Sleep, feeding, and the
first five years.
I'm Lisa Adair — IBCLC, paediatric sleep consultant, and a registered NICU nurse of 20+ years. One practice for the whole journey, because the parts of parenting that hurt at 3 a.m. are rarely just one thing.
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Sleep consulting
1:1 plans for newborns to preschoolers. No cry-it-out.
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IBCLC lactation consultant in Dubai — latch, supply, weaning. Home visits or Zoom.
Essentials
Newborn parentcraft, a prenatal sleep call, or a one-off hour with Lisa for the cross-cutting questions.
Hi. I'm Lisa.
IBCLC, paediatric sleep consultant, and a registered NICU nurse of two decades. I treat sleep and feeding as one conversation, because they drive each other. No cry-it-out. No scare tactics. Real answers in real sentences.
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Your baby's day, in one place.
A free baby log and parenting library, so you can answer “when did she last feed?” at 3 a.m. and find my advice for the stage your baby is at.
- Log sleep, feeds, nappies and pumping in a tap or two.
- See how nights, naps and feeds are going, day by day.
- Read my guides for your baby's age, and get answers from them with Ask Lisa.
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Beyond Bedtime.
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How to stop breastfeeding your toddler, gently, without cry-it-out
A Dubai IBCLC's step by step approach to ending breastfeeding with an older child, nursing manners, gradual reduction, substitution, and the exact script to use. No cry-it-out.
Still breastfeeding your toddler? Here's why that's not "still" at all
Still nursing past one, two or three? A Dubai IBCLC on what the WHO actually recommends, why the one-year cut-off is cultural not clinical, and the psychology of why it's working for you both, and why it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.
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