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Surviving the Two-Year Sleep Regression (Yes, You Can 💪)

Here’s how to keep the nap, stay sane, and survive the two-year sleep regression.

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How Long Should It Take Your Baby to Fall Asleep?

Here’s what to expect — and what to tweak.

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Cracking the 4-Month Sleep Regression

Hourly wake-ups, cat-naps, dummy chaos? This ep shares why the 4-month shift hits hard, and the tweaks that get everyone snoozing again.

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Contact Naps: Sleep Tool or Junk Sleep?

Contact naps aren't building bad habits, they're actually a strategic sleep training tool.

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Strategic bridging naps: help or harm?

Wondering if a power snooze will fix early rising or short naps? Sally & Bec explain when bridging naps work (and when they backfire).

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Which Nap to Train First? Your Step-by-Step Guide

You've nailed nights. Now here's the strategic order for tackling naps without derailing your progress.

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7.5 Month Sleep Case Study: Drop Dream Feed

Dream feed trap: drop it and sleep through

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Which Nap to Train First? Your Step-by-Step Guide

You've nailed nights. Now here's the strategic order for tackling naps without derailing your progress.

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Bec Maher

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Troubleshooting Nap Transitions

Troubleshooting nap transitions when the schedule isn't enough

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Strategic bridging naps: help or harm?

Wondering if a power snooze will fix early rising or short naps? Sally & Bec explain when bridging naps work (and when they backfire).

Sally Woods

Bec Maher

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Night 3 Sleep Training Disaster? You're Right on Track

That sudden backward slide on night 3-5 of sleep training has a name (and a solution). Here's how to push through the extinction burst.

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Bec Maher

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Contact Naps: Sleep Tool or Junk Sleep?

Contact naps aren't building bad habits, they're actually a strategic sleep training tool.

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Bec Maher

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Spaced Feeding vs On Demand: Busting the Myths

Is spaced feeding starving babies, or saving everyone’s sleep? Sally & Bec break down the viral TikTok and the truth about tanking up.

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The Golden Rules of Weaning Night Feeds

When baby skips a night feed, do you resettle or re-offer? Here are the golden rules for dropping feeds without sliding backwards.

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Bec Maher

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2-to-1 Nap Transition: When & How to Do It Right

Dropping to one nap too soon can unravel nights. Here’s how to spot the signs and ease into the 2–1 transition.

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Why 6pm Bedtimes Can Cause Early Rising in Toddlers

In this 14-month case study, we fix 4:30am wakes with a short–long nap reset and a later bedtime.

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Dream Feed Explained: Pros, Cons & When to Drop It

Wondering if that 10 : 30 pm top-up will buy you more sleep—or backfire at 3 am? Sally & Bec break down the dream-feed facts.

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Bec Maher

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Cracking the 4-Month Sleep Regression

Hourly wake-ups, cat-naps, dummy chaos? This ep shares why the 4-month shift hits hard, and the tweaks that get everyone snoozing again.

Sally Woods

Bec Maher

Sally Woods, +1