My Approach

I don't believe in a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to developing a sleep plan for your child. Understanding their temperament, personality, and developmental stage, along with your parenting goals and comfort level, are all important factors in creating a plan that will work for your family.

Common Sleep Myths

Sleep is a natural process and cannot be taught - This is a misconception. Sleep is something that our bodies do naturally, but there's a misunderstanding that it can't be taught. As babies get older, their sleep develops because of routines and things they associate with sleep. The key is to create sustainable habits that work with your child's abilities. How we sleep is learned behaviour.

Babies will naturally establish their own sleep schedules - While babies and children have some innate sleep patterns, they require guidance and structure from caregivers to establish healthy sleep routines and to help them learn to tune into and listen to their body’s tired cues. This helps your child develop positive sleep patterns.

Children will outgrow poor sleep habits - Unfortunately, poor sleep habits can often persist without intervention and transition into different sleep issues as your child gets older. Teaching healthy sleep habits can greatly improve your child's sleep quality and overall well-being, and that of the entire family!

Working on sleep is stressful and negatively affects parent-child attachment - Prioritising healthy sleep habits contributes significantly to a child's overall well-being, supporting immunity, and optimal development, and fostering less stressful parent-child interactions. A consistent and positive approach to sleep routines not only enhances a child's physical and mental growth but also strengthens the parent-child bond. Adequate and quality sleep plays a crucial role in regulating emotions and behaviour, ultimately creating a more harmonious parent-child relationship.

You Can Support Your Child To Become A Great Sleeper

What Families Are Saying

  • “I was completely shattered after a year of feeding my twins to sleep, short naps and both of them waking multiple times per night. I booked a consultation with Marie and I cannot believe the turnaround in such a short space of time. Before the call, I emailed Marie with details of our routine, our family, mealtimes, naptimes etc., so she had a good background of our daily life. Marie was very approachable and I trusted her kind approach to my little boys. I was so tired for so long that I felt nothing would ever change with the twins sleep but Marie was so assuring and gave me great confidence. We came up with a plan and she followed up with a detailed email of everything we discussed. I couldn't believe that after one day my boys were sleeping through the night and naps fell into place shortly after. I don't know myself these days and I now have time to play with my toddler or have my lunch instead of hanging over the cots in a dark room for hours at a time."

    Collette

  • "Couldn’t recommend Marie and Mellow Sleep Child Sleep Solutions enough. Our 18 month really struggled to fall asleep herself, we would be up multiple times each night. With Marie’s help we are now able to put our girl into her cot and she falls asleep herself."

    Chris

  • "We worked with Marie when my son was 4 months old as sleep was a huge issue, so many wakes and couldn’t understand why! Now he has amazing naps and sleep is way better than we ever could’ve asked for! So grateful for the approach Marie used with us and the advice and support. Truly passionate about what she does!"

    Julianne

  • "We worked with Marie when our son was six months old. Within two days of implementing the plan, our son’s sleep had greatly improved – he was able to put himself to sleep, began napping consistently during the day and woke up less during the night. As a result, our days became a lot more predictable I would highly recommend sleep coaching with Marie – she is kind and caring and goes above and beyond for her clients to ensure that better sleep habits are implemented and maintained”.

    Shona

  • "We could not recommend Marie enough to help with our family’s sleep concerns. Having worked with Marie previously for our daughters sleep we knew she was the perfect fit for us second time around with our son. With Marie’s support and guidance we went from bed sharing with multiple wakings (every 40-60m) to him being able to self settle without a soother and sleeping through the night in his own room. Naps which were previously all contact/motion naps are now all in his cot. Marie listened to our concerns and was on hand for any and all questions we had. Her customised sleep plan was exactly what we all needed to get settled sleep. Thank you Marie from well rested parents."

    Yvonne

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