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Best known as the ‘sleep lady’, Linda founded and directs her own sleep clinic in Scotland. Her proven techniques help parents take control of bedtime and enjoy uninterrupted sleep.
I speacialise in working with familes who have suffered or are suffering with silent reflux.I help families work through getting the correct diagnosis, managing diets (as food in a breast feeding mum or within a weaned child's diet) can greatly affect reflux. I help unlearn habits that may have been learnt while dealing with reflux and I help establish routines for feeding and day times naps that are often more difficult to manage whith a child who has reflux. I also support you while establishing night time routines, which may have been a struggle while managing a child with reflux.
I work with familes from birth through to the age of eight years, and I finding I am seeing more children over the age of one who are still undiagnosed with silenet reflux.
Other areas I speacialise in are toileting issues, especially children who with hold their 'pooh'. This is a very distressing situation for the whole family, and does have to be carefully managed.I first worked with 'pooh' when I worked as a hospital play Therapist and have since worked independantly with familes up and down, so much so I am now also called the 'pooh lady '!!
Hi, my name is Linda. I’m a parent coach and sleep and 'pooh' expert, however I am best known as the ‘sleep lady’!
I have my own sleep clinic in Edinburgh and my proven techniques help parents take control of bedtime and enjoy a night of uninterrupted sleep.
As a sleep counsellor, I write regularly for various newspapers and magazines and am one of the experts on the Gina Ford website. I’m also mother to three children who did not sleep!
Sleep is the foundation to successful parenting - without it, everything in your life becomes affected. Your confidence as a parent disappears and your relationship with your partner often becomes strained.
I’ve worked with families for a great many years, helping parents take control of night times and become more confident at dealing with all aspects of sleep from birth to aged eight. I work one-to-one with parents either through home visits, or by telephone and the internet. I take parents right back to when sleep first became an issue and focus on moving forwards, while acknowledging that every parent and every child has their own specific needs.
There’s a host of information available through books and websites, but nothing you read is specifically designed for you and your child. Speaking to me live through Greatvine means I can address your specific and individual needs.
"great advice with lots of practical options to consider highly recommended"
Deborah
"I hope that this email reaches you. I am writing to say a very big thank you for all the help that you gave myself, Peter, Millie and Eve with Eve's sleep problems. Around this time of year, your thoughts obviously turn to reflection on the past year and Peter and I were just discussing the immense changes that have come about this year with regard to Eve, we both feel that the biggest change came about down to the support we received from yourself with regard to her sleep training. At this time, last year I would never have imagined that I would be having decent sleep as her sleep was so chronic - Thank you Linda! "
Glasgow Mum
"You have given us the best Christmas presents ever, sleep! Thank you"
Nadine
"As far as I am concerned, Linda has been an absolute God Send to me & I have recommended her to so many people. It took me a few nights to get used to not having to wake up through the night, but now I feel like a different person. Thank you so much Linda, I will never forget how you have helped us."
Pamela, Edinburgh
"Linda Russell is a wonderful lady, she made me feel so good about my parenting skills. My son Lucas is doing fab at nursery and sleeping great at the night. His development in everything has come on in leaps and bounds. Also Ismini is doing well now and sleeping fine during the day, a strict three hours and not in the too distant future we will be cutting it down again."
Happy Cyprus Mum
"Thankyou so much for your help, I was feeling so overwhelmed and didnt have anyone to talk to so I thank you so much for being here for a total stranger..."
Nancy
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