From one Mummy to another...
I honestly thought I would breeze into motherhood. I’d been practicing this job for over 15 years, I’d been the sole care of over 25 babies, spent weeks staying overnight with newborns in the same room as me, I was a trained Paediatric Nurse and here I was with my new baby and feeling completely overwhelmed with emotions.
I don’t think anyone can prepare you for those first few days with your baby, maybe that’s why no one tells you how you may feel and the focus is on the joy and moments of pure love. No one tells you that you’ll cry because your partner shaves off his beard. I think my exact words were “how can you do that when everything else is changing?”, or that you’ll break down crying and shout “Now? Why now, why on earth do you need to mow the lawn right now?”, when all my husband needed was 20 minutes away from his hormone imbalanced, sleep deprived wife.
Those first few days do pass quickly, and you absolutely look back with fond memories. You will remember those special first few weeks with your baby forever. Unfortunately, I don’t have a magic wand to rid your body of hormones, but what I can offer are solutions to the constant questioning of what you’re doing, the anxiety that being a parent brings and the exhaustion that goes hand in hand with a new baby.
My support and information will show you how to teach your baby to sleep well, not only that I hope that I can support you through your whole parenting journey and ensure that it is a relaxed and anxious free time for you. There are so many things that melt away when exhaustion is eased and you feel confident. The anxiety is turned into excitement, the questions become options, and you are able to enjoy all those precious moments with your baby or toddler.
Why put your faith in me?
I’ve spent the last 25 years helping families with their babies and children.
In my 20s I completed 3 university courses – in Paediatric Nursing, Nutritional Therapy and Cranial Sacral Therapy, whilst travelling the world nannying for Pro Golfers. I was also a Private Nurse for a family with 9 children. When nannying I was a part of every family I worked for – this is where I learnt to juggle family life, travelling, cooking, cleaning, doing admin and basically running the households I worked for.
In my 30s I raised my own 3 children (Oliver born in 2008, Ella in 2012 and Henry in 2015), built a house, and founded and grew my business. We also put aside plenty of time for fun – as a family we love travelling, festivals and our favourite weekends away: camping!
Now, in my 40s, with my children fast growing up, I’ve brought together all my experience and training to help thousands of other families learn to juggle family life and, most importantly, sleep well.
I’m much more than a ‘sleep trainer’
I see myself as more than a sleep trainer – my deep knowledge in babies and infants is what makes families feel confident in my hands, and is what makes my programs, talks and courses work.
Through my CALM (Consistent, Achievable, Loving, Manageable®) approach to parenting I not only teach parents how to manage their baby’s feeding, weaning, nutrition, behaviour, and my most popular subject – sleep – I also teach confidence and how to enjoy juggling life with a baby. My greatest achievement is bringing many families out of dark, sleepless places to enjoying day to day life with their happy, sleeping baby.
I firmly believe that each family is individual and so is each baby. I’m not here to tell you how to raise your family, but to support you to find a solution if what you are doing isn’t working for you right now. My CALM, practical and effective approach has ensured that families recommend me all over the world and have come back for their second and third babies (even before they are born)!
Qualifications & Experience
- Mummy to Oliver (2008), Ella (2012) and Henry (2015) - Ella and Henry both had CMPI and reflux so I have first-hand experience of these
- DipHE (Children’s Nursing): Qualified at Kings College University London as a Paediatric Nurse in 2000
- Registered Nurse, member and insured by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- 2 years of training in Cranio-Sacral Therapy
- 10 years nannying and maternity nursing experience (over 50 children and involved lots of travelling as a high profile nanny for professional golfers)
- 2 years as the Paediatric Nutritional Therapist for the National Nutrition Clinic
- 12 years working for Sure Start Children’s Centres – Weaning Classes, Cookery Courses and Sleep Workshops
- 4 years running First Aid courses, Weaning Courses and Childhood Accident and Illness Courses for Baby-Steps
- 12 years as a practicing Qualified Nurse (Accident and Emergency and Neonatal settings and now through Sleep Well)
- 14 years working one to one with families, supporting them 24/7 and working with them to resolve every sleep issue I was faced with. This is thousands of case histories and invaluable experience.
- 10 years supporting Home Start Children’s charity, running workshops, training their volunteers and supporting their families on a volunteer basis
Hannah in the media
It’s through my qualifications, reviews, experience and community that many trusted media outlets turn to me for sleep and parenting content. You can read a selection of my articles below.
Want to work with me?
If you’re in the media and need an expert I am happy to partner with you. Whether it is written or video content, I am well versed in producing engaging content for your audiences.
