08/04/2026
Gosh there are some wild things going around about children's sleep.
I actually get really frustrated for families that they are subjected to advice that is outdated and based on a belief system that has no scientific evidence behind it. Sleep consultants asking for big bucks and offering big things that often subjects a mama to poor mental health and the harmful impact on the growing baby's brain and infant mental health concerns, that has been documented in research articles for a while now.
Advertisements of buying a certain ebook or course to get your baby to 'self settle' within a certain time period that often seems very inviting.
Advice that baby's communication of different
cry's i.e. hunger, sleep, pain is a good reason to know when to leave your baby in their cot and walk out of the room as marketed as 'they are just getting used to a new routine'. Instead, actually there is no scientific evidence based advise stating this, rather the opposite that a infant cry is a gradual signal conveying information about the degree of a infant's distress but not what is causing it.
A health professional really has the obligation in my opinion to be offering advice that is evidence based and not based on a outdated belief system that often gets marketed as evidence based which is so WILD!!
If you are having challenges with your little ones sleep, please slide into my DM's. I'm a mama of 5, a registered nurse/midwife, private maternal and child health nurse, Completed my masters recently in child and family health nursing and importantly a NDC accredited practitioner (sleep advice based on the latest scientific research into the neurobiological science of infants sleep). As you can see I feel very passionate about this subject. Follow me if this resonates with you mama ❤️
