Gist: Exhausted journalist mother claims to have sanity restored by new sleep guru.  (Jury still out.)

<<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6951227/How-the-Magic-Sleep-Fairy-cured-my-babys-insomnia---and-saved-my-sanity.html>>

It's not all bad - perhaps the guru is better in real life than as reported. At least the bottles had breast milk in them (Are three-hourly feeds vs four-hourly feeds so revolutionary in UK ??)

At the same time, there is a rather unhappy blog about another famous sleep expert - apparently childless:
<<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewmcfbrown/100021827/the-gina-ford-question-i-am-fed-up-of-baby-care-manuals-that-treat-toddlers-like-small-dogs/>>

I am reminded of the recent research about mothers who were not comforted as babies feeling extra anxiety (and definitely not love) when they see crying babies.  Perhaps this applies to sleep experts too.  Sadly the cycle continues, disrupting breastfeeding in the process.

Jacquie Nutt IBCLC
South Africa

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