About Us
Sleep Matters is about helping babies sleep through the night and I have been helping babies and toddlers fall asleep since 2006 with Mom’s Helper in Cape Town and Sleep Matters in Johannesburg.
Through my years of experience I have gained an in-depth knowledge of all the best sleep training techniques and cater predominantly to toddlers and babies older than 7 months.
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Sleep Training for Babies and Toddlers
😴 Support for parents struggling to get babies and toddlers to sleep.
😴 Learn the technique through hands - on sleep training at your home.
😴 Teach little ones to self soothe and put themselves to sleep without the aid of rocking, patting or bottles.
😴 Two nights intensive training with you and your baby, followed by daily check in and report back.
😴 Success rate is phenomenal.
My baby Won't Sleep
Help! My baby won't sleep! If you are on my website you must be having problems getting your baby to sleep through the night... you can relax... you are not the only one with this problem and there is help out there!
I have been helping babies and toddlers fall asleep since 2006 and have tweaked the best sleep training techniques for each age category.
They say “good” babies sleep, but let me tell you most babies don’t! There are two types of babies, the “self-soothers” who soothe themselves back to sleep and the “signallers” who need help getting back to sleep.
My aim is to concentrate on getting your baby to sleep through the night by teaching them to self-soothe using the following steps:-
- Routine
- Setting their internal clocks
- Implementing positive sleep assocations
By combining these 3 steps your baby will soon learn to sleep through the night!
Sleep Training
Sleep training helps to break negative sleep associations and establishes a routine that will encourage babies and toddlers to fall asleep by themselves instead of stubbornly resisting.
By providing personal hands-on training and giving support to parents with little ones who are not sleeping well, Sleep Matters helps remove the stress associated with the reprogramming of healthy sleeping habits. The Sleep Matters technique has had phenomenal success and it usually takes 4 to 10 days until your baby is sleeping well.
The process begins with a 90 minute consultation and training session with just the parents. Once the technique is fully understood it is systematically applied over a two night period, with our sleep consultant at your side throughout. This is usually sufficient time to give parents the confidence to continue on their own although a sleep consultant is on call 24/7. If needed, the hands-on training may be extended until parents feel comfortable and baby is at peace.
Things to know before sleep training your child:-
- You need to be 100% committed before you start sleep training. Stopping half way through will confuse your baby and make them more RESILIENT!
- Most sleep problems are behavioural and not medical.
- No one can make your baby sleep; they have to learn to sleep on their own!
- Sleeping in their own room is important!
- Your baby must weigh 8kg or more for them to sleep through and should be on solid foods.
- I recommend training babies from 8 months old and you should get your paediatrician to give you the go ahead.
- Your baby will wake up during the night; this is a natural part of their sleep cycle. They need to learn to put themselves back to sleep without your help.
- Not getting enough sleep impacts on your baby’s health and development.
Reviews
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FAQ
Will my child be traumatized?
Research has shown that children that sleep well, with limited bedtime problems and night-waking problems, are better adjusted and better behaved and do better overall than their counterparts. One study showed that those children between the ages of two and three who had bedtime problems were more likely have a whole spectrum of behaviour and psychological problems. That is, they were more likely to be aggressive and non-compliant. They were also likely to appear withdrawn or depressed. You are actually helping your child by doing sleep training as sleeping is a life skill. Children who sleep well are well adjusted and have fewer overall problems.
Am I a bad parent?
A bad parent is somebody who does not provide for or abuses her child. A good parent takes care of her children’s needs and does the right thing. Teaching your child how to fall asleep on their own is doing the right thing. Part of being a good parent means sometimes having to do the hard stuff and that can include teaching your child how to fall asleep independently.
Will this cause my child harm?
As long as you provide your child with a lot of attention during the day, your baby will not be harmed by letting them cry at bedtime. A small part of dealing with sleep problems may involve your baby crying, but the major component is teaching your child to be a self-soother and how to put themselves to sleep.
Will this affect my child’s attachment to me?
There has been a great deal of research over the past decade on the importance of infant-parent attachment. A few studies have assessed the impact of sleep training on attachment and have found that young children are more securely attached to their parents following sleep training.
Will my child still love me in the morning?
Don’t worry, your child will still love you in the morning. They are not upset with you personally when they are crying at night, they simply want to fall asleep. The next morning they will be as happy to see you as always.
Can we do sleep training while my child is teething?
Yes, as long as we eliminate the pain and fever associated with teething a child can still learn to self-soothe.
Sources:
“Sleeping Through the Night: How Infants, Toddlers, and Their Parents Can Get a Good Night's Sleep” - Jodi A Mindell, Ph.D. “Sleep Guide for Babies and Toddlers” - Erica Neser
Contact Us
Sleep Matters provides hand-on sleep training for babies and toddlers in your own home in Gauteng, including all areas of Johannesburg, Pretoria, Midrand and Centurion.
Gauteng, South Africa
011 867 1644
082 822 1327
