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One of the first things I look at when a parent tells me their baby isn’t sleeping well at night?How many naps are they ...
09/09/2026

One of the first things I look at when a parent tells me their baby isn’t sleeping well at night?

How many naps are they taking during the day.

Because the number of naps your baby takes isn’t arbitrary. It helps determine how their awake time and sleep are distributed across the entire 24-hour day.

And there are two ways this can go sideways:

😵‍💫 Too few naps can create wake windows that are simply too long for your baby’s age. Now we’re dealing with overtiredness, harder naps, bedtime struggles, and potentially more disrupted nighttime sleep.

😴 Too much daytime sleep can create the opposite problem. Your baby may not have enough sleep pressure left for the long, consolidated night we’re trying to protect.

And there’s another piece parents don’t always connect to naps:

🍼 Feeding.
Every nap affects when your baby is awake and available to eat. If naps are too long or poorly distributed, you can also lose valuable opportunities for full daytime feeds — which can leave calories that still need to be consumed overnight.

This is why I don’t look at naps, wake windows, feeding, and nighttime sleep as separate things.

They are all ingredients in the same recipe.

🍼 Full, frequent-enough daytime feeds
⏰ Age-appropriate wake windows
💤 The right number AND length of naps
🌙 Enough sleep pressure left for nighttime

When those pieces are balanced appropriately for your baby’s age, we’re creating the conditions for the nighttime sleep we want.

And as your baby grows? That balance changes. Wake windows lengthen.
Naps consolidate. Feeding patterns change. The routine has to evolve with them.

That’s exactly why The Full Feedings Method® gives you age-specific routines month by month — including feeds, wake windows, naps, nap lengths, and nighttime sleep — so you don’t have to keep guessing what needs to change.

Want the exact routine for your baby?

🔗 Comment LINK and we’ll send you our affordable, no-cry-it-out Infant + Toddler Sleep Programs. 🤍

09/08/2026

Your baby can eat all day long and still not be getting full enough feeds during the day.

And that distinction matters when we’re trying to understand night wakings.

A baby who snacks every 60–90 minutes may be getting plenty of feeding opportunities — but if those feeds are consistently short or incomplete, they may still need significant calories overnight.

So they wake.
They’re hungry.
You feed them.
They go back to sleep.

And naturally, you start thinking: “My baby just needs to eat at night.”
Maybe.

For young babies, night feeds are developmentally appropriate and necessary.

But as babies grow and become capable of consuming more of what they need during the daytime, we start looking at the bigger picture.

How much are they actually taking at each feed?
How often are they being offered a full feeding?
Are naps interfering with feeding opportunities?
Are daytime calories being protected?

Because our goal isn’t to take away a feed from a hungry baby.

It’s to help meet that need before nighttime so, when developmentally appropriate, there’s less reason for hunger to wake them.

That’s a huge part of what we teach inside The Full Feedings Method®.

We don’t start at 2 AM trying to convince your baby not to wake.

We work on the daytime ingredients that make 12 hours of overnight sleep possible in the first place.

Full Feedings®.
Age-appropriate naps.
Wake windows.
Bedtime.
Sleep pressure.

And we show you exactly how those needs change as your baby grows — so you aren’t constantly guessing what needs to change next.

No cry-it-out. No sleep training.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you the Full Feedings® program for your baby or toddler’s age. 🤍

Why is it that in motherhood, we’re told sacrificing sleep is normal...But if that exhaustion eventually leads someone t...
09/07/2026

Why is it that in motherhood, we’re told sacrificing sleep is normal...

But if that exhaustion eventually leads someone to stop breastfeeding, they’re often met with judgment instead of support?

That doesn’t make sense to me.

Somewhere along the way, we’ve accepted the idea that mothers should expect to be exhausted.

Bone-deep tired.
Running on fumes.
Waking endlessly at night.

As if that’s simply the price of breastfeeding.

But what if that’s the wrong question?
What if instead of asking mothers to choose between breastfeeding and sleep, we started helping them protect both?

Because sleep matters.
Breastfeeding matters.
Maternal mental health matters.
Family well-being matters.

These things don’t have to compete with each other.

Parents deserve support that helps them meet their feeding goals while also getting the rest they need to function, heal, and enjoy their babies.

That’s exactly why I created The Full Feedings Method®.

Not to replace responsiveness.
Not to ignore babies.
Not to force sleep.
But to show parents how feeding and sleep can work together.

Because the goal shouldn’t be choosing between breastfeeding and sleep.

The goal should be supporting families so they can have both. 🤍

If your baby is waking overnight, the first question I ask usually isn’t:“What are you doing when they wake?”Because how...
09/07/2026

If your baby is waking overnight, the first question I ask usually isn’t:
“What are you doing when they wake?”

Because how you respond to a wake is not necessarily what caused it.

I want to know what happened hours earlier.

Did they get enough milk during the day?
Were those feeds actually full?
Did naps support or interfere with feeding?
Were wake windows age-appropriate?
Did bedtime happen at a time that supported enough sleep pressure?
Was the start of day consistent?

