If your child has suddenly started waking at 5am as the days have lengthened, you're not imagining it, and you're probably not causing it either. There's a well-documented biological reason summer mornings wreak havoc on children's sleep, and understanding it is the first step to fixing it. The body clock runs on light, not on the clock on the wall Every human has an internal timekeeper called the circadian clock, based in a tiny region of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)....

It's finally sunny. The paddling pool is out, the ice lollies are being unwrapped, and everyone is making the most of it. But then bedtime rolls around and suddenly the warm weather doesn't feel quite so wonderful. If your baby or toddler is struggling to sleep in the heat, I want you to know: this is not a sleep regression. This is not something you've done wrong. This is biology — and it's happening to adults too. Let me explain what's actually going on, and then give you some realistic,...

Let me start with something I say a lot, because I think it matters: there is no judgement here. If you've found yourself feeding your baby at 4pm, so exhausted that you can barely keep your eyes open, desperately worried about falling asleep on the sofa with them, no-one else at home to help you, then this post is for you. Not to lecture you. Not to scare you. But to give you the practical, honest information that will actually help you keep your baby safe in those moments. Because here's...