Nap Trapped

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Here's the thing about feeding to sleep: it works brilliantly—until suddenly it doesn't. Your baby's waking every 45 minutes, you're the only one who can resettle, and you're trapped in a cycle of snack feeds and broken sleep. Sound familiar?

In this episode, Sally and Bec break down exactly why moving away from feeding to sleep is the game-changer most families need—and how to actually do it without losing your mind. They're tackling the science behind anchored feeds, why your baby's not broken (just hungry at the wrong times), and the step-by-step protocol that gets babies sleeping through the night before you've even started sleep training.

What You'll Learn:
• Why 75% of baby sleep work happens during the day (and what that actually means)
• How to space feeds to four-hourly without tanking your supply or starving your baby
• The 30-minute pre-bed feed rule that changes everything
• Why feeding to sleep creates overnight wakings (even when baby's not genuinely hungry)
• How to handle illness without undoing all your progress
• What to do when your high-energy baby needs the boob just to wind down
• The exact bedtime routine sequence that sets baby up for self-settling success
• How one family went from 8 night feeds to 2 just by consolidating daytime calories

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:16 New Nap Trapped format announcement
00:57 Highlight & lowlight of the week
11:27 Sleep Detectives: Hydration & feeding questions
24:22 Sleep Detectives: Managing sleep during illness
35:37 Main topic: Moving away from feeding to sleep
47:52 How to anchor feeds and create new patterns
56:03 The pre-bed feed protocol
1:05:06 Camp Snooze success stories
🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED
Nap Trapped is your weekly dose of sleep sanity from consultants Sally Woods and Bec Maher. They take the toughest baby sleep questions and turn them into practical, evidence-based solutions—no shame, just support (and Aldi chocolate).

Links
📩 Get updates + exclusive tools: Subscribe www.naptrappedpodcast.com

📸 Follow Sally & Bec on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/
https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Wondering why your sleep consultant is asking you to skip breakfast while working on night sleep? It sounds backwards, but there's solid science behind it.

In this episode, Sally and Bec explain why breakfast is often the last meal they reintroduce during sleep work, and why temporarily holding it off helps babies take better milk feeds, drop night wakings organically, and actually sleep longer stretches. If your baby's been reverse cycling (tanking up overnight, picking at day feeds), this strategy might be the missing piece.

What You'll Learn:
• Why breakfast impacts your 11am milk feed more than you think
• How overnight feeds directly affect your baby's appetite all day long
• The connection between solids timing and night wakings
• How to redistribute calories across 24 hours (not just the day)
• When to bring breakfast back in, and why babies sometimes aren't even interested
• Why focusing on lunch and dinner helps more with overnight sleep
• How rhythm and routine create calmer, more relaxed babies
• The difference between genuine hunger and habitual night feeds

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:07 Why breakfast interferes with milk feeds
04:50 Looking at feeds across 24 hours
08:27 Creating appetite with strategic gaps
11:19 When baby drops night feeds but doesn't want breakfast
13:03 How routine takes the guesswork out of parenting
15:53 The method to the madness

🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED
Hosted by sleep consultants Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre), Nap Trapped helps tired parents solve baby sleep challenges with warmth, evidence, and no judgement. Every week we turn your questions into practical solutions, with a side of Aldi chocolate.

Links
📩 Get updates + exclusive tools: Subscribe www.naptrappedpodcast.com

📸 Follow Sally & Bec on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/
https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com

Everyone says consistency is key. But what happens when your baby's 15-minute daycare nap throws your whole schedule into chaos?

This week, Sally and Bec tackle the messy reality of disaster naps—those micro car snoozes during school pickup, the refused childcare naps, and the dreaded 3pm wake-up that leaves you with hours until bedtime. They're breaking down real parent questions with practical (and sometimes hilariously creative) solutions.

What You'll Learn:
• How to handle the 6-minute school run nap that ruins your afternoon schedule
• Whether to push through or pull bedtime early after a disaster daycare nap
• Why a 30-minute nap at 2:45pm might mean a 10pm bedtime—and how to fix it
• The truth about short-long schedules for 8-month-olds (spoiler: it's harder than it sounds)
• When to bring back that second nap instead of forcing the transition
• Real troubleshooting strategies for the 2-to-1 nap transition gone wrong
• How to tell if bedtime resistance is a nap problem or a boundaries problem
• The distraction protocol: windows down, music up, and strategic snack deployment

Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Disaster Naps Edition
02:27 What Actually Counts as a Disaster Nap?
04:43 The 6-Minute School Run Nightmare
10:17 15-Minute Daycare Nap at 3pm: Now What?
18:56 The 11am Daycare Nap After Skipping 10am
24:39 2-Year-Old's 30-Minute Nap Pushing Bedtime to 10pm
31:42 15-Month-Old Waking 2-3 Hours at Night After Nap Transition
34:42 Short-Long Schedule for 8-Month-Olds: The Reality Check

🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED
Join sleep experts Sally Woods and Bec Maher as they tackle real parent sleep struggles with warmth, science, and zero BS. Nap Trapped makes baby sleep less mysterious and way more manageable.

