The Complete Baby Guide

$89.99

Your baby’s first year is full of milestones, changing routines and big developmental leaps — and this guide helps you navigate every stage with confidence. The Complete Baby Guide (3–12 Months) gives you the science, structure and support you need to understand your baby’s sleep, cues, development, feeding transitions and day-to-day rhythms. Whether you’re moving through nap changes, troubleshooting tricky nights, introducing solids, or adjusting routines as your baby grows, this guide empowers you with clear, practical strategies that actually work. It’s your evidence-based roadmap to calmer days, smoother nights, and a more settled, confident baby.

Your baby’s first year is full of milestones, changing routines and big developmental leaps — and this guide helps you navigate every stage with confidence. The Complete Baby Guide (3–12 Months) gives you the science, structure and support you need to understand your baby’s sleep, cues, development, feeding transitions and day-to-day rhythms. Whether you’re moving through nap changes, troubleshooting tricky nights, introducing solids, or adjusting routines as your baby grows, this guide empowers you with clear, practical strategies that actually work. It’s your evidence-based roadmap to calmer days, smoother nights, and a more settled, confident baby.

What’s Included?

Understanding Infant Sleep

  • How sleep matures after 3 months

  • NREM & REM cycles

  • Body clock development & circadian rhythm

  • Sleep pressure explained

  • Day/night differentiation strategies

  • Infant vs adult sleep

  • Wake windows & sleep needs by age

  • Baby-led daily rhythms

  • Wake–feed–play–sleep cycles

  • Sample daily routines (4–5 months, 6 months, 9–10 months, 12 months)

Safe Sleep & Sleep Environment

  • Safe sleep checklist

  • Sleep space setup

  • Sleepwear & TOG guide

  • Sleepwear transitions & safety considerations

  • Optimal sleep environment (light, temp, noise)

  • White noise guide

  • Low stimulation checklist

Milestones & Development

  • Teething

  • Rolling, crawling, standing, cruising

  • How development affects sleep

  • Daytime strategies to support milestones

Recognising Your Baby’s Cues

  • Overtired vs undertired signs

  • Sleep cues

  • Cry meanings (hunger, wind, discomfort, overtired, gas)

  • Differentiating nap vs feed cries

Settling Techniques

  • Responsive settling

  • Physical & verbal comfort

  • Sleep associations

  • Chair method, pick-up/put-down, gradual retreat, fading method

  • Troubleshooting frequent night wakings

Nap Guidance

  • Nap schedules (3–12 months)

  • Nap transitions

  • Bridging naps & cat naps

  • When to adjust routines

Bedtime Routines

  • Why bedtime routines matter

  • Step-by-step bedtime routine examples

  • Split-feed explanation

  • Bedtime feeding considerations

  • Reducing night feeds

  • Night feed reduction plans & examples

Feeding & Solids

  • Latching difficulties

  • Discomfort on back

  • Reflux & silent reflux

  • Colic

  • How full feeds support better sleep

  • Introducing solids

  • Signs of readiness

  • Solids schedule 6–12 months

  • Family foods after 12 months

Regressions & Reflexes

  • How to handle regressions (4-month, 8-month, 12-month)

  • Startle reflex

  • Contact naps

  • How to support your baby emotionally through changes

Room Transitions

  • When and how to move baby to their own room

  • Gradual transitions

  • Supporting self-soothing in a new sleep space