About Me
Helping babies, toddlers and their families sleep better gently, honestly and without judgement
Norland Nanny, Norland Maternity Practitioner and OCN qualified sleep consultant based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire
If you have found your way here, chances are you are tired. Really tired. Not just the kind of tired that an early night fixes, but the deep, bone level exhaustion that comes from weeks or months of broken sleep. The kind that makes you feel like you are operating at half capacity, showing up for your little one but not quite feeling like yourself anymore.
I want you to know, I see you. And I genuinely understand how hard this is.
Hello, I am Lottie
Founder of Bedtime and Beyond, a baby and toddler sleep consultancy based in Tetbury, Gloucestershire. I am a qualified Norland nanny with 10 years experience, a Norland Maternity Practitioner, and an OCN qualified sleep consultant trained by the Sleep Consultant Academy -- with 17 years working with babies and children altogether.
But before any of that, I am someone who has always been drawn to the quiet, important work of caring for children and supporting the families who love them.
My story starts at home. When I was thirteen, my youngest brother Christopher arrived, and something shifted in me. Looking after him felt natural in a way I could not quite explain, nurturing, calm, instinctive. I knew from that moment that working with children was not just something I wanted to do. It was something I was meant to do.
In 2013, that calling took me to the doors of Norland College in Bath, which is widely regarded as the gold standard in childcare education. I spent four years training as both a Norland nanny and Norland Maternity Practitioner, graduating with a Bachelor's Honours Degree in Early Years and the world famous Norland Diploma. Norland is not simply a qualification. It is years of rigorous, specialist training in child development, behaviour and family support that very few practitioners in the world hold. It shaped not just my career, but the way I think about children and families entirely.
Where sleep became everything
After graduating in 2016, I stepped straight into one of the most challenging first roles imaginable, caring for three month old triplets and an eighteen month old little girl. It did not take long to see, up close and in real time, just how profoundly lack of sleep affects everything. Not just energy levels, but mood, patience, joy and the ability to be present for the moments that matter most.
That experience never left me.
Over the years, working with family after family around the world, the same theme kept emerging. Whatever the circumstances, whatever the age of the child, sleep was always the conversation. It came up in baby groups, in parenting podcasts, in quiet kitchen conversations at the end of a long day. Sleep, or the lack of it, was the thread running through every family I supported.
Then, during the Covid pandemic, I made a deliberate shift into maternity support. And it confirmed everything I already suspected. Sleep was not just a common challenge, it was the number one thing on every parent's mind, in every home, at every stage.
Why this matters to me personally
I do not talk about sleep deprivation from a distance. I understand it from the inside. I know what it feels like to push through the days on little to no sleep. I know how quickly exhaustion turns into anxiety, how it chips away at your confidence, and how easily it can make you feel withdrawn, low and completely unlike yourself.
Sleep deprivation does not just make you tired. It affects everything -- how you show up as a parent, as a partner and as a person. I have seen it happen to families I have worked with, and I have felt it myself. That understanding is not something I learned from a textbook. It is something I carry with me into every single conversation I have.
Here is what I believe:
Everyone is different: No two babies or families are the same. That is why I do not believe in a one size fits all approach. Your baby sleep plan will be tailored to your reality, your routines and what matters most to you.
Realistic sleep support: Sleep support should fit into your life, not the other way around. If a plan only works on paper and limits your day to day freedom, it is not the right one. Together we will create a rhythm that works for your real life -- baby classes, outings, siblings and everything in between.
No judgement, no pressure: We are not waiting for things to magically get better, but we are also not rushing into quick fixes that do not feel right. My focus is on creating balance, building confidence and lasting results.
Coaching: Gentle sleep coaching goes beyond a written plan -- it is having someone in your pocket. I will support you with daily check ins, voice notes and gentle reassurance whenever it matters most. Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who truly understands and gets it.
Parents matter too: Your wellbeing, your relationship and simply feeling like yourself again are just as important as helping your baby sleep well.
What I offer is honest, responsive, tailored baby and toddler sleep support built entirely around your little one and your family. And I stay with you throughout. This is never a plan dropped in your inbox and left for you to figure out alone. I am in your corner, checking in, adjusting and supporting you every step of the way.
Because thriving, not just surviving, is what parenting should feel like. And helping families get there is the reason I do this work.
Lottie x
