Rested Remedies

Rested Remedies I help sleep deprived parents teach their children how to independently fall asleep + stay asleep.
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05/26/2026

And girlfriend wasn’t carried at all ⛰️💪🏼

05/25/2026

⬇️ Read this before you try again

If sleep training didn’t work the first time, it doesn’t mean your baby can’t do it. It means something in the process needs to change.

Here’s what I see most often when families come to me after a failed attempt 👇

❌ FOCUSING ON THE METHOD WITHOUT FIXING THE FOUNDATION
The method is the last piece, not the first.

If wake windows are off, the bedtime routine isn’t doing its job, or daytime calories aren’t where they need to be, no method will work the way it should. Optimize everything first so your baby’s only reason to cry is because they’re frustrated at the change.

And this frustration is short lived.

❌ GIVING UP ON NIGHT 1
Night 1 is always the hardest. If you stop and try again later, your baby now knows that crying long enough gets them back to the sleep patterns you’re trying to change.

The next attempt will be harder, not easier.

Giving in on night 1 reinforces their endurance, not their ability to settle.

❌ FEEDING TOO CLOSE TO BEDTIME
Night 1 is already a lot. Add a feed right before bed and freshly consumed milk plus crying equals spit up, discomfort, and a parent who quits.

Move the feed earlier in the routine, before you ever go into their room.

❌ PICK UP PUT DOWN
I know it feels gentler but it’s actually more stimulating for your baby than it is soothing. It’s easier for you than it is for your baby.

There are far more effective ways to support your baby through the process without making it harder on them or tons of crying.

❌ BRINGING THEM INTO BED IN THE EARLY MORNING
If your goal is having your baby sleep in their crib, this has to apply to the whole night.

Consistency has to be all the way through, not just part of the night.

Lack of consistency is almost always what slows progress down. Which is exactly why supporting parents through this process is just as important as supporting the baby.

💬 Comment “TRAINING” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through how to set yourself up for a sleep training attempt that actually works this time.

05/24/2026

The 4 stages:

Everyone will tell you to just survive the newborn stage and worry about sleep later.

I’d tell you to do the opposite 🤷🏽‍♀️

Here’s exactly what I’d do from day one if I had another baby 👇

🌙 FROM BIRTH: SET UP THE SLEEP ENVIRONMENT
→ A blacked out room reduces stimulation and signals to their brain that it’s time to sleep
→ White noise at 50 decibels simulates the womb
→ Red light only for night wakings and feeds
→ A snug swaddle

This alone makes a difference in how well your newborn settles and stays asleep between feeds.

🌱 AT 3 WEEKS: START BUILDING THE FOUNDATION
→ Start a bedtime routine in their room (comment “BEDTIME” if you need help with this)
→ Pay attention to wake windows - 45 mins to 1.5 hours
→ Feed on demand every 2.5-3.5 hours
→ Lay down awake in their bassinet and soothe while they’re laying down

Small things done consistently at this stage change everything.

⏰ AT 10 WEEKS: DIAL BEDTIME BACK
A late bedtime stops working as babies get older and actually starts causing lighter sleep and more frequent wakings in the second half of the night. Around 10 weeks move bedtime earlier, aiming for around 8pm depending on the last nap timing.

✅ AT 12 WEEKS: SLEEP TRAIN IF YOU NEED TO
You do not have to wait for the 4-month regression to hit. If sleep isn’t where you want it by 12 weeks, it is completely appropriate to sleep train now. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

3-6 months are my favorite ages to work with!

💬 Comment “VIDEO” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through exactly how this foundations firm approach will take you to 11-12 hour nights with no more than one feed BEFORE the 4-month regression hits.

05/23/2026

⬇️ Here’s what worked:

The 4-month regression is one of the most talked about milestones in the newborn stage.

Most parents dread it, but my daughter never hit it because before it came she already knew how to fall asleep on her own.

Here’s what I did and would do again if I had another baby 👇

📍 FOLLOW WAKE WINDOWS

This is HUGE. An undertired baby will fight sleep. An overtired baby will fight sleep harder. Wake windows are what keeps your baby from having the endurance to fight sleep and wake frequently.

📍 START A BEDTIME ROUTINE EARLY
Babies crave routine and connection. Their nervous system needs to be regulated and their brain cued of what’s coming next before it even happens. The bedtime routine does both.

