The Sleepy Little Bubs Blog

Sleep can feel messy, confusing and exhausting, especially when you are trying to work out what is normal. Search a topic below, or start with the guides that help you choose your next step.

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Find the best starting point for what’s happening right now.

Sleep Basics

The foundations that make sleep make sense. Learn what’s normal, what’s driving common disruptions, and the simple setup tweaks that support more settled sleep.

Routines

Clear, age appropriate routines and awake windows to support sleep pressure, smoother days, and longer stretches overnight, without guessing.

Sleep Training

Explore how sleep training can look in real life, when to start, and supportive approaches that help your child fall asleep and resettle in a way that fits your family.

REGRESSION

Understanding temporary changes in sleep

Sleep regressions are short term phases linked to development, growth, and changing sleep needs. This section explains when they tend to happen, why sleep can feel disrupted, and how to support your child through each stage with confidence.

4 Month Sleep Regression

A clear guide to why sleep suddenly falls apart around 3 to 5 months, and what actually helps.

15–18 Month Sleep Regression

What’s driving sleep disruption between 15 and 18 months, how long it typically lasts, and how to support your toddler through it.

24 Month Sleep Regression

What’s happening around 24 months, why sleep can feel unsettled, how long it typically lasts, and how to support your toddler through bedtime battles, fears, and boundary testing.

ROUTINES

Sleep routines by age and changing needs

Explore how sleep routines evolve across the first year, with guidance tailored to awake windows, naps, and developmental changes.

4 Month Sleep Routine

Awake windows, nap expectations, feeding patterns, and what a realistic 4 month day can look like, including both longer naps and catnapping days.

5 Month Sleep Routine

How sleep typically looks at 5 months, with age appropriate awake windows, nap timing, feeding expectations, and routine examples you can use as a guide.

6 Month Sleep Routine

What sleep typically looks like at 6 months, why naps and nights can get wobbly, and how to support longer awake windows and the 3 to 2 nap transition with realistic routine examples.

SLEEP TRAINING

Understanding sleep support and family choice

Sleep training can mean different things to different families. This space explores the research, common questions, and how sleep can be supported in ways that feel aligned with your values.

What Is Sleep Training?

Learn what sleep training really means, when it can be appropriate, and how different approaches can support more settled sleep from infancy through toddlerhood.

When to Start Sleep Training

Timing matters less than readiness, knowing when to start sleep training comes down to your child’s development and whether sleep is still working for your family.

Is Sleepy Little Bubs Sleep Training?

Discover exactly what “sleep training” looks like at Sleepy Little Bubs, including how our structured, age-appropriate support adapts from babyhood through toddlerhood.

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NEWBORN

Newborn Sleep Foundations

Let’s talk about newborn sleep patterns, day night confusion, settling, and what’s normal in the early weeks.

What to Expect With Newborn Sleep

In the early weeks, you will learn what newborn sleep really looks like, why waking and unsettled evenings are normal, and how to support rest safely and confidently as patterns start to emerge.

When Should You Stop Swaddling Your Baby

Learn the first signs your baby is becoming too mobile for swaddling, and how to move to arms free sleep safely and smoothly.

Safe Sleep Guidelines, What You Need to Know

Getting the sleep setup right matters, and you will learn the practical, evidence-based steps that keep your baby’s sleep environment safe through infancy.

NAPS & TRANSITIONS

From catnaps to longer naps, and every transition in between.

Signs your little one is ready to drop a nap, plus how to support the shift without chaos at bedtime.

The 3–2 Nap Transition, Signs Your Baby Is Ready

Learn the key signs your baby is ready to shift from three naps to two, plus how to adjust awake windows and bedtime without tipping into overtiredness.

The 2–1 Nap Transition, Timing, Signs and How to Support It

Around 15 to 18 months, many toddlers start showing clear signs they are ready to drop to one midday nap, and knowing what to look for helps you support the shift without creating unnecessary overtiredness.

The 1–0 Nap Transition, Moving Out of Day Sleeps

In the final nap transition, you’ll learn how to spot true readiness to drop the last daytime sleep and support the shift with flexible strategies that protect bedtime and overnight rest.

SLEEP BASICS

The Foundations of Settled Sleep

The foundations that make sleep make sense. Learn what’s normal, what’s driving the disruptions, and which small changes actually move the needle across naps, nights, environment and setup.

Why Is My Baby Waking So Frequently at Night?

In this guide, you’ll learn what frequent night waking looks like by age and how to pinpoint the real driver, whether it’s sleep pressure, routines, environment, development, or how sleep is being supported.

Early Morning Rising: Causes and Solutions

Early starts rarely come out of nowhere, discover what’s driving your child’s 4.30am to 5.30am wakes and how to respond without making sleep worse.

Cluster Feeding and Newborn Sleep

When bedtime “sticks” and then unravels 30 to 60 minutes later, learn what false starts are really telling you and how to fix the right cause.

HEALTH

When Health Impacts Sleep

Not every rough patch is a regression. Learn how to spot when teething, reflux or illness is driving sleep changes in babies and toddlers, and what helps in the moment.

Teething and Sleep, What to Expect

Wondering if teething is really to blame, learn the common signs, the sleep patterns it triggers, and when to look beyond teeth.

Reflux and Sleep, How It Can Affect Rest

Learn the difference between reflux and normal newborn behaviours, so you’re not trying to fix what is developmentally expected.

Illness and Sleep, Supporting Your Child Through Disruption

Learn how to protect safe sleep during sickness, even when your baby seems more comfortable being held or upright.

FEEDING

Night Feeding Patterns

A practical guide to reverse cycling, how to tell hunger from habit, and what to tweak first so nights start stretching again.

Reverse Cycling: Why Babies Feed More at Night

If your baby feeds more overnight than during the day, reverse cycling could be why. Learn what causes it and how to gently shift feeds back to daytime for longer sleep stretches.

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