Anna Bracher

Anna Bracher Health visitor and holistic sleep coach. I support new families to find balance and get more rest. Gentle, holistic, evidence-based support and information.

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This doesn't get talked about enough Of course, there may be other things to look into as well but this is often a reass...
12/02/2024

This doesn't get talked about enough
Of course, there may be other things to look into as well but this is often a reassuring starting point!

We all want to do the best for our babies. And there is sooooo much advice out there on how our baby’s ‘should’ sleep th...
01/02/2024

We all want to do the best for our babies. And there is sooooo much advice out there on how our baby’s ‘should’ sleep that we begin to really doubt our parenting. Or we begin to worry we are getting it all wrong when other parents are doing things differently. None of us want to “get it wrong”. And that’s when the anxiety and self-doubt creeps in.

“Should I be doing bath time every night?”
“Should I be starting bedtime at 6.30?”
“Should my baby be in his own room by now?”
“Should I stop feeding to sleep at this age?”
“Should my baby be taking a 2 hour nap?”

One size definitely doesn't fit all when it comes to sleep, babies.... or parenting!

As long as you are happy and it’s working for you. As long as you are loving and responding to your baby I promise you aren’t doing anything wrong.

I have been working hard on this for some time now and I am beyond excited to kickstart my programme with an amazing gro...
30/01/2024

I have been working hard on this for some time now and I am beyond excited to kickstart my programme with an amazing group of parents.

I will be giving a small group of parents intense support to help their baby's frequent night waking so that they can feel, calm and connected to bring ease and enjoyment back into their days.

I will be delivering a 6 week programme designed to improve frequent night wakings.

This is for parents who are struggling with their babies' sleep who don't want to sleep train but are too exhausted to just wait it out.

After the 6 weeks you will continue to get ongoing support from me in weekly group coaching call Q and A sessions.

I speak to so many amazing parents who have been made to feel it is their fault that their baby is waking up.Have you be...
25/01/2024

I speak to so many amazing parents who have been made to feel it is their fault that their baby is waking up.

Have you been told you’re spoiling your baby?

Have you been told you are comforting them too much?

The simple fact is that you can’t spoil a baby.

You can’t comfort them too much.

Babies need comfort to thrive.

There are so many reasons your baby could be waking.

And I promise none of them has anything to do with you.

We are harming parents and babies by telling them not to comfort their babies when they wake in the night.

That’s why skilled support is so important.

…………To unpick what is actually going on.

I am launching an intense support programme for first-time mums who are exhausted and struggling with multiple night time wakes.

Especially if they have been told not to comfort their babies so much, or to leave them to cry.

Especially if this approach just doesn’t sit right.

Especially if they don’t want to sleep-train.

…But still want to get a better night’s rest so that they can feel enegergised, calm, connected and confident in motherhood.

Send me a message if you’re interested and need support for your baby’s frequent night waking.

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This might sound obvious, but anything that bothers your baby or causes discomfort can impact sleep (including difficult...
23/01/2024

This might sound obvious, but anything that bothers your baby or causes discomfort can impact sleep (including difficulty settling, false starts, split nights, short naps or frequent night waking).

We can get so bogged down in looking at sleep that we sometimes fail to see the bigger picture. There are often other pieces to the sleep puzzle, which is why it’s important to approach sleep holistically.

Baby sleep problems are often blamed on a baby not self-settling or over tiredness, which makes it easy to sell sleep training as the remedy. But if your baby is in discomfort rather than over-tired, then more sleep or sleep training is never going to be the answer.

If your baby is in discomfort how can we expect them to self- settle or soothe? (I don’t expect babies to self-settle anyway, but that’s a topic for another post).

If you’ve been trying to put your tired baby down earlier and earlier and they are just not settling, consider whether tiredness is really the problem.

What else could it be? Is a massive cold brewing? Are big developmental changes bothering? Is itchy skin annoying? Or are they just teething? The list of possibilities goes on and on.

My real point here is that there is often more to sleep than, well, sleep.

I’ll be talking to the amazing Ali Lucken who specialises in unsettled babies on Instagram live this week about baby reflux, which causes a lot of discomfort in many babies.

