$89.00

The newborn stage is intense, beautiful, and often overwhelming - especially when sleep feels unpredictable. This guide is designed to help you understand what’s normal, what actually helps, and how to support your baby’s sleep in a way that feels realistic and reassuring.

Newborns are not expected to self-settle or follow routines. Their sleep is biologically different, fragmented, and highly dependent on comfort, connection, and regulation. This guide works with your baby’s development - not against it - focusing on calm foundations rather than rigid schedules or sleep training.

Inside the guide, you’ll learn:

  • What newborn sleep really looks like (and why short naps, frequent wakes, contact naps, and evening fussiness are normal)

  • How newborn sleep biology works, including sleep cycles, active sleep, the Moro reflex, and circadian rhythm development

  • How to support sleep through simple, effective cues like darkness, white noise, swaddling, and consistent sleep environments

  • How awake windows work in the first 12 weeks and how to avoid overtiredness

  • Feeding and sleep explained - including breastfeeding, bottle feeding, cluster feeding, growth spurts, and common misconceptions (like “formula before bed”)

  • How to structure your day using gentle rhythms rather than schedules

  • Practical tools like bridging naps to smooth out tricky days

  • Calm settling strategies, including the Shush–Pat technique for swaddled newborns

  • How to pause before responding to noise and recognise active sleep versus true waking

  • Support for common challenges such as short naps, frequent night waking, reflux-like discomfort, wind, and evening fussiness

  • Why newborns cannot self-settle yet - and why responding does not create bad habits

  • What typically changes across weeks 1–12 and when sleep usually starts to feel easier

  • New Zealand safe sleep guidelines and red flags for baby and parent wellbeing

This guide is ideal if you want:

  • Clear, evidence-based information without judgement

  • Reassurance that you’re not doing anything wrong

  • Practical strategies you can use immediately

  • A calm, confident start to newborn sleep - without pressure or rigid rules

Format: Digital download (PDF) + Audio Version
Age range: 0–12 weeks

Newborn Sleep Guide(0-12 weeks)

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Newborn Sleep Guide
$89.00
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