Show Notes
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It’s our Sleep Detectives episode, where we answer your real-life baby sleep questions (and somehow turn each one into a mini consult). This week we cover the messy middle of the 2–1 nap transition, toddlers waking to birds even with white noise, a newborn bedtime reset, bedtime whinging at 17 months, feeding struggles at 6 months, and those brutal 4am starts at 7 months.
What You’ll Learn:
How to approach the 2–1 nap transition if you’re stuck on a “long-long” two nap day
Why we often move to a short-long transition schedule before dropping to one nap
What to do when birds (curlews, crows, kookaburras) are triggering wake-ups, even with white noise
When to bring bedtime earlier for a 7 week old, and why anchoring your morning matters
When 10–20 minutes of bedtime whinging is normal at 17 months, and when to pull bedtime earlier
Whether you can work on sleep routines when milk feeds are a struggle at 6 months, and what to check first
The red flags vs the common “simple tweaks” behind feeding issues (teat flow, spacing, solids timing)
Persistent 4am wakes at 7 months, the checklist we run, and why 4am is still a night waking
Chapters: 00:06 Sleep Detectives is back, what these Q&A eps are 01:07 2–1 nap transition when you’re on a long-long nap schedule 07:53 Toddler waking from birds, white noise and sound buffering 12:15 Newborn bedtime, when and how to bring bedtime earlier (7 weeks) 18:49 Subscribe, free resources, and searching the episode library 23:58 Feeding struggles at 6 months, can you still work on sleep routines? 29:18 When feeding issues might be more serious, what we look for in logs and growth 36:45 Persistent 4am starts at 7 months while following the schedule 41:51 Dinner timing before bed, how much gap you actually need 46:32 Wrap up (and we record the next episode right now)
🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED Nap Trapped is a baby sleep podcast hosted by Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre). Each week we help tired parents solve sleep challenges with warmth, evidence, and no judgement, with practical steps you can use immediately.
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