Toilet Training Tips
Top Toilet Training Tips: Why Kids Master Wees First and What To Do About Poos... Specific toilet training tips can really help with progression through this developmental milestone. If your toddler has cracked the code for ‘wee’ but refuses to 'poo' in the toilet or...
Day-care and Sleep
Six Tips for Daycare Sleep Parents decide to send their child to day for many reasons, whether it’s because they are returning to work, they need ‘kid free’ time at home or perhaps they want their child to experience the social interaction of other adults or...
When to Teach Self-Settling
What is self-settling? Let’s start with what it actually means to self-settle. If your child can self-settle, it means they can go through the process of being awake to fast asleep on their own with no assistance from you. Resettling means that when a child wakes...
Weaning Night Feeds
Night Weaning From around six months of age, if your baby is developing well, you might decide to reduce feeds at night or night wean altogether. At this age, most babies should be getting enough food during the day for healthy growth and development. On the...
The Truth about Sleep Training
Michelle's story: Michelle believed her situation was hopeless. Her five month old breast fed son Toby was waking every two hours over night and he would only go to sleep when feeding and only 'on her'. He would cry and wake up when she tried to lower him into his...
Daylight Savings
Adjusting the Body Clock Daylight savings time always seems to come upon us so quickly! Your child might be on a predictable schedule with naps and bedtime and all of a sudden you are left wondering what to do, if anything, to prepare for the change. There’s no doubt...
Sleep Training Baby with Older Siblings is a Thing
So your second or subsequent child has arrived. Like many parents, you might be feeling a little overwhelmed and unsure of how to manage your youngest one’s sleep, whilst also navigating the needs of older siblings. You will be relieved to know that sleep training...
Consistency really is the key
When it comes to learning how to sleep independently, many children need help. Of course, sleep is a biological function and everyone will sleep at some stage, but actually learning how to go from being awake and back to sleep without assistance is a learned skill....
Shush-Pat Method
When and why would I use this method? You want to calm your baby and help get baby ready for sleep. To help your baby fall back to sleep when baby wakes but should still be sleeping, such as after early morning wakings, habitual wakings or when naps need to be...
The First 12 Weeks
During these weeks, focus on baby’s sleep environment, as this is key to developing good sleep habits for later months. It is also important at this stage to consider a safe sleeping environment to reduce the risk of SIDS. Weeks 1 to 3: Your baby will...
Sleep Training Toddlers using The Four R’s
You CAN sleep train your toddler. We all know that toddlers like to push our parental buttons. This typically happens at bedtime or in the middle of the night when everybody is exhausted and desperate for sleep. Luckily, there's a fix! The 'Four R's' are a...
From feeding to sleep to sleeping through the night.
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Let’s talk about sleep regressions
Regression = a situation in which things get worse rather than better. This is when a baby’s sleep might go a bit ‘haywire’.
MEET TORI
Tori is an internationally recognised and Certified Infant and Child Sleep Consultant and Parent Educator, based in Toowoomba, QLD. She is a registered teacher with a Masters Degree in Education. Tori is a mother of three herself and she also has three grandchildren.