Responsive Bottle Feeding: Following Your Baby, Not the Clock

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?

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...
Bedsharing With a Baby: What Does the Evidence Actually Say?

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?

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...