Nikki Key Sleep Coach

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Nikki Key Sleep Coach

Helping families identify & resolve the root cause of their child’s sleep using a holistic approach.

30/03/2024

🐇 H A P P Y EASTER 🐇

Wishing you a very happy easter, I hope the bunny is good to you. Enjoy your long weekend.

17/03/2024

My books are available on Amazon:
Snored to Death
Don’t ignore the snore
Sleep disordered breathing- A parent’s guide

27/12/2023

How's your little ones sleep going?
Do you have any struggles at the moment?
Ask me anything about your little ones sleep.

24/12/2023

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas 🙂& Happy New Year.

Thanks for following along and supporting me.

Hopefully, in the new year, I'll have more content for you. If you have any ideas or questions I can turn into posts feel free to DM me.

I am always here for a chat.

19/10/2023

Got milk?
We do!
I recently put a call out for donor milk for some clients, and wow did our community deliver! I now have an excess, so if you are a Mama who could use a little boost, or know of one, please DM me.
Please note you will need to arrange collection from Macksville/Nambucca Valley.

07/08/2023

This post is a little personal, and a little bit of in-site into our life. I started a reel on my personal page but I can’t add sound so I will add it to my story.

I guess I want to spread awareness and if anyone has any questions or wants to symptoms I am happy to share.

12 months ago our lives changed forever, my daughter at the age of 4 was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

I never in my wildest dreams ever thought something like this would happen to us. We went from having a completely normal life to one that has us counting carbs, weighing food portions and giving insulin 4 times a day. Parts of me still grieve the life we had before and have questioned why us.

Some days are harder than others and it’s definitely a roller coaster but it’s our life now, we’ve adapted and adjusted our lifestyle and if I had to pick something positive from all of this it is we’re living a healthier lifestyle and are more conscious of the foods we eat and the exercise we need. The times that really get me are times she asks why she has diabetes and asks if we can make it go away, they are the moments that break my heart.

You are our world and we will do everything to keep healthy and happy and we love you no matter what. You are so smart and clever and if this has taught me anything it’s that you are so strong and can do anything you put your mind to. Nothing is going to stop you, you can do anything you set your mind to; nothing will get in your way.

I wish I could it take away for you but I can’t 🩷🌸

27/06/2023

Have you ever stopped to really think about the behaviour we (as a society) expect - and often demand - from children?

We expect them to be in control of their emotions at all times, to never lose it and yell or shout, tantrum or sulk. If they do, their behaviour is considered 'bad' and they are appropriately (or so we believe) punished.

We shout back, we send them to their rooms alone to "think about what happened and learn to do better next time" (hint - that doesn't happen, they just learn that they don't get help from you when they need it most) and we use consequences (in this instance - consequences is just another word for punishment that makes our act feel a bit softer, but it isn't).

The injustice in all of this, is that we expect them to behave better than we do. We expect them to have more mature emotion regulation skills than we do.

We punish them for being kids with an immature brain and we punish them for behaviour that we, as adults, still struggle with.

The irony in all of this, is that our behaviour actually inhibits the development of the emotion regulation skills we are so desperate for them to possess!

What do they need?

Support, connection, guidance, empathy and someone to genuinely listen.

How do we do that?

First, we must learn to regulate ourselves and we must reset our expectations, so that we set them up to succeed, not persistently fail.

Did this post speak to you? If so you’re exactly who I wrote my new book for. ‘Because I Said So! Why society is childist and how breaking the cycle of discrimination towards children can change the world’ is out soon - you can preorder here:

https://amzn.to/3CQEdUh

09/06/2023

What is a tongue tie? A tongue tie otherwise known as tethered oral tissues (tots) restriction ties, lip lie, or buccal tie. Is when the tongue is restricted in movement due to the frenulum under the tongue. There are two types of tongue ties anterior and posterior.

I want to have a little rant about tongue ties, I am triggered by this topic more than others as this has affected me and many others close to me, family, friends, friends of friends and clients.

Recently after completing some assessments of my clients, they still appear to have signs of oral dysfunction, leading me towards suggesting an oral assessment with another provider. These clients however have already had a diagnosis of “tongue tie/s” and had them released. For me is hard to ask them to get a second opinion but we do need to rule it out to know what steps we take next. My recommendations were to get second opinions from TRUSTED providers. After getting a second opinion these clients are shocked and devastated when they’re told their child has a tie after having it released already.

What happened in these cases where these ties were only partly released leaving the posterior tie behind so they hadn’t had a complete release? I keep seeing this kind of thing happen over and over or a tie reattaching because the family haven’t been given the right advice when it comes to pre and post-care for a release.

I’m peeved at the system because I was let down when my daughter was a newborn, with all the signs and symptoms of a tongue tie she slipped through the cracks and wasn’t diagnosed until she was 11 months old. Still to this day, I am pi**ed off about it. How could it get missed when there were so many red flags?

There are so many things wrong with the topic and I could rant for hours about it but I won’t.

I guess what I am saying is if you think something is wrong, don’t stop until you find answers, also don’t jump to the first person in your area to get the tie released, do some research, reach out to me and I can help you find a trusted provider who won’t let you down.

Have you had to have more than one release or has your little’s tie reattached? I’d love to hear about your experience.

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