Calmer nights for the whole family

Softday builds gentle, responsive sleep plans around your baby's age, temperament and the way your family wants to parent, with no cry-it-out. It's for tired parents of babies and toddlers, from newborn to five years old.

  • Certified paediatric sleep consultant
  • Newborn to 5 years
  • Bristol home visits or video calls
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Gentle plans, shaped around your family

Every plan starts with a free 20-minute chat, so we can both be sure coaching will help before you spend a penny. From there, you choose the level of support that fits your child's age and your week.

Any age, any stage

Free sleep chat

A relaxed video call to hear what your nights look like right now. You'll leave with two or three small things to try this week, whether or not we work together.

  • No forms to fill in beforehand
  • Honest advice on whether coaching will help
  • Partners and grandparents welcome
  • 20 min
  • Video call

Free

Newborns, 0–4 months

Gentle Beginnings

Realistic expectations and soft foundations for the fourth trimester. We focus on rhythms, safe sleep and settling, never strict schedules or sleep training.

  • A review of your safe sleep set-up
  • Feeding and settling rhythms that suit you
  • A one-page guide for the fridge door
  • 75 min
  • Home or video

£145/ session

Babies, 4–24 months

Two-Week Sleep Plan

A personalised plan built from your sleep diary, then two weeks of daily support while you put it into practice. Most families see longer stretches within ten nights.

  • A 90-minute planning consultation
  • Daily check-ins by message for 14 days
  • Two follow-up calls to fine-tune the plan
  • 90 min + 14 days
  • Video

£395/ plan

Toddlers, siblings and big changes

The Full Programme

Six weeks for bigger transitions: moving to a bed, a new baby arriving, or early waking that just won't shift. It includes a bedtime home visit so I can see your routine in person.

  • A bedtime home visit in Bristol or Bath
  • Weekly calls for six weeks
  • A plan for each child in the family
  • 6 weeks
  • Home + video

£680/ programme

What a session involves

Whichever plan you choose, we work through the same four calm steps, at a pace that feels right for you.

  1. Tell me about your nights

    You keep a five-day sleep diary and answer a short questionnaire about feeds, naps and how bedtime feels.

  2. We talk it through

    On a video call or at your home, we read the diary together and agree what to change first.

  3. Your written plan

    Within 48 hours you receive a step-by-step plan matched to your child's age and your comfort level.

  4. Support while it settles

    I check in as you go, adjusting naps and bedtime until the new rhythm feels easy.

Portrait of Hannah Ellery, the sleep coach behind Softday

Hi, I'm Hannah

I spent twelve years as a children's nurse on NHS night shifts in Bristol, and then I had twins who didn't sleep. Learning to help them settle gently, without leaving them to cry, is how Softday began in 2018. I know how heavy those 3am wake-ups feel, and I'd love to help you get your evenings back.

  • Certified paediatric sleep consultantHolistic sleep coaching qualification, 2018
  • Registered children's nurse12 years on paediatric wards and neonatal units
  • Infant mental health trainingAttachment-focused, responsive approach

My approach is simple: your child's needs and your instincts both matter. We'll never use cry-it-out or rigid timetables. Instead, we build small, consistent changes that help your little one learn to fall asleep feeling safe, with you close by for as long as they need.

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Notes from rested parents

Every family is different, but these are the kinds of changes that happen when a plan fits.

Arjun was waking six or seven times a night and I was feeding him back to sleep every time. Hannah's plan felt kind, not rigid. Three weeks later he goes down awake at 7pm and sleeps until quarter to six.

PriyaMum to Arjun, 9 months

Bedtime used to take ninety minutes and end in tears, usually mine. We moved Isla into a big bed with Hannah's two-week plan, and now it's twenty minutes, two books and one song.

TomDad to Isla, 2½ years

Two babies, two completely different sleepers. Hannah helped us get their naps in sync, and for the first time since they were born my partner and I eat dinner together at the table.

GraceMum to twins Noah and Ezra, 5 months

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    Need an evening after bedtime, or a weekend that isn't shown? Email hannah@softday.co.uk and we'll find a time.

    Will my baby have to cry it out?

    No. Every plan is responsive: you stay close, comfort as much as you need, and we move at your child's pace.

    Do you work with breastfed babies?

    Yes. Plans protect feeding, and I'll never ask you to drop night feeds before your baby is ready.

    What if we need a little longer?

    You can add a week of support for £60 at any point. Most families find two weeks is plenty.