In need of support? I’m launching a programme to support exhausted first-time mums struggling with multiple night wakes who don’t want to sleep-train. There are ways to get better sleep so that they can feel energized, confident and joyful in motherhood.
Interested? Send me a DM x

You’ve probably been told that your baby won’t sleep better at night until they learn to self-soothe. Maybe you’ve been ...
21/01/2024

You’ve probably been told that your baby won’t sleep better at night until they learn to self-soothe. Maybe you’ve been told that you need to let your baby cry a little so they can learn to self-settle?

The truth is neither I nor you can teach your baby to self-soothe.

Let me explain: Your baby’s nervous system is very immature. It needs an adult’s mature nervous system to find calming strategies such as comforting them with our calm soft bodies.

This is normal.

This is parenting.

This is the way babies are designed to be.
Every time you help your baby transition from distressed to a calm, you are wiring your baby’s brain for resilience, good mental health, and long-term well-being.

It is by repeatedly being calmed by us that babies and toddlers develop their own deeper ability to self-soothe or self-settle.

Not by leaving them to cry.

My approach to helping babies sleep better at night is holistic. It Looks at things like sleep pressure, daytime factors, health issues, diet and much more. Never by leaving a baby to cry.

There is so much misinformation about infant reflux. That’s why I am so excited to be talking to Ali Lucken next week. S...
18/01/2024

There is so much misinformation about infant reflux. That’s why I am so excited to be talking to Ali Lucken next week. She is a registered nurse, infant feeding specialist and lactation consultant. Her speciality is reflux and unsettled babies.

Reflux can be the cause of discomfort and frequent night waking in babies. We will be talking about how to get to the root cause of what’s causing reflux and how to help.

Is this you? I’m here to help ✨Hi I’m Anna, holistic sleep coach, nurse and mum. I help mums who are feeling exhausted a...
15/01/2024

Is this you? I’m here to help ✨

Hi I’m Anna, holistic sleep coach, nurse and mum. I help mums who are feeling exhausted and confused about their baby’s sleep get better night’s rest so that they can find joy and ease in their days.

Follow me for realistic, truly gentle sleep support and tips without sleep training ✨

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You've tried and tried to make your baby fall asleep. You've been singing, bouncing, rocking and feeding them for what f...
12/01/2024

You've tried and tried to make your baby fall asleep.

You've been singing, bouncing, rocking and feeding them for what feels like hours.

Now you're spiralling, wondering why you can't make them fall asleep. It feels like it’s your fault; that you are a failure.

Isn’t making your baby fall asleep a key part of being a good parent?

It consumes your day.

But sometimes you can't make them sleep.

And that’s ok.

That might sound a bit strange. Surely sleep is essential for development, regulating emotions, growth, and hundreds of other essential functions?

Yes, all of that is true.

But you are not responsible for making your child fall asleep.

It is your job to provide the right environment, find the right timings and conditions that will help sleep. But you cannot make your child sleep.

Sleep is a normal bodily function. In the same way that you can provide the right conditions for your child to poo, you can't actually make them poo. (Sorry if the poo analogy is a bit off putting but hopefully it illustrates my point).

There is far too much pressure on most new parents get their baby to sleep in a set routine for a set number of hours. But in the real world this simply doesn’t work for many babies.

They have their own individual sleep needs and requirements which often fall outside of our expectations.

When it comes to parenting a young baby letting go of the responsibility for things you can't control is incredibly powerful.

Need help with supporting your baby to sleep and finding sustainable sleep patterns that work for both you and your baby?

Maybe your current sleep situation is leaving you completely exhausted right now but you know you want to continue to nurture them to sleep.

I'm here to help 🌟

Who was told not to feed their baby for comfort? Who has been worrying about whether feeding them to sleep is the reason...
11/01/2024

Who was told not to feed their baby for comfort? Who has been worrying about whether feeding them to sleep is the reason their baby is waking so often at night?

Hi I’m Anna, a mum, holistic sleep coach and nurse. I am opening some spots up at the end of the month for intensive support for first time mums who are struggling with multiple night time wakenings go from feeling exhausted and confused to energized, confident and connected without sleep training. If you are interested comment SETTLED NIGHTS or send me a DM.

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