Sleep is a basic human need, not a luxury — and something we should prioritize and normalize from birth.

To help your baby sleep through the night (STTN), we need to balance just the right amount of daytime sleep with age-appropriate wake periods. If your baby sleeps too much during the day, they’ll likely wake at night. If they stay awake too long, they’ll become over tired, making it harder to fall and stay asleep.

Human beings — including baby humans — can only sleep a certain number of hours in a 24-hour period. Managing that balance during the day helps your baby rest better at night.

Helping your baby get to sleep on time not only aligns with your natural instinct to nurture, but also supports the right balance of sleep overall. When we help babies fall asleep before they become over tired, we’re not “creating bad habits” — we’re supporting their biology. This approach helps establish and maintain consistent nighttime sleep more easily and more quickly. This approach helps establish and maintain consistent nighttime sleep more easily and more quickly. Once your baby is well-rested and regulated, you’ll find it so much easier to gently teach them to fall asleep on their own — and we’ll show you exactly how to do it, step by step.

At full feedings®, we guide you in using age-appropriate Optimal Wake Times (OWTs) via our signature Monthly Guides, to ensure your baby gets the optimal amount of daytime sleep — not too little, not too much — so 12-hours of consistent nighttime sleep becomes possible, even before they’re physically able to go all night without needing milk (typically between 8–12 weeks).