Optimizing Sleep in the Early Days of Parenting
Sleep during those newborn days is challenging, but small changes can make a big difference. Optimizing your rest is about creating habits that work for both you and your baby.
Quick Tips for Better Rest:
Go to bed early to maximize sleep before night feeds.
Avoid blue light from screens an hour before bed.
Follow your baby’s cues and sneak in naps when possible. Instead of “sleep when baby sleeps” focus on doing what you can only do when baby is asleep (which often means sleep!)
The Power of Safe Sleep Practices:
Did you know that a firm mattress and safe co-sleeping setup can make a world of difference? Don’t miss my FREE Safe Sleep Seven and mattress firmness test resources for guidance.
For more actionable advice, check out the Optimizing Sleep in the Early Days guide in my New Parent Survival Bundle. Your rest matters, too!
Parenting is easier when the information actually makes sense. The Connected Sleep Foundations Bundle brings together my most supportive, evidence-informed resources to help you understand infant sleep through biology, connection, and realistic expectations. This is the guidance I wish I’d had when my daughter was born. Simple, grounding, and rooted in what babies actually need.
This bundle helps you cut through the noise, feel confident responding to your baby, and create safe sleep setups based on your real life, not someone else’s ideal schedule. It teaches you what’s normal, what’s not, and how to support your baby without ever using separation or sleep training.
You’ll learn how infant sleep truly works, how to safely share space at night, how to spot underlying issues, and how to support your own mental health while caring for your baby. Everything inside is designed to help you lean into connection, protect breastfeeding, and trust your instincts.
What You’ll Get Support With:
Understanding Normal Infant Sleep
Finally make sense of why your baby wakes, why closeness helps, and what is actually expected in the first year.
Safe Sleep That Works in Real Homes
Clear, practical guidance for room-sharing, bedsharing, chest sleeping, contact naps, and safe setups that meet current evidence without fear-based messaging.
Supporting Your Baby’s Body and Nervous System
Learn how body tension, oral ties, temperament, and stress can affect sleep, plus gentle tools that help your baby feel more comfortable and regulated.
Red Flags to Watch For
Honest, easy-to-understand signs that something might need a closer look, without sending you down a panic spiral.
Helping You Rest Better Too
Simple strategies for maximizing your rest, protecting your mental health, and creating a calmer rhythm in your home.
Gentle Transitions When You’re Ready
A respectful approach for moving from bedsharing to a bassinet without tears, pressure, or breaking trust.
Answers to Common “What About…” Questions
Wake windows, swaddles, white noise, sleep training, pacifiers, and all the things parents are told they “should” or “shouldn’t” do.
Why Parents Love This Bundle:
It’s attachment-focused and breastfeeding-supportive
It’s gentle and realistic
It helps you trust your instincts instead of fighting them
It respects your baby’s biology
It gives you options without guilt or pressure
Everything is written in a way exhausted parents can actually absorb
I created this bundle to help you feel prepared, not pressured. Supported, not scared. Connected, not confused.
Get the Connected Sleep Foundations Bundle for $27 and feel calmer, more confident, and more in sync with your baby.
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