The Gentle Sleep Specialist

The Gentle Sleep Specialist Sleep Consultant, Paed Nurse, Mother, 15 yrs exp. O.G Baby and Toddler sleep programs, 1-1 ✨🫶
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Hi, chances are you are on my page because yourself or someone close to you is struggling with infant/toddler sleep. It is one of the biggest issues parents face and one of the first questions we ask one another "how are they sleeping?"
Yet we are given such little, if any information on the facts surrounding sleep and the best practices to ensure sleep times are a positive experience. I am a mot

her of a wonderful little girl and not so long ago was also in a position of despair and sleep deprivation. This all turned around for me when I reached out and got the information and tools I needed to establish positive routine and equip my daughter to sleep well. I am a paediatric nurse so healthy and safe sleeping are at the forefront of my practice. I understand where you are at and urge you to take the necessary steps to put happy back into your home and relationships.

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27/04/2026

Saw this. Loved it ❤️

Don’t forget, most little ones who fall asleep don’t know how long they’ve fallen asleep for so if your babe isn’t known...
27/04/2026

Don’t forget, most little ones who fall asleep don’t know how long they’ve fallen asleep for so if your babe isn’t known to be a great transfer, you’re actually better off letting them have whatever Sleep you can safely allow them to have.

Trying to transfer them after they have woken even after a 5 to 10 minute nap can be an absolute disaster because they don’t recognise how long they slept for. In their mind they’ve been asleep and now it’s awake time. Don’t spend forever fighting them to get back to sleep.

You can put them down in their cot and see if they will go back off to sleep but if they are having a really tough time, you are actually better off seeing if they will settle in your arms or in the Carrie.

From there even if they haven’t gone back to sleep, you were actually better off giving them another whole awake time, shortening it slightly if they need it but moving forward with your next feed play and sleep for example.

In terms of shortening the next awake time you can takeoff approximately 15 minutes as an average but I would also observe because sometimes they might be tired but they’re not ready for their nap until the normal amount of awake time is done.

Where you can try and make the transition into the house as smooth as possible, if you have a partner that can watch them get the bed ready, turn lights off and I wouldn’t worry about a sleeping bag. I would see first if you can just get them to go down.

Don’t ever assume because it was a short nap that you can take them home have a quick play and put them down again. There is every chance that nap was the nap. You either help them continue it, try the transfer or move on to the next awake time.

Any questions let me know ❤️

It’s not normal to lose yourself so completely you don’t recognise who you are anymore.It’s not normal to feel your rela...
21/04/2026

It’s not normal to lose yourself so completely you don’t recognise who you are anymore.

It’s not normal to feel your relationship quietly crumbling under the weight of exhaustion neither of you signed up for.

It’s not normal to grieve the mother you always dreamed you’d be present, patient, joyful, while you’re standing in a dark room at 2am running on nothing.

It’s not normal to be sick constantly because your immune system has been running on empty for so long it has nothing left to give.

It’s not normal to snap at the people you love most and lie awake afterwards hating yourself for it.

It’s not normal to feel so isolated inside your own exhaustion that you stop telling people how bad it actually is because you’re tired of hearing it’s just a phase.

It’s not normal to miss the experience you only get once.
This season of your baby’s life is not coming back. And you deserve to actually be in it.
Sleep is not a luxury, you are allowed to not be ok without it 🫶

I know that’s not what you’ve been told.You’ve cycled through every explanation. Teething. A regression. A leap. Just ho...
18/04/2026

I know that’s not what you’ve been told.
You’ve cycled through every explanation. Teething. A regression. A leap. Just how she is. And underneath all of it the fear that’s kept you from making a change if she cries it means it’s wrong. If I do something about this I’m choosing myself over her.
So you’ve kept going. Night after night. Telling yourself this is just what good mothers do.
Here’s what twelve years has shown me.
When babies sleep well from the beginning we never question whether they’re attached. Of course they are. Sleep and attachment are not opposites.
Some babies are rocked to sleep. Some need a dummy. Some will only feed back down. Over time that association becomes the only way they know how to transition between sleep cycles. That’s not a flaw. That’s a learned pattern. And learned patterns can be gently, kindly changed.
Changing it doesn’t make it wrong. It makes it new.

Because when marriages are crumbling. When older siblings are parked in front of screens. When mothers are losing themselves piece by piece to sleep deprivation we cannot believe this is what’s right.
Change is possible. And it’s one of the most loving things you’ll ever do for your family.
Link in our bio for our FREE SLEEP WEBINAR THIS MONDAY 🫶

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14/04/2026

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❌❌ Important ⬇️⬇️4-5 naps per dayAwake time around 1.5 hours upto 1.45/2 hours ❤️If bedtime is still falling around 9 I ...
13/04/2026

❌❌ Important ⬇️⬇️
4-5 naps per day
Awake time around 1.5 hours upto 1.45/2 hours ❤️
If bedtime is still falling around 9 I would slowly start to bring it forward.
1-2 night feeds

Important ➡️ if you are getting short naps or frequent night waking now is a great time to resolve this. All that’s happening is ther sleep cycles are now consolidated and so they rouse between cycles to check everything is as it was when they fell asleep! If your babe falls sleep with a rock, feed, dummy etc so they use an external measure to get to sleep and suddenly that’s gone, that’s when you get the constant cry out waking. Your baby can sleep beautifully at 4 months.

We have a FREE UPCOMING SLEEP WEBINAR actionable advice to get better sleep right away, my how to and gentle changes you won’t want to miss.
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