Articles & Expert Guides on Baby Sleep

Medically-reviewed expert guides, tips, real-life stories, and articles on Baby Sleep

Wake Windows by Age: Your Easy Guide

Tassia O'Callaghan

Childs Farm’s Complete Guide to Baby Sleep Routines

Katie Mill

Toddler Sleep Regression: Why It Happens & What You Can Do

Tassia O'Callaghan

Moving from a Crib to Toddler Bed: Tips from Real Moms

Tassia O'Callaghan

From Leaks to Sleep: How to Stop Nighttime Diaper Leaks for Better Baby Sleep

Tassia Agatowski

11-Month-Old Sleep Schedule: Naps & Wake Windows

Tassia Agatowski

Newborn Grunting and Squirming While Sleeping? What to Know

Tassia O'Callaghan

4-Month-Old Sleep Schedule: Naps & Wake Windows

Keshia Sophia Roelofs

Your Guide to the 9-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 5-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 11-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 3-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 7-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 10-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 6-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Your Guide to the 8-Month Sleep Regression

Deborah Vieyra

Newborn Sleeping Too Much? When to Worry

Deborah Vieyra

7-Month-Old Sleep Schedule: Naps, Wake Windows & Sleep Regressions

Tassia Agatowski

5-Month-Old Sleep Schedule: Naps, Wake Windows & Sleep Regressions

Tassia Agatowski

10-Month-Old Sleep Schedule: Naps & Wake Windows

Tassia Agatowski

From the community

Split nights

I’m literally at breaking point I don’t know what else to do. My 13 month old has never been a good sleeper. But for the last 4 weeks has been up for 2 hours in the middle of the night with a couple more wakes before that. We’ve sleep trained him to fall asleep on his own, we’ve capped his naps, extended/lowered his wake windows and I don’t know what else we can try. I understand they go through regressions/split nights but surely 4 weeks is not it. I’m sat in bed crying, absolutely exhausted and feel like the worst mum in the world as he needs his sleep. I just wanted to know if anyone else has been through the same or has any advice?

Husband concerned with co sleeping

Been co sleeping with our daughter for a good few months now. My husband recently shared that he’s not comfortable with it as accidents can happen. He’s afraid we’ll roll over on her or she’ll get stuck under a blanket or pillow.
My husband and I are both bigger people, with me being 5’8 and him 5’11.
I understand his fear because accidents do happen, but I don’t see what’s wrong with co sleeping.
If we can find a safe compromise for her to co sleep with us.
I’m able to get my baby to sleep in her crib, which is bedside, for around 2 hours before she wakes up looking for me.
I’m just feeling a bit stuck.

Up all night

It's been weeks now of no sleep because I seem to be in a permanent cycle of change nappy - breast feed - put down - baby wakes up. Cycle starts all over again and I'm exhausted. Does anyone have any tips?

Bit of a rant!

My husband has been off work this week so naturally it’s thrown my son off routine which I’m ok with to a certain degree. However, he’s completely changing routine. Example, last night he took him out of his cot while I was trying to get him down to sleep for the night because he says he wasn’t tired. I explained he is, he just takes a while to drop off. This resulted in then an hour battle because he then got overtired.
I think this is why I’ve been up every 3 hours with him tonight, which is so unusual!

Nap times are a battle and can take an hour to get him down because he’s overstimulating him because ‘he won’t sleep’ so he starts playing. Usually it would take me 10 minutes to get him down for a nap with no fuss, now it’s a lot of tears.

I’m trying to guide him to stay on routine as much as possible but he gets defensive saying I’m telling him to parent or that I ask for help then complain that I’m getting help, except I’m not getting help when my son is thrown off and I’m then having to step in to calm it all down.

I’m so tired this week, it’s been so hard. I’m not telling him how to parent at all, I’m just trying to keep us on track because it’ll be up to me to deal with the aftermath when he’s back to work. He won’t listen, he gets too defensive saying I’m pulling him apart all time or telling him how to parent his son 😩

Ebf and nighttime

Someone please tell me there's light to the end of this tunnel. My LO is 7 months next week but still wants every 2 or 3 hours for a feed. I exclusively breastfeed but trying to give a full bottle of expressed milk but my LO still wakes up. Any advice or just reassurance because I wanted to put him in his own room but not if he's still waking up so frequently.

5 month old -

My 5 month old babbles and squeals so LOUD all day long when she’s not asleep. And even at night for the past week she has gone from sleeping through to waking after midnight and babbling and scratching the crib for 2 hours so I will feed her to help her settle again.. is this normal? I know that might sound like a silly question but I guess it’s because she’s my second and I can’t remember my first babbling and squealing so loudly constantly. She seems fine she’s not crying. But I’m very tired from lots of broken sleep over the past week and I’m starting to think if it’s something I’ve done ?

Going to Bed is a War Zone

My 18 month old bedtime is terrible. I have tried it all and I’m all out of solutions. Every night we do the same routine at the same time - dinner, bath, milk, brush teeth, in bed reading. We co-sleep. I made sure there is sleep pressure by only allowing one nap that ends before 2pm. We are in bed just after 7pm and he fights, cries, and all out loses his mind before finally going to bed always past 9pm. Jesus Christ man I am so over it. It’s literally two hours of hell at the end of the night. Way to completely spike your cortisol in the evening. It is completely unbearable. I also have a newborn so between my husband and I- one of us has to keep the newborn away and the other is in the room with the toddler. My husband especially is losing his mind because he has to wake up super early so he has to go to bed early. He just wants a little child free time at the end of the day but because this monster don’t go down until after 9pm he doesn’t get any.

Any advice is appreciated. There is a little fighting at nap time but not much. I don’t have a clue how to get bedtimes down

Stay at home toddlers!
What time does your toddler (aged 2-3) nap /how long and what time do they go to bed /wake up
I want to know if mines schedule is normal…

My 2 year old (27months) wakes up at 9-10am takes her nap at 2pm -4:30pm sometimes longer and goes to sleep at 9pm

Do you unplug electrics at night?

I grew up in a household where even the WiFi was switched off overnight.
Most things that could be unplugged were like the television. Obviously things like the refrigerator weren't.
What about things like desktop PC?

Reflux

How on earth does one get a reflux baby to sleep? She will not sleep anywhere other than on me and as soon as I place her in her next to me she kicks off big time. I’m absolutely exhausted and need sleep. I’m at a loss, she’s on omeprazole for it but it’s not working