Sleep Advice Blog

• 3-6 Months Sleep
• 9-18 Months Sleep
• Toddler Sleep

Popular Questions - What is Verbal Reassurance or VR?

Popular questions No 5 - What is Verbal Reassurance or VR? Verbal reassurance is our most popular sleep training technique which we highly recommend for babies over 4 mon … Read more

Popular Questions - What is Verbal Reassurance or VR?

• 3-6 Months
• Most Popular Babies 3-6 Months
• Baby Sleep
• Baby

Babies 3-6 Months

Your tiny precious bundle is 3 months old...you've survived the first 3 months of newborn insanity! We all know that newborns wake a lot in the night, but over the 3 to … Read more

Babies 3-6 Months

• Sleeping Bags Buying Guide
• Baby Sleep
• Most Popular 3-6 Months

Why Use a Baby Sleeping Bag or Sleep Sack?

  If you are trying to decide if a baby sleeping bag is right for your baby, here are some great benefits from using a sleeping bag or sleep sack: Comfort baby an … Read more

Why Use a Baby Sleeping Bag or Sleep Sack?

• Wellbeing
• Parents
• Mother
• Father

Post-Natal Depression - Megan's Story

I’m one of The Sleep Store customer services team and my journey back to work has taken 5 long years. I never wanted to be a full time SAHM but ended up there by de … Read more

Post-Natal Depression - Megan's Story

• Newborn
• Wellbeing
• Pregnant
• Expecting
• Mother
• Pregnancy
• 4th Trimester

Breastfeeding tips and FAQs

We at The Sleep Store are passionate about helping new parents navigate the bumpy journey of parenthood and breastfeeding can be a bumpy ride indeed. With … Read more

Breastfeeding tips and FAQs

• Carriers

Baby-Carrying Safety Information

Baby-carrying done properly is very safe!  Always follow the carrier instructions exactly and/or learn how to safely use your carrier from a qu … Read more

Baby-Carrying Safety Information

• father
• carriers
• newborn sleep
• 4th trimester
• baby

Top 5 Reasons for Dads to Baby Carry

Most people often think baby carrying is just for mums, however with so many easily adjustable carriers now available, there’s no reason why Dads can’t carry … Read more

Top 5 Reasons for Dads to Baby Carry

• Newborn
• Breastfeeding
• Most Popular Newborn

Tips for Breastfeeding

Written by Andrina Wilson - Registered Midwife & Certified Holistic Sleep Consultant Breastfeeding your baby can be one of the most incredible and rewarding experie … Read more

Tips for Breastfeeding

• Child
• Toddler
• Bedwetting
• Toilet Training

Bedwetting & Toilet Training

The The Sleep Store we're all about supporting parents with as much helpful and free advice as possible to help you on your parenting journey. Below … Read more

Bedwetting & Toilet Training

• Newborn Sleep
• Most Popular Newborn
• Swaddling
• Newborn
• Most Popular

Recognising Baby Tired Signs

Getting your newborn baby to sleep can often be challenging, and is much more difficult if your baby becomes overtired. A newborn can go from tired to over-tired in an i … Read more

Recognising Baby Tired Signs

• Toddler
• Toilet Training
• Child

Toilet Training E-Book

Download our Toilet Training eBook for FREE If you have an account with The Sleep Store (or if you don't have one you just need to create one) and you add this to your cart and you will get … Read more

Toilet Training E-Book

• Children
• Bath and Change
• Bath & Change
• Bath

When do you bath your children?

The Sleep Store asked: Is a bath part of your children's bedtime routine? Here's what our Facebook community had to say: We usually do bath before dinner so there's … Read more

When do you bath your children?

• Bedwetting
• Most Popular Child
• Child Sleep
• Child
• Preschooler
• School-age Child Sleep

Children

This articles section of The Sleep Store is for all those handy tips that don't really fit under our Sleep by Age pages as well as tips for children older than toddlers. … Read more

Children

• Toddler
• Toddler Sleep
• Big Bed
• Child
• Child Sleep

Night time fears

It is normal for children to have nighttime fears, especially at bedtime, and most children have these at some point. Bedtime fears are normal and part of normal develop … Read more

Night time fears

• Child
• Betwetting
• Toddler
• Toilet Training

Bedwetting - Nocturnal Enuresis

Thousands of Children in New Zealand wake in the morning to a wet bed. Wetting the bed at night (nocturnal enuresis) is very common in young children. It affects approxi … Read more

Bedwetting - Nocturnal Enuresis