📍 PRIORITIZE INDEPENDENT SLEEP AT BEDTIME
This is where the ability to sleep through the night is actually formed. If your baby can fall asleep on their own at the start of the night, they can put themselves back to sleep when they stir between sleep cycles. Everything starts here.

📍 FULL FEEDS DURING THE DAY
Space feeds 2.5-3.5 hours apart during the day and wake your baby if it’s been 3.5 hours since their last feed. Full feeds during the day means their calories are met before night comes.

It’s absolutely realistic for a baby 3-6 months to only need one night time feed, though I see many able to go all night.

None of this is complicated. It’s just information most parents don’t get until they’re already desperately searching for answers.

💬 Comment “VIDEO” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through exactly how to set this foundation up from the start so 11-12 hour nights with 0-1 feeds are your norm

05/22/2026

Here’s what I do differently:

A lot of parents jump straight into sleep training and then wonder why it isn’t working.

The method gets the blame. But most of the time the method isn’t the problem. The foundation is.

Here’s what I focused on first when I wanted consistent 11-12 hour nights, and what I continue focusing on 4 years later

😴 SLEEP PRESSURE

This is how motivated your baby is to be sleeping.

If they’re undertired, they’ll have the endurance to fight sleep.

Nap refusals, short naps, long bedtime battles, frequent wakings, early mornings. All of it can trace back to a baby who simply wasn’t tired enough.

An overtired baby will do the same things but they’ll be angry/upset about it too.

Either way, sleep pressure will completely disrupt sleep.

🌙 THE BEDTIME ROUTINE

Not just bath, feed, bed.

A focused, connected, predictable 20-30 minutes that cues their brain sleep is coming AND fills their emotional cup before the long stretch of night.

Babies thrive on predictability and struggle with chaos. Consistency in the routine is what regulates their nervous system and makes the shift to the crib feel safe.

🍼 DAYTIME CALORIES

A hungry baby will wake up. I made sure my daughter’s calories were being met during the day so over time we could gradually shift what little calories remained to daytime entirely.

When their body isn’t relying on night feeds to meet their needs, they stop waking up for them.

A dysregulated baby will struggle to fall and stay asleep. An over or undertired baby will too. Optimize everything first and the method is the easy part.

💬 Comment “TRAINING” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through exactly how to build this foundation before you ever start sleep training so you can see results in 2-5 days, not months

05/21/2026

⬇️ THIS

If your baby fights sleep every single night, your bedtime routine is probably missing key pieces.

Most parents think a bedtime routine is just doing things in the same order, bath, feed, bed. But that’s not really a bedtime routine, it’s just a sequence of basics.

Here’s what your bedtime routine should ACTUALLY be doing for your baby 👇

🧠 CUEING THEIR BRAIN
Babies thrive on predictability. When the same things happen in the same order every night, their brain starts recognizing the pattern and preparing for sleep before they even hit the crib. Less fighting, faster settling.

😮‍💨 REGULATING THEIR NERVOUS SYSTEM
Your baby goes from a full day of stimulation straight into trying to fall asleep. Their nervous system needs time to shift. 20-30 minutes of calm, connected time before the crib does that. Rushing through it skips the most important part.

🤝 CONNECTION WITH YOU
The bedtime routine is not just about winding down. It’s about filling their emotional cup before a long stretch without you. Babies who go to bed with that connection tank full settle easier, wake less, and are more comfortable being alone in their crib. Phone away, fully present, focused on them. That 20 minutes is doing more than you realize.

📖 BOOKS BELONG IN THE ROUTINE
This matters not just for connection but for joint attention, language development, and pre-literacy skills. The benefits go way beyond bedtime.

🤲 SENSORY INPUT BEFORE THE CRIB
If your baby needs a lot of rocking or bouncing to settle, they’re likely seeking deep pressure input to feel calm. Adding intentional sensory activities before you go into their room, think massage, squeezes, slow firm strokes, means they don’t need it from you when you go to transfer.

The bedtime routine is not a nice to have. It is the foundation that makes fallings asleep independently work.

💬 Comment “BEDTIME” and I’ll send you my free Bedtime Audit Cheat Sheet that walks you through exactly what to add, change, or fix tonight.

05/21/2026

↓ THE 3 GAME CHANGERS

…to how I supported my daughter to 12 hour nights at 11 weeks and still going strong at 4 years old 🎉

P.S. - Comment “12” (for the full free training)

I was in your shoes too

Drowning in the newborn fog. Wondering if I would ever sleep again. Overwhelmed by the noise out there when my heart was telling me sleep was what was right for my family

You hear so much how your instincts will kick in and you’ll just “know” what to do, so I felt broken and like a bad mom because my instincts were doing 💩 on barely any sleep.

