Vicky Taramasco, who worked as a paediatric oncology nurse at Birmingham Children’s Hospital for 15 years, and who currently manages a team of staff running tailor-made developmental music classes for children in nurseries, community classes and hospitals, has seen firsthand the problems sleep deprivation can cause families.
Vicky’s own experience is also backed up with research from The Lullaby Trust who state more than half of parents with babies under 12 months old struggle to get their baby to sleep for more than 4 hours at a stretch.
With a zest for learning and a passion for helping children, physically and mentally, Vicky sought to see how she could cross over her nursing skills and create a local family-friendly sleep service.
On setting out on this sleep educational journey, Vicky‘s first thought was to create an independent sleep consultancy service, but on further research, and with her experience and medical insight, she believed the best way forward would be to work with other like-minded sleep professionals who practice evidence-based techniques, and who are involved in the world of advancing research.
This led to Vicky meeting up with Jenna Wilson and Fay Smith from the award-winning, Bristol based Little Dreams Consulting, and she instantly knew that their child-centric, evidence-based approach matched her own ethos, and was the right fit.
With Jenna and Fay’s support, and after completing the company’s extensive training programme, Vicky is now ready to start helping families in Solihull and the surrounding areas – and in line with her professional background, is looking forward to helping children achieve all the health, developmental, and educational benefits that come as a result of a good night’s sleep.
Vicky said: “I’ve seen firsthand the devasting effects extreme tiredness can have on families, and with Little Dreams I’m excited, because I’ve found an award-winning, evidence-based approach that I know can help parents and children get a good night sleep.”
“I think it’s traditionally been thought that a child not sleeping is the norm, but it’s exhausting; I’m hoping to break that stigma, and show parents who are struggling with sleep deprivation that it is ok to ask for help. I also know from speaking with parents that have sought help from Little Dreams’, that it has changed their life – and that’s what I hope to achieve here in Solihull and South Warwickshire.”
