About Us

Whatever the reason for your insomnia and whatever the reason youy baby decides to keep awake at night causing you sleep distress, we wanted to create a site dedicated to helping others gain a good nights rest. 

Before launching this site, my husband had suffered for over three years with Psycho-physiological insomnia (see Insomnia Articles & Research to see what type of insomnia you may be suffering from), he struggled to get to sleep due to stress but when it came to finding something that could help, we found very few retailers offered anything specialist to help us.  He initially tried numerous sleeping pills but found he developed a tolerance to them and he would often awake feeling 'groggy'.  Therefore, we embarked on a journey to find other remedies that could help - and the concept for Insomniastore.co.uk was born.

Funnily enough, just as my husband finally started to get the better of his insomnia woes (he found the cooling pillows, pillow spray and sleep CD's particularly useful) we decided to start a family.  Having a baby was the best moment of both our lives, however, we also discovered that it's not just insomnia that can prevent sleep at night... a restless baby can also prevent us from getting any valuable shut-eye!  We then decided to expand on insomniastore by also offering products that can help babies to relax, be calm and consequently, sleep more easily - baby-sleep.co.uk was born.  Incidentally, we found the baby sleep positioner (that has a natural heartbeat affect), slumber bear (that has a genuine recording from within a mother’s womb), classical music  baby sleep CD's, baby lambskin fleece and our 100% lambswool merino and all weather cellular blankets all very useful for encouraging our baby to sleep.  

We wanted to develop these sites because when dealing with insomnia, many people frequently seem to turn to prescription drugs, herbal pills, alcohol or even narcotics to help solve the problem – all of which involve substantial risks including overdose, tolerance, habit-forming behavior, or even addiction. They can have affect on your mood and general wellbeing among other problems and side effects and they can often become very expensive remedies!  

Here at Insomniastore and at Baby-Sleep we aim to provide remedies that are natural, that focus on harmony within the body and that can create the perfect environment for restful sleep.

We welcome the use of essential oils, aromatherapy, classical baby sleep CD music, adult sound wave sleep CD music,  baby comforters, lambswool, lavender, marjoram, sandalwood, ylang ylang, accupressure, magnetic therapy and other specialist sleep aids for insomniacs that can help to promote a good nights’ sleep and drastically reduce the effects of insomnia.

We strongly recommend combining items from our store to allow you to create the perfect sleeping environment and to find the solution that works for you as everyone is unique. 

If you are struggling to sleep due to personal insomnia (see Understanding sleep and Insomnia) then why not start with a hot bath with some drops of lavender essential oil or restful sleep oil followed by a cup of Mimosa Herbal Sleep Tea. Then when you head of to bed, why not spray a mediflow pillow with lavender pillow spray whilst listening to a natural sleep CD? Or you could try one of the essential sleep bath crumbles from our bathtime (preparing for sleep) range followed by sleeping on on our our special sleep pillows for insomniacs such as our Chillow Cooling Pillow and using a dreamate sleeping aid  while your Sunrise Nature Sounds Alarm Clock plays natural sounds to drift you off to sleep from our specialist sleep aids for insomniacs range? If you can't sleep because your partner just won't stop snoring then try out our Relax Snore Stopper aid! Our gift baskets and hampers also offer great combined solutions at great prices!

If you are struggling to sleep because your baby is failing to settle down at night time (see understanding baby sleep for more information on the perfect baby sleeping environment - written by Dr Lin Day (Dip. Ed. BSc. PGCE. M. Phil. PhD) and founder of the multiple awards winning baby development activity, Baby Sensory) then why not try introducing your baby to softly paced classical music baby sleep CD to encourage a calming effect on your baby.  Try introducing your baby to a baby comforters too.  Sleeping with baby comforters for a couple of nights before giving it to your baby will help your baby recognise your smell and give it that reassuring sense of familiarity and security.  Then introduce your baby to an appropriate sleeping bag or swaddle blanket, baby blanket & cosy sleep suit, that will allow your baby to maintain its core temperature before placing them on a baby sleep positioner (with natural heartbeat) or within a Safe T Travel Sleepwrap baby positioner to ensure that they remain in a safe sleeping position and therefore reducing the chances of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome).  If the natural heartbeat does not drift your baby off to sleep then you could give them one of our dreamshows, lightshows & baby mobiles or our sound & motion "back to sleep" aids (that offer the only genuine recording from a mother’s womb comforting your baby with a sound they have come to recognise for the past nine months)!  Our baby gift baskets & hampers also offer great combined solutions at great prices!

Whatever combination you decide upon, we know everyone is different and therefore it is important to find the right product that will work for you.  It is unlikely that you will find the exact remedy immediately and some products will be more effective for some people than for others.  We can only advise you to keep trying!  I genuinely hope that you can find your unique solution here. 

Many Thanks & Happy, Restful Shopping & Sleeping,

Lucy Day