Here are the 3️⃣ actionable tips that helped my family sleep and my baby HAPPILY drop her night feeds

🛌🏻 1: Prioritize day feeds

I aimed for no less than 2.5 hours between feeds so that she was actually hungry enough to take in a full satisfying feed.

I didn’t let her go past 3.5 hours without a feed so that she was getting most and eventually all calories in during daytime.

Yes, I woke my sleeping baby sometimes.

🍼 2: Awake for Feeds

If she started to fall asleep during the feed, I removed the breast or bottle. If she wanted more, I gave it to her so she was never left hungry.

This created a clear separation between feeding and sleep.

🌛 Gradually Increased Night Stretches

If she went 4 hrs without a feed, I soothed her until 4.25 the next night. We continued this until we had reached 12 hours.

This allowed her to very gradually build up her tolerance for going longer stretches and to shift those calories to daytime.

During those gentle stretches, she was supported. NOT left to cry it out.

💯 The result: She was not just sleeping well. She was THRIVING.

And because she was, I was too.

You do not have to accept sleep deprivation as your new normal. You just need a plan that works with your baby’s biology from the start.

If you want to learn how to turn your baby’s 1-2 hour wakings into 11-12 hours of crib sleep…

✅ Comment “12” for the full training

⚠️ This is NOT medical advice and always get clearance from your baby’s pediatrician first

05/19/2026

It’s NOT impossible

If your baby has only ever slept on you, the crib probably feels impossible right now. Every time you try, they wake up and cry the second they hit the mattress and you’re back to square one.

This doesn’t mean your baby can’t do it. It just means they haven’t learned that the crib is a safe place to be yet.

Here’s the 3-step process I walk families through 👇

1️⃣ OPTIMIZE EVERYTHING FIRST
Before you even attempt the transition, remove as many barriers as possible.

Wake windows dialed in, bedtime routine focused and connected, feed timing right, sleep environment set up properly.

When everything that contributes to quality sleep is working in your favor, the transition to independent sleep is easier and crying is less.

2️⃣ SUPPORT BUT DON’T RESCUE
Your baby will cry. Crying is how babies communicate and it isn’t always a bad thing.

If you’ve done step 1 right, the only reason they’re crying is because they’re mad about the change. Mad and frustrated is a perfectly acceptable feeling that they don’t need to be rescued from. Supported, yes. Rescued, no.

Stay calm, stay present, and trust that you are not doing anything wrong by allowing these big feelings.

3️⃣ BE CONSISTENT
Not just in how you respond but in your expectations.

You can’t expect your baby to sleep in their crib if some nights they end up in your bed and some nights you shush and pat for an hour before giving up.

Your survival techniques are keeping you in survival mode longer. Consistency is what actually ends the cycle.

💬 Comment “12” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through exactly how to make this transition without hours of crying.

05/17/2026

⬇️ My advice to her…

Sarah came to me with dropping night feeds as one of her goals.

But when her baby woke up showing hunger cues, she was feeding her a full 8oz bottle.

I didn’t shame her for it, but explained what was actually happening.

Her baby was waking up expecting a full feed because that was a part of her overall feeding schedule her body had recognized.

Babies take in a certain number of calories in a 24-hour period. When a big chunk of those calories come from night feeds, their appetite during the day is naturally lower.

Less during the day means more at night. More at night means less during the day. It just keeps going.

I would never tell a parent to let their baby be starving, but I did tell her that she didn’t need to be offering 8oz at 3am.

Instead I told her that while we were sleep training, she would gradually reduce how much she offered at that 3am feed. Over just 4 nights, her baby had shifted those calories to daytime!

Their body stopped needing that 2am meal because they made up for the calories during waking hours.

For babies under 6 months, the goal isn’t always zero night feeds. One feed is completely reasonable, but there is a big difference between one intentional feed and three full feeds because the cycle hasn’t been addressed.

You’re not ignoring hunger. You’re just helping them shift when it happens.

💬 Comment “TRAINING” and I’ll send you my free training that walks you through exactly how I approach sleep training, night feeds included.

05/16/2026

yup, recorded this yesterday while I was massively struggling in single working mom life after a full night of sleep 😅 the point is that whether your baby sleeps or not your struggle is valid and the comparison game is well...old 🫠

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