Because nighttime sleep is not an isolated skill.

It is the result of a whole day of feeding, sleep, wake time, and timing working together.

That’s why I don’t automatically start by taking away the pacifier, stopping feeding to sleep, removing rocking, or telling you to leave your baby to figure it out.

Those things may be how you’re helping your baby when they wake.

They don’t automatically explain why they woke in the first place.

At Full Feedings®, we troubleshoot in a different order.

We look at:

🍼 Full daytime feeds
😴 Daytime sleep
⏰ Wake windows
🌙 Bedtime
☀️ Start of day
💤 And then the actual night waking

Because once the daytime ingredients are balanced for your baby’s age, the night often starts making a lot more sense.

That’s also why The Full Feedings Method® isn’t a collection of random sleep tips.

It’s a system designed to show you how all of these pieces work together as your baby grows — so when sleep changes, you know what to adjust.

No cry-it-out.
No teaching your baby to stop needing you.
No guessing at 2 AM.

Just meeting their needs age-appropriately so, when they’re developmentally ready, 12 hours of overnight sleep can happen naturally.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you the Full Feedings® program for your baby or toddler’s age.

One of the things I love most about this testimonial is that Dr. Brooke Elisabeth Hieb didn’t come to Full Feedings® bec...
09/05/2026

One of the things I love most about this testimonial is that Dr. Brooke Elisabeth Hieb didn’t come to Full Feedings® because her baby was already struggling with sleep.

She purchased the Infant Program before her son was born because she wanted to understand what was possible and have a framework from the beginning.

They started right away.

And by 8 weeks, her son was sleeping through the night — even though people around her, including lactation consultants and pediatricians, had told her that wasn’t possible. 

But the part I really want parents to hear is what came next.
She said she never felt restricted by the guides.

The structure created a rhythm her family could adjust naturally, helped her and her husband get on the same page, and gave them a shared language for understanding what their baby needed. 

That is exactly what I want The Full Feedings Method® to feel like.

Not a rigid schedule you’re afraid to deviate from.
Not cry-it-out.
Not “wing it and hope eventually everyone sleeps.”
A framework.

We balance full feedings, naps, wake windows, bedtime and nighttime sleep so you can meet your baby’s needs age-appropriately — and then adjust those ingredients as their needs change.

Brooke also happens to be a functional medicine doctor, so she already understood how important sleep is. But she also knew she wanted to follow her instincts and parent responsively.

Those two things do not have to be mutually exclusive.

And months later? Full Feedings® was still working so well for their family that they planned to use it again with baby #2. 

That’s the goal.

Not one good night.
A way of understanding your baby that keeps working as they grow.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you the Full Feedings® program for your baby or toddler’s age.

09/04/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions about baby sleep is that if you want your baby to sleep 12 hours, you eventually have to stop helping them sleep.

You have to stop feeding to sleep.
Stop rocking.
Stop replacing the pacifier.
Put them down awake.
Teach them to “self-soothe.”
We don’t believe that.

Because the goal of The Full Feedings Method® isn’t to teach your baby to stop needing you.

The goal is to meet their needs so well during the day that there are fewer reasons for them to wake at night.

That means we look at the whole picture:
🍼 Are they getting enough milk during the daytime?
😴 Are naps appropriate for their age?
⏰ Are wake windows creating enough sleep pressure without causing overtiredness?
🌙 Is bedtime happening at the right time?
☀️ Is their start-of-day supporting their circadian rhythm?

When those ingredients are working together, sleep can happen much more naturally.

And yes — you can still feed your baby to sleep. Rock them. Hold them. Snuggle them. Replace the pacifier. Respond when they need you.

And have a baby who sleeps 12 hours overnight.

That’s why our programs aren’t just about getting your baby sleeping.

They show you how to adjust feeding, naps, wake windows, bedtime, and daytime sleep month by month as your baby grows — so when something starts to feel “off,” you know what to change instead of assuming you need to sleep train.

No cry-it-out.
No teaching your baby not to need you.

Just a completely different way of looking at sleep.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you the Full Feedings® sleep program for your baby or toddler’s age. 🤍

If your baby is still feeding overnight, that doesn’t automatically mean they are “a baby who needs night feeds.”Sometim...
09/03/2026

If your baby is still feeding overnight, that doesn’t automatically mean they are “a baby who needs night feeds.”

Sometimes they are simply not getting enough of what they need during the day yet.

And there’s an important distinction there.
If your baby is hungry overnight, feed them.

But once they are developmentally capable of getting more of their nutritional needs met during the daytime, I want to start asking:

Why are so many of their calories still happening at night?

Are daytime feeds actually full?
Are they being stretched too far apart?
Are naps removing feeding opportunities?
Are shorter feeds leading to more frequent hunger later?

Because calories don’t disappear just because the sun goes down.

If they aren’t taken in during the day, they may still be needed overnight.

That’s why The Full Feedings Method® is not about suddenly cutting night feeds and hoping your baby figures it out.

We work toward removing the need for those feeds by intentionally protecting daytime feeding opportunities and helping babies take fuller feeds while they’re awake.

