What age children do you work with?

I support families with babies and young children from newborn right through to age 5. Whatever stage you are at, the plan is built around your child.

What's included in the Moonlight Sleep Support package?

It is £299 and includes a one-hour video consultation, a fully personalised sleep plan created from our consultation and your sleep log, and three weeks of unlimited WhatsApp support while the new routine beds in.

Do you offer a free call?

Yes. We start with a free, no-obligation 15-minute discovery call to talk through your nights and see if we are the right fit, with no pressure at all.

Do I have to let my baby cry it out?

No. I work gently and responsively, at your child's pace. My approach is anxiety-aware and tailored to your child, never a rigid method that ignores the little person you actually have.

Where are you based and do you work online?

I support families entirely by video consultation, so I can work with you wherever you are in the UK.

Are you qualified and insured?

Yes. I hold a Level 3 Certificate in Sleep Consultancy Practitioner (AIM Qualifications), I spent 15 years as a Teaching Assistant and SEN specialist, and I am fully insured through Protectivity.

Sleep Associations: Which Ones Are Fine and Which Ones Are Exhausting You

"Don't create bad sleep associations" has to be one of the most repeated, and least explained, pieces of baby sleep advice out there. It gets said so often it can leave parents afraid to rock, feed, or hold their baby to sleep at all. Let's actually unpack what a sleep association is, and why most of them are completely fine.

What a Sleep Association Actually Is

A sleep association is simply anything your baby links with falling asleep: a dummy, being fed, being rocked, a comfort toy, white noise, a particular room, or being held. Every adult has sleep associations too: a certain pillow, total darkness, a partner beside us. Associations aren't the problem. The question is whether the association is sustainable for your family and whether your baby can access it themselves.

The Real Distinction: Independent vs Dependent

Independent associations are things your baby can access on their own if they stir between sleep cycles: a comfort object, a dummy they can find themselves, white noise already playing, a dark space they're already in.

Dependent associations are things only you can provide: being fed, rocked, or held until fully asleep every single time, including after every wake-up overnight. Dependent associations aren't wrong or harmful. Loads of families feed or rock to sleep happily for months, and that's a completely valid choice. The only question worth asking is: is this working for us?

When to Consider a Change

You're repeating the same intensive settling process multiple times a night, and it's not sustainable
Your baby seems to need increasingly more input to resettle as they get older, not less
The association only works for one caregiver, creating pressure or limiting flexibility you need
You'd like to make a change, but aren't sure how without cry-it-out

Shifting an Association Gently

If you do want to change something, it doesn't have to mean cutting the association out overnight. Small, gradual shifts, like reducing input slowly, changing the order things happen in, or introducing a new independent association alongside the existing one, tend to work better and feel much kinder than an abrupt switch. What works for one baby won't always suit another, which is where a bit of tailored guidance makes the biggest difference.

The Bottom Line

You have not "created a bad habit" by feeding, rocking, or holding your baby to sleep. You've met a need, in the way that made sense for your family at the time. If it's still working for you, there's nothing to fix. If it's not, it can be changed gently, without cry-it-out, and definitely without guilt.

Ready for Some Tailored Support?

If you'd like to talk through what's going on for your family, no judgement, just clarity, book a free 15-minute discovery call.