Newborn Sleep Guide (birth to 14 weeks)
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Set your little one up for great sleep!
In the thick of contact naps, long settling, unpredictable late and fussy nights or a baby who just won’t stay asleep in the bassinet? Or just planning ahead and want to get sleep on the right track from the start?
Our Newborn Sleep Guide gives you a clear plan for better sleep, without the overwhelm. It’s practical, gentle, and packed with everything you need to build great sleep foundations. 💕
This guide covers:
✔️ Week-by-week routines
✔️ Gentle strategies for better sleep
✔️ Avoiding day/night confusion
✔️ Longer stretches of night sleep
✔️ Support for catnaps & bassinet refusal
✔️ Avoid the witching hours
✔️ Introducing a dream feed
✔️ Creating the ideal safe sleep setup
✔️ Moving from swaddle to sleeping bag
✔️ Clarity on what’s normal vs red flags
✔️ How to avoid the 4 month regression
✔️ And much more!
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FAQs
This guide is for parents who want clarity and reassurance around how to set the stage for better sleep from the very beginning. It’s ideal for first-time parents who want to feel educated and prepared, and for second-time parents who want to do things differently this time around.
The guide focuses on helping you understand the science behind newborn sleep, what to expect, and how best to support sleep as your baby grows.
While better sleep for your little one is a natural result, the real goal is helping you feel confident along the way, with the small but important details covered so you can spend less time second-guessing and more time enjoying your baby.
The guide is designed to support you from birth, helping you feel confident about sleep right from the start, but it can be introduced at any point during the first three months.
Routines are introduced from around 3–6 weeks, with clear guidance on wake windows and nap timing as your baby grows.
Whether you’re using the guide to feel prepared ahead of time or to make sense of things once sleep feels messy, parents commonly notice calmer evenings, longer stretches of night sleep, and more predictable days within days to weeks of following the guide.
No. The guide is routine-based so you’re not guessing your way through the day, but it’s not rigid or all-or-nothing. You’ll find both flexible routines and more detailed timing options, so you can choose what suits you.
We also love a nap on the go, and provide advice on how to handle days that don’t go quite to plan. The goal isn’t strict schedules. It’s about giving you an age-appropriate framework to aim for, and the confidence to adapt as needed, so sleep supports your life, not the other way around.
Yes. The guide works whether you’re breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, or doing a mix of both. Many of our amazing reviews are from exclusively breastfeeding mothers.
Our routines provide guidelines on how to balance feeds throughout the day to better shape sleep, but you’re always encouraged to feed in response to hunger cues as well. Unlike some approaches, we don’t recommend stretching daytime feeds to rigid four-hourly intervals.
Yes. The Newborn Sleep Guide is very gentle and does not involve leaving your baby to cry. It focuses on helping you understand what biologically drives newborn sleep, so you can support and shape great sleep in a responsive, age-appropriate way from the beginning.
Yes. The Newborn Sleep Guide is commonly used by families whose babies have reflux. While it does not treat reflux, it focuses on sleep foundations, routines, and settling strategies that can support more comfortable, settled sleep. Many parents find this makes a noticeable difference, but it’s important to always seek advice from your medical team for appropriate treatment for your baby’s unique situation before embarking on a sleep program.
The Newborn Sleep Guide is a comprehensive guide covering the first 3.5 months. It’s designed to be followed step by step, while also giving you clear, reliable answers as questions come up.
Google searches and AI tools can only offer general information, and they rely on you already knowing the right questions to ask. They also pull from mixed sources, not all of which are credible, which can lead to misinformation. Plus, advice is delivered in isolation and can change from day to day, quickly feeling conflicting and confusing.
The Newborn Sleep Guide brings everything together into one consistent, evidence-based approach developed by a certified infant and toddler sleep consultant, and refined through thousands of real families and real outcomes. It shows you what actually matters for newborn sleep, and how to apply it with confidence, so you’re not piecing together advice or second-guessing yourself at 2am.