We call that Milk Management™ — gradually moving calories from night to day as your baby grows and becomes capable of doing so.

And feeding is only one ingredient.

Daytime sleep, wake windows, bedtime, start-of-day time, and sleep pressure all affect one another too.

When those pieces are balanced for your baby’s age, nighttime sleep can happen much more naturally.

The goal isn’t to ignore hunger.

It’s to meet your baby’s needs earlier, so when they’re developmentally ready, they can sleep 12 hours overnight without cry-it-out.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you the Full Feedings® program for your baby or toddler’s age.

If your baby is waking every 2–3 hours overnight, I want you to stop looking at 2am for the answer.Because the reason th...
09/02/2026

If your baby is waking every 2–3 hours overnight, I want you to stop looking at 2am for the answer.

Because the reason they’re waking may have started hours earlier.

At Full Feedings®, we look at the entire 24-hour picture.

Are they getting enough milk during the day? Are those feeds actually full? Are naps appropriately timed and limited? Are wake windows working for their age? Is bedtime happening when their body is ready for a long stretch of nighttime sleep?

Because feeding, naps, wake windows and nighttime sleep do not operate independently.

Change one, and you can change the others.

This is also why our approach to night wakings isn’t automatically to stop feeding to sleep, take away the pacifier, stop rocking, or teach your baby to “self-soothe.”

Those things may be how you’re responding to the wake.
They don’t necessarily tell us why the wake is happening.

And I would much rather figure out why your baby is waking than simply teach you not to respond to them.

The Full Feedings Method® shows you how to coordinate your baby’s full feedings, daytime sleep, wake windows, bedtime and nighttime sleep by age—so as their needs change, you know what to change with them.

The goal isn’t to make your baby need you less.

It’s to meet their needs so well during the day that, when developmentally appropriate, they can naturally sleep 12 hours overnight without cry-it-out.

Comment LINK and I’ll send you our sleep programs for infants + toddlers. 💛

Around 3 months old, one of the biggest changes in your baby’s sleep isn’t how they fall asleep...It’s when they fall as...
09/01/2026

Around 3 months old, one of the biggest changes in your baby’s sleep isn’t how they fall asleep...

It’s when they fall asleep.

By this age, your baby’s circadian rhythm is becoming much more established, which means bedtime starts playing a much bigger role in overnight sleep. For many babies, that sweet spot is around 7:00 pm (give or take based on naps and your baby’s rhythm).

Here’s why.

As evening approaches, your baby’s body naturally begins producing melatonin — the hormone that helps them feel sleepy and prepares the brain for nighttime sleep.

But if bedtime gets pushed too late, something interesting can happen.

Instead of becoming sleepier, babies often become more awake.

Their body begins producing cortisol, a hormone that helps keep us alert. That’s why an overtired baby can suddenly seem wide awake, fight bedtime, wake more overnight, or pop awake far too early in the morning.

You might notice:

🤍 More false starts at bedtime
🤍 Frequent night wakings
🤍 Shorter stretches of sleep
🤍 Early morning wake-ups
🤍 A baby who suddenly seems “wired” instead of tired

The important part?
This doesn’t mean you need a rigid schedule.

It means you want to work with your baby’s biology, not against it.

And while bedtime becomes especially important around 3 months, the foundation actually starts much earlier.

From birth, we focus on:

🍼 Full feedings®
🌙 A consistent dreamfeed
☀️ Protecting daytime calories
⏰ Age-appropriate wake windows
🤍 Flexible routines that follow your baby’s needs

Those ingredients work together to support your baby’s natural sleep development, making transitions like an earlier bedtime feel...well...natural.

That’s the heart of The Full Feedings Method®.

If you’d like us to show you exactly how to support your baby’s sleep from the newborn stage onward — without cry-it-out — comment LINK, and we’ll send you the right program for your baby’s age. 💛

08/31/2026

If you want your baby to sleep all night, sometimes you have to be willing to wake them during the day.

I KNOW.

Your baby finally takes a glorious long nap. You can shower, eat, work, sit down, or just have a minute where no one needs you.

And I’m telling you to wake them?!

Here’s why:
Sleep is a 24-hour equation.

Babies and toddlers need daytime sleep, but they also need the right amount of daytime sleep for their age.

When we age-appropriately limit daytime sleep, we’re protecting three really important things:

🛌 Enough sleep need for a consistent 12-hour night
💤 Enough room for ALL the naps baby needs without one nap taking over the day
🍼 Enough awake time for frequent, full daytime feedings so we can work toward meeting nutritional needs during the DAY instead of overnight

This is why daytime feeding, naps, wake windows, and nighttime sleep can’t be treated as separate problems.

They all affect each other.

We aren’t trying to keep babies awake.
We’re intentionally distributing the sleep they need across 24 hours so we can protect the nighttime sleep we want, too.

Sometimes you wake them during the day…
so they don’t wake you at night. 🌙

We map out age-appropriate naps, wake windows, feeding routines + nighttime sleep month by month inside our Infant Sleep Program. Comment LINK to get access immediately.

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