Links
📩 Get updates + exclusive tools: Subscribe www.naptrappedpodcast.com

📸 Follow Sally & Bec on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/
https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com

This week, Sally and Bec tackle the four month sleep regression head-on. If you're in the thick of 45-minute wake-ups or watching your once-great sleeper unravel, this episode is your survival guide.

The four month sleep regression isn't actually a regression—it's a permanent developmental shift in how your baby's sleep cycles work. Sally and Bec break down exactly what's happening and why your baby suddenly needs help between every sleep cycle. More importantly, they share the four practical strategies they'd use if they were living through it right now: from reshaping overnight feeds to keeping baby swaddled longer than you think, taking pressure off naps, and starting gentle sleep training when you're ready.

What You'll Learn:
• Why the four month sleep regression is a permanent change (not a phase to wait out)
• How to structure four-hourly feeds day and night to reduce overnight wake-ups
• When to drop the dream feed and mirror daytime feeding patterns overnight
• Why keeping baby swaddled can make settling easier and naps longer
• How to take the pressure off naps and why four 45-minute naps is a win
• When and how to start gentle sleep training at four months
• Why four month olds are actually easier to work with than older babies
• How to know if your baby needs less help, not more, to fall asleep

Chapters:
00:00 Intro: Four things for the four month regression
04:05 Tip #1: Structure feeds to four-hourly day and night
09:08 Tip #2: Keep baby swaddled for better sleep
13:16 Tip #3: Take the pressure off naps
15:33 Tip #4: Start gentle sleep training if you're ready

🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED
Nap Trapped is your weekly dose of sleep sanity from consultants Sally Woods and Bec Maher. They take the toughest baby sleep questions and turn them into practical, evidence-based solutions—no shame, just support (and Aldi chocolate).

Links
📩 Get updates + exclusive tools: Subscribe www.naptrappedpodcast.com

📸 Follow Sally & Bec on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/
https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com

This week’s Sleep Detectives is a proper grab-bag of the questions you’re Googling at 2am, and we didn’t even need a question box because we had leftovers from last week 😅

We cover everything from “should I start putting my 10-week-old down awake?” to toddler bedtime battles that look like separation anxiety, plus the practical, real-world way to protect sleep while you’re away on holiday (without being nap-trapped in your accommodation all day).

What you’ll learn:

When to start putting your baby down awake (yes, even at 10 weeks)

The “moment of curiosity” that builds self-settling without pressure

Why a pitch-black room matters for cot naps, even for little babies

Why most schedules start around 7am, and how to shift it later if you want

Separation anxiety vs bedtime resistance (and how not to feed the drama)

A simple, calm approach to toddler check-ins that doesn’t escalate bedtime

Transitional schedule tweaks at 13–15 months before you drop to one nap

3-to-2 nap transition truth bombs (and why we fight for nap 3)

What to do when a 9-month-old suddenly struggles with nap one

Holiday sleep at 18 months, realistic expectations, routine, naps, and night one

Chapters:

00:00 Welcome to Sleep Detectives (questions galore)
00:45 10-week-old, when to start putting down awake
02:20 The “moment of curiosity” + how to rescue without pressure
03:40 Set the scene, pitch black rooms and newborn cot naps
04:40 Why we work to 7am, and how to shift your whole day later
08:10 Toddler separation anxiety at bedtime, what to do (and not do)
13:50 A tool for emotional reassurance, “The Invisible String”
15:10 13 months on a transitional schedule, is this a “12 month regression”?
19:10 7 months, nap 3 is messy, keep it or drop it?
24:20 9 months, medium-medium routine, struggling with nap one
31:30 14–15 month routine, transitional schedule before 2-to-1
32:40 Holiday sleep at 18 months, routine, naps, and night one

🎙️ ABOUT NAP TRAPPED

Hosted by sleep consultants Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre), Nap Trapped helps tired parents solve baby sleep challenges with warmth, evidence, and no judgement. Every week we turn your questions into practical solutions, with a side of Aldi chocolate.

Links

📩 Get updates + exclusive tools: Subscribe www.naptrappedpodcast.com

📸 Follow Sally & Bec on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/

https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/

🎧 Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts