Part 2 is the "so what can we actually do?" half.
Part 1 was about what's normal. This one is the practical side, with no cry-it-out and no rigid plan. Sleep consultant Lucy Bagwell walks through simple bedtime routines, day and night, nap transitions and every way there is to settle a baby. She also takes on the idea that feeding your baby to sleep is a "bad habit". Then come three real questions from parents: nursery naps for a toddler who's always been fed to sleep, the baby who sleeps in the cot until midnight and then wakes every hour, and the 8.5-month-old with false starts. She is clear that you're not mucking it up.
In this episode:
✔️ What working with a holistic sleep consultant actually looks like
✔️ A bedtime routine can be four simple steps, and no element is compulsory, not even the book
✔️ Day and night: why newborns don't need to nap in a blackout room
✔️ Sleep pressure explained, and why a big day of naps shows up at night
✔️ Signs your baby is ready for a nap transition, and why you cap before you drop
✔️ Never make a big change after one bad night
✔️ Listener question: longer first nap or longer second nap at 8.5 months?
✔️ Separation anxiety at bedtime: act like you're never leaving
✔️ How long a bedtime routine needs to be
✔️ Feeding to sleep: biologically normal, very effective, and not a bad habit
✔️ Night weaning, honestly, and why nobody should push you into it
✔️ Listener question: nursery naps for a 13-month-old who's always been fed to sleep
✔️ Listener question: in the cot until midnight, then hourly wakes
✔️ The red flags worth checking: mouth breathing, snoring, feeding discomfort, low iron
No fear, no pressure. Options to consider, not the way you have to do it.
About our guest: Lucy Bagwell is a certified gentle and holistic infant sleep consultant (Level 6 OCN), mum of two, and founder of Second Star to the Right Sleep. She supports families all over the world through one-to-one consultations, guides and webinars, with no cry-it-out, ever. Her approach looks at the whole child: red flags, feeding, temperament, development and what each family actually wants.
Missed Part 1? What normal baby sleep looks like, why babies wake, sleep regressions, high and low sleep needs and the "sleeping through the night" myth. Listen first if you can.
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