Sleep Handbook by Alexandra Kalmár. When you are exhausted, it is completely understandable to want someone to tell you what to do. My baby wakes every two hours. How do I stop it? My baby only sleeps for thirty minutes. How do I make...
Responsive Bottle Feeding: Following Your Baby, Not the Clock
Bottle feeding is often presented as a fairly technical job. Choose the milk, sterilise the equipment, work out how much your baby should have, and keep an eye on how many millilitres disappear from the bottle. All of those practical things have their place. But...
Why Does My Baby Fight Sleep?
You know your baby is tired. They were yawning ten minutes ago, rubbing their eyes and starting to become a little less cheerful about life. You begin settling them, expecting sleep to follow. Instead, they suddenly seem to have discovered a second career. They...
Do I Need to Sleep Train My Baby? What the Research Actually Tells Us
If your baby wakes frequently, needs help falling asleep or wants you close at night, sooner or later somebody will probably suggest sleep training. Sometimes it is presented as one possible option. More often, it sounds like a developmental necessity: your baby needs...
Bedsharing With a Baby: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?
Few baby sleep topics become polarised as quickly as bedsharing. You may have been told that you should never bring your baby into your bed, under any circumstances. Or you may have heard the opposite: that sleeping beside your baby is biologically normal and...
Dummy, Pacifier or Thumb: What Does It Mean for Sleep?
Few baby sleep objects attract quite as much judgement as the dummy. Some parents are warned never to introduce one because it will interfere with breastfeeding. Others are told they should introduce one because it reduces the risk of SIDS. Then, once the baby likes...
White Noise for Baby Sleep: Helpful, Harmful or Neither?
White noise has become one of those baby sleep tools that can sound either essential or terrifying, depending on what you happen to read first. One person tells you that your baby needs it because the womb was noisy. Another warns that you could damage your baby's...