Guides
Baby sleep guides for the first year
Free to read, written to be scanned at a tired moment. Each guide says who it is for, what its limits are and when to ask for individual help.
Birth to before 4 months
Your newborn wakes again: what to check first
A short order of things to check when a baby under four months wakes again: safe sleep, feeding, comfort, day and night, and support for you.
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Birth to 12 months
Baby wakes when put down: a responsive next step
Why many babies wake at the move to the cot, and a gentle, repeatable way to hand over without leaving your baby to cope alone.
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4 to 5 months, 6 to 12 months
A thirty-minute nap: resettle or move on?
A simple way to decide what to do when a nap ends early: wait, resettle for a short while, or move on, and how to review the pattern.
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4 to 5 months, 6 to 12 months
A bedtime routine you can actually repeat
How to build a short bedtime routine that works at home and away, that any adult can follow, and that follows your baby, not the clock.
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Birth to 12 months
What to do at the next night waking
A short order of care for night waking: pause, check safety, meet needs, keep it low-key, and plan the handover. Written to be read once, then used at 3 a.m.
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4 to 5 months, 6 to 12 months
When a sleep plan needs a rethink
How to review a few days of notes, check the basics, change one thing, and know when it is time to stop and ask for individual help.
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About these guides
Written by the Baby Sleep Mom editorial team as AI-assisted drafts. They have not been medically reviewed. Baby Sleep Mom is education, not medical advice. It cannot diagnose or treat anything, and it does not replace your GP, pediatrician, health visitor, midwife or nurse line.