Sleep Essentials

Why Your Baby Is Waking At 5am (And How To Fix It)
5am is not a morning time. I will die on this hill. If your baby’s been waking before 6am for weeks on end, here’s exactly what’s keeping it stuck, and how to shift it in 1-2 weeks without just lea...

The Sleep Plan I Created While I Was Pregnant (And Why It Worked)
When I found out I was pregnant, the thing I dreaded most wasn't the birth, it was the sleep deprivation. So I created a plan. Here's what it looked like and why it worked.

7 Things to Avoid When Your Baby Wakes at Night
If you're dealing with night wakes and feel like you've tried everything, you're not alone.
Most parents focus on how to get their baby back to sleep, but the tricky bit is that sometimes the settl...

Everyone Warned Us About Newborn Sleep Deprivation - Here's What We Did Instead...
From the moment we announced we were expecting, it started. Friends, family, even strangers saying the same thing: “Sleep while you can!” "Say goodbye to sleep!”Sleep deprivation was inevitable, ap...

How We Got Our Baby Sleeping Through the Night (It Wasn’t Luck!)
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking that some babies just “sleep well” and others don’t, you’re not alone. It can feel like some parents just got lucky, while you’re stuck dealing with broken ni...

Why Your Baby Only Sleeps When Held
If your baby only sleeps when being held, it’s not because they hate the crib.
In most cases, it comes down to how they’re being transferred. And a small change here can make a huge difference to h...

How To Do The Final Hour Before Bedtime
The one hour that determines how well your baby sleeps all night. The approach to this hour can transform nighttime sleep by creating the right conditions for your baby to fall asleep easily and st...

The 5 foundations that help newborns sleep longer
Most parents come to me looking for hacks and tricks. But newborn sleep is far simpler than that when you know what to focus on. In this post I'm sharing the five foundations that make longer stret...

How babies can sleep 8 hours by 10 weeks (without sleep training)
Most parents assume long stretches of sleep are just luck. But the babies sleeping 8 hours by 10 weeks usually get there because of how the early weeks were structured. In this post I'm breaking do...

8 Hours a Night by 10 Weeks - Here's Exactly What We Did
In this post I'm sharing the three foundations that make the biggest difference to how your baby sleeps, and why getting all three working together is the key most parents miss. If you want longer ...

Why your baby is waking every 45–90 minutes
If your baby is waking every 45–90 minutes at night, keep reading. In this blog, I break down the most common reasons this is happening and what you can do to fix it quickly.