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Claire Read
Independent Health Visitor & Child Sleep Specialist

With over 20 years experience as a Health Visitor, Claire is expertly placed to help new parents with pressing issues such as breast and bottle feeding, crying babies, weaning, sleeping, toilet training and child development. She also has specialist training and experience in sleep problems with children with special needs and childhood eczema.

Achievements

A health visitor with more than 20 years’ experience
Sleep specialist for children with special needs
Regular contributor to Prima Baby magazine
Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Specialities

I’m an expert who specialises in:

  • Sleep management: establishing a bedtime routine, night-time waking
  • Sleep problems for children with special needs
  • Helping parents to understand the weaning process
  • Child development and developmental baby massage
  • Breastfeeding
  • Potty Training

In her own words

You experience enormous changes when your new baby is born. As well as the joy involved, the responsibility can be overwhelming. You’re bound to have lots of questions about baby and childcare. That’s where I can help you. I’m an advisor who’s here to support you on this important journey and answer all those niggling questions, from birth to school age.

As a new parent, you will have pressing issues such as breast and bottle-feeding, crying babies, weaning, establishing a bedtime routine, toilet training and child development. I’m expertly placed to help you. Get in touch with me to get all your questions answered.

The areas I am able to offer you help and support are:

• Preparation for bringing baby home

• Breast and bottle feeding

• Establishing a bedtime routine and sleep management

• Understanding the weaning process

• Teething

• Development checks and developmental baby massage

• Toilet training

• Behaviour management

• Postnatal depression

If you have questions relating to any of these areas, I’m here to help. Remember, no question or problem is too small or too silly.

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