Show Notes
Happy Sleep Detectives Day to all who celebrate. Bec held all the power this week. Sally hadn't seen a single question, and we worked through five cases straight from our question box.
We start with the big one: what's the first thing you'd change if everything was all over the place? We both said feeds and environment. Snap. You'll hear about the $18 blackout hack a client's dad built from Bunnings with black core flute and Velcro dots. Sally also tells us about the Hong Kong hotel blinds behind some of the best sleeps of her life.
Then we get into an 11 week old in the no man's land of baby sleep and an 18 month old stuck on an hour and a half nap. There's also a 19 month old awake for an hour and a half overnight (listeners will know Bec hates split nights). We finish on whether you rescue naps once you've dropped to one.
Lots of cases solved. Lots of nap homework given.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - Why we'd start with feeds and environment when everything feels all over the place - How to get the room nine to ten out of ten dark, even if it doesn't look pretty - The one sleep association we'd steer clear of at 11 weeks, and why the rest are okay to get the nap done - How the delay delay method helps an 18 month old link sleep cycles, and how long to give it before you reassess - What's usually behind a so called split night and how to become so boring there's nothing worth waking for - Why rescuing naps for two to three days after dropping to one is a sideways step, not a backwards one
CHAPTERS 00:00 Happy Sleep Detectives Day 02:09 Feeds and environment first 10:18 Eleven weeks, no man's land 19:01 Stretching the toddler nap 27:51 Split nights at 19 months 37:37 Rescuing the one nap
ABOUT NAP TRAPPED We're Sally Woods from The Sleep Concierge and Bec Maher from The Sleep Centre. Every week we bring you realistic, evidence-based baby and toddler sleep advice in plain language. No empty promises and no rod for your own back, just a lot of sleep detective work. Keep your eyes peeled on our socials for the next Sleep Detectives question box, and feel free to DM us or comment a question.
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