Huckleberry app

Is anyone really following the huckleberry app sleep suggestions and is it working for you?
My baby is 9 weeks old and I just want to know if i should try it or not… monitoring wake windows and all that can be overwhelming especially when you’re sleep deprived… should I just follow baby’s cues and forget about apps?. TIA!

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Following baby’s cues is definitely the way.

I agree with Lottie, if I was to do huckeberry I think it’d get obsessed and that’s unhealthy.
Baby cues are so obvious the more you get to know your baby x

It wasn’t until our daughter was a bit older (more like 3/4 months) that we started to see much more of a pattern in length of wake windows. It was my husband who noticed that we were basically always starting a sleep at 2hrs15. This then helped us to spot her cues better.

If you’re not the type to get too obsessed over it, entering the info could help you spot a pattern later on. 9 years weeks is still very young, so don’t worry if the timings vary each day.

Oh thank you so much ladies… following baby’s cues it is!

Honestly? Don’t use it for wake windows until you’re past 3 months. By all means use the timer to track feeds/ bottles and poos as needed. But I let that app stress me tf out sleepwise and I regret it completely.

I use huckleberry but I don't use the sweet spot feature for naps, when I had the free trial I found it so unhelpful to be told my baby should be sleeping when he was wide awake 😂 But I do use the app to keep an eye on how long he has slept and the length of time between naps. For me it is easier than keeping track in my head. It is so personal though, you should do what suits you and your baby best.

I did follow it a little to help when we were going through some regressions and fighting sleep periods, but that was 6months plus after little one settled into their own routine, until then it was just following baby’s cues

I mostly use it for nappies and feeding and timing length of sleep

Im not sure what point I started it, maybe 3 months? but i found it helped so much as i was too overwhelmed to understand the cues until it was too late. Everything got a lot better for me when I started using it but equally I did recommend it to others who said it didn't help

I follow baby’s cues but use the app ‘baby tracker’ just for peace of mind really. I track her sleep so I can keep an eye on what her pattern generally looks like and if theres any major changes.
Im not sure how Huckleberry works but I wouldn’t use an app that tells me when it’s nap time. If it’s getting towards the end of her usual wake window time then I’ll keep an extra eye out for sleepy cues x

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