Show Notes
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Here's the thing about feeding to sleep: it works brilliantly—until suddenly it doesn't. Your baby's waking every 45 minutes, you're the only one who can resettle, and you're trapped in a cycle of snack feeds and broken sleep. Sound familiar?
In this episode, Sally and Bec break down exactly why moving away from feeding to sleep is the game-changer most families need—and how to actually do it without losing your mind. They're tackling the science behind anchored feeds, why your baby's not broken (just hungry at the wrong times), and the step-by-step protocol that gets babies sleeping through the night before you've even started sleep training.
What You'll Learn: • Why 75% of baby sleep work happens during the day (and what that actually means) • How to space feeds to four-hourly without tanking your supply or starving your baby • The 30-minute pre-bed feed rule that changes everything • Why feeding to sleep creates overnight wakings (even when baby's not genuinely hungry) • How to handle illness without undoing all your progress • What to do when your high-energy baby needs the boob just to wind down • The exact bedtime routine sequence that sets baby up for self-settling success • How one family went from 8 night feeds to 2 just by consolidating daytime calories
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:16 New Nap Trapped format announcement 00:57 Highlight & lowlight of the week 11:27 Sleep Detectives: Hydration & feeding questions 24:22 Sleep Detectives: Managing sleep during illness 35:37 Main topic: Moving away from feeding to sleep 47:52 How to anchor feeds and create new patterns 56:03 The pre-bed feed protocol 1:05:06 Camp Snooze success stories 🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED Nap Trapped is your weekly dose of sleep sanity from consultants Sally Woods and Bec Maher. They take the toughest baby sleep questions and turn them into practical, evidence-based solutions—no shame, just support (and Aldi chocolate).
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