Sleep tips for your baby 0-3 months
Sophie Acott
Certified sleep consultant · Author of Sleep Play Love · 13 years
Published March 17, 2023 · Updated July 17, 2026
The short answer
The early weeks are about gentle rhythms, not rules. In the first three months, catnapping, day-night confusion and needing lots of help to sleep are all completely normal. Focus on age-appropriate awake times, a light room for naps and dark overnight until six weeks, then dark day and night, and recreate the womb with white noise, warmth, swaddling and motion.
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My very first video!
A very brief summary of a few common issues parents experience in the first three months:
1. Catnapping 2. Day and night confusion 3. Requiring a lot of intervention from mom/dad to get to sleep and/or stay asleep
This is the general answer.
Your little one deserves a specific one.
Sleep Play Love builds the plan around your baby's exact age, their habits, and how you're holding up — then adjusts it every morning. And it answers at 2am, in my words, in seconds.
Get your plan · 3 minutesAnd a few things we can do to:
1. Keep to an appropriate awake time for your baby's age 2. Sleep your baby from 0-6 weeks in a light room for naps, dark room overnight. From 6 weeks onward, a dark room day and night 3. Replicate the womb environment; most importantly white noise, temperature, swaddling, and motion
Sophie
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Before I could really answer this for you, I'd ask two things.
Tap one and I'll start your plan there. No judgment — there never is.
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