Blog Category: Sleep

Establishing Healthy Sleep Habits: Toddler A quarter of a person’s life is spent sleeping. Developing good sleep habits needs to begin as soon as possible in your child’s life to help their health and well-being. To […]

It seems as if just yesterday you brought your baby home from the hospital and now they are outgrowing their cot. The logical progression for your child is to move from a cot to a bed. […]

You will spend about 1/3 of your life sleeping. With so much time spent in bed it is important to create an environment that supports good sleep behaviours. Considering positive sleep environments for children helps set […]

There is never a room large enough to hold all of a child’s belongings. Over the years, children will live in a variety of rooms of all shapes and sizes. There are many ways to keep […]

As adults, we’re all guilty of not committing enough time to research when choosing a mattress – often we’ll buy a cheaper option and make do with an uncomfortable night’s sleep but this needs to stop and […]

  Benefits of a Bedtime Story   A bedtime story gives your child something to look forward to at night. It can also be a part of the time your child needs to relax and wind […]

Bedtime in a family home should be a quiet and nurturing time, an enjoyable time for both parents and kids as the little ones wind down from their busy day and get ready for the Land of Nod. However, not all families will enjoy this civilized, picture book style of bedtime and many of us will be familiar with the pleading and whining that accompany bedtime, especially during these long summer nights when it gets dark later.

Duvets are the norm nowadays, not many people use sheets and blankets and there’s probably a whole generation in the UK who have grown up never having used a top sheet at all. Duvets barely existed in the UK until the seventies, we all used sheets with blankets and eiderdowns or quilts.