Is everyone saying that it is normal your child does not sleep all through the night, while you feel and experience it like a realistic problem?

Saying your child has a “sleep problem”, it is like saying that there is a gap between your expectation and the reality. The only criterion to define a “sleep problem” is how a child falls asleep. Even if your child sleeps all through the night,but she can not fall asleep by her own means, this is a temporary problem and very likely the problem will come later.

Which are the consequences of lack of sleep or coninutely interrupted sleep for a child? What is the importance of a well-restorative sleep pattern?

After a full day of stimulations, every child needs a restorative sleep in the night and in the day, when there are naps involved too.

Physiologically, the importance of a good sleep for a child touches different spects:

~Refreshing the physical system

~Helps strengthen the immune system

~Growth hormone and melatonin are secreted

~Increase metabolism

~Consolidate and retain the info learnt throughout the day.

~Develop memory, attention and concentration

~Direct impact on children happiness

~ Improvement of a child’s temperament, resulting in less frustration and more security and adaptability.

~And not last … Restful sleep is also incredibly important for parents. Prolonged sleep deprivation negatively impacts parents’ emotional well-being, cognitive functioning, and general health.

Do you want to empower your child and make him feel secure and serene to fall asleep?

The way to support your child to fall asleep in full serenity and confidence is accompanying her step by step. As she learns to walk or eat alone having you accompaying her, same thing with the most difficult thing: the sleep. I guide you to empower yourself and your child to feel safe, serene, secure and sleep like an angel independently.

Response rapid and immediate to the child cry is the number one rule! We want to have our children secure and serene!

Which are the common sleep problems addressed to Cristiana?

If you have a baby, a toddler, a preschooler or school aged-child, Cristiana can addres to these sleeping problems:

· Short and poor Naps

· Fussy, Cranky, Overtired and Irritable Child

· Multiple night wakings

· Can not fall asleep on his/her own

· Toddler/Preschooler who won’t stay in crib/bed

· Child waking and calling multiple times through the night and coming to parents room

· Nap Transitions (from 4-3-2-1-none)

· Transition from Crib to Bed

· Ready to end co-sleeping

How does Cristiana work?

She works with each family, at its own rythm to address each aoncer and find a new way.

· Create a wonderful connection with your child bed/room - whether she is in her own room or yours.

· Improve serenity and confidence in the process of falling asleep.

· Consolidate night sleep with no more awakenings

· Good daily naps

· Navigating nap transitions

· Develop together an appropriate routine and rhythm about sleep and feed schedule

· Gently reduce naturally till a 0, night feeds

· Set boundaries and expectation around sleep to children.