Photography by Stephanie Cave Photography
All about Dani
Her Nursing Career to date.
She's not only a certified infant & child sleep consultant, who is trained in all things sleep, but she's also a qualified Clinical Nurse Specialist with 10+ years experience in paediatrics, plus a Post Graduate Certificate in Paediatric nursing. With her Bachelor of Nursing alone, Dani is qualified in sourcing quality evidence based resources to educate her patients/clients & colleagues. This skill she has grown, and passionately utilised during her time educating staff & families within the hospital, both during her time on the ward, and working in the nursing education department.
She knows the healthcare system - from both sides.
"I've worked all this time in a major tertiary Paediatric hospital, as well as casually at other organisations paediatric wards. I've also worked in outpatients, nursing education, a little time in Hospital In The Home during COVID (supporting families with children diagnosed with COVID, via telehealth, during those scary early months of the pandemic); so I know the healthcare system well.
Additionally, I've got two little kidlets who have already given me way too much personal experience in many common medical concerns that present in the early years - the effect these things have had on sleep is what has driven me towards becoming a sleep consultant. My most passionate area is allergies, and the IMPOSSIBLE task of navigating that. My daughter had a few days in NICU after her birth (she's fine, don't worry!), we've navigated a tongue tie (also incredibly difficult to know the right thing to do), squeaky breathing/snoring (laryngomalacia), we've had latch issues, loss of (and rebuilding of) breastmilk supply, mastitis (lots of mastitis), slow weight gain, ear infections & grommets, plagiocephaly (I may or may not have convinced myself it was much, much worse than it was), and every virus under the sun (RSV, COVID, flu & everything in between).
Long story short, I've lived many of these challenges. I've lived through the sleep deprivation & worry that comes with it. Even with a paediatric medical background, it was HARD. So I am incredibly passionate about utilising both my nursing & sleep consultant knowledge and skills, as well as my personal experience of motherhood, to support Mums & families get through it!"
See Dani's 'Sleepless night to Sleep Consultant' blog to see more of her journey & find out who one of her biggest supports were during her daughters 'fourth trimester'.