Baby sleep guides
Gentle, practical answers to the questions parents ask most — written by certified sleep consultant Erica Lötter.
- 4 months + · 7 min read
How to get your baby to sleep through the night
A gentle, step-by-step plan to help your baby sleep longer stretches at night, from a Cape Town baby sleep consultant with 20+ years’ experience.
Read the guide → - Newborn – 12 months · 6 min read
Why won’t my baby stop crying? What it means and how to soothe them
Why babies cry for hours, how to tell hunger, tiredness and discomfort apart, calming steps that work, and when crying needs a doctor.
Read the guide → - Newborn – 3 years · 5 min read
Baby sleep schedule by age: how much sleep does my baby need?
How many hours of sleep your baby needs, how many naps, and typical awake times from newborn to toddler — with a simple chart and sample day.
Read the guide → - 3–5 months · 5 min read
The 4-month sleep regression: why it happens and what to do
Why your good sleeper suddenly wakes every few hours at around 4 months, how long it lasts, and gentle ways to get sleep back on track.
Read the guide → - 4 months – 3 years · 6 min read
Why does my baby wake up every hour at night?
Frequent night waking is exhausting. Learn why babies wake every 1–2 hours — sleep associations, overtiredness, hunger — and how to fix it gently.
Read the guide → - Newborn – 12 months · 5 min read
My baby only sleeps when held — what can I do?
Contact naps and 30-minute naps explained: why your baby wakes the moment you put them down, and how to gently move naps into the cot.
Read the guide → - 4 months – 4 years · 6 min read
Gentle sleep training without cry it out
What gentle sleep training is, how it differs from cry it out, the right age to start, and how Momslifeline’s 3-minute approach works.
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