Baby Sleep with Ainslee

Baby Sleep with Ainslee Holistic & responsive sleep support,
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26/02/2026

We’re often sold the idea that if you “do it right,” sleep changes should be quick, smooth, and upward trending every night. But that’s marketing. Real life isn’t like that.

Some nights will feel like huge progress.

Other nights will feel like you’ve gone backwards.

That doesn’t mean it’s not working.

Changing sleep isn’t a straight line.

It’s a nervous system learning something new.

It’s your baby adjusting.

It’s you adjusting. It’s trial, tweak, repeat.

If you supported them more than you planned one night? That’s not failure.

If they needed extra help after doing “so well”? That’s not regression.

It’s responsiveness.
It’s flexibility.
It’s parenting.

Sustainable sleep isn’t built in perfect streaks.
It’s built in small, consistent shifts over time.
Stay the course. You’re doing better than you think 🤍

The software upgrades are REAL at this age!
26/02/2026

The software upgrades are REAL at this age!

For the parents with barnacle babies 💗
24/02/2026

For the parents with barnacle babies 💗

20/02/2026

When the sleep advice keeps coming…
but none of it is actually helping. 😮‍💨

“Just keep them up longer.”
“Cut the nap.”
“Earlier bedtime.”
“Later bedtime.”
“Have you tried cry it out?”
“Stick to this exact schedule?”
"Put them down drowsy but awake."

And now you’re more confused than when you started, I remember this feeling vividly from when my first child was a baby.

All of that advice getting thrown your way from other parents, friends, social media isn’t tailored to your baby’s actual sleep needs, temperament, and sleep pressure tolerance… it’s just noise...REALLY LOUD NOISE!

Sleep isn’t fixed by random tips, although I wish it was!

It gets easier when you understand:

✨ How much sleep your child can realistically do in a 24 hour period
✨ How long their nights are meant to be
✨️ How long their naps actually need to be
✨ How their sleep biology actually works

You’re not failing.

You’re just being handed generic advice (that would likely only work for 20% of kiddos) for a very unique little human (your little human!)

If you’re tired of trying everything and still feeling stuck, comment BETTER SLEEP and I'll send you my free 'Better Sleep without Cry It Out' Guide and let’s make sleep make sense again 🤍

19/02/2026

Contact naps don’t have to mean being stuck on the couch (unless you want to be 🤍).

This is your reminder that supporting your baby’s sleep and having freedom can coexist.

A ring sling turned our contact naps into hands-free naps, I can move, make lunch, hang with my toddler, or just exist like a semi-functional human… all while baby sleeps safely and happily.

And before anyone whispers about “making a rod”…
Connection isn’t a problem to fix. It’s biology doing its thing.

If it works for you and your baby, it works. ✨

And yes, I know some babies would pop awake the second you stand up. Temperament plays a big role. Sometimes movement like this just needs gentle practice. Sometimes it’s a hard no. Sometimes it’s easier when they’re tiny, sometimes when they’re older. Trial and error is your best friend, and if it doesn’t work? There’s always a feed-to-sleep on the couch to fall back on 🥳

If you want better sleep without Cry It Out pop BETTER SLEEP below and I’ll send you my free guide to get started.

15/02/2026

Honestly, I don't even think agebbased sleep scheduled work 60% of the time, dare I say it.

They might work initially, or once you settle into them for a period of time.

But unless you have a HIGH SLEEP NEEDS, ORCHID, CRUISY kiddo, it'll feel hard to keep it working.

Strict sleep schedules and strict wake windows based on a child's age are great as a spring board, giving parents a rough guide of where to start, but that's it, from there sleep that actually works for your child can look wildly different.

You don't need to find the "right schedule" or "use the right settling strategy" or "teach your baby to self settle and link sleep cycles"....all you need is to understand how sleep works for them and start working with THEM rather than against what they need.

If you are done with sleep BS and want to understand how sleep actually works in a unique way for YOUR child, then stay tuned, this is what is ALL about.

12/02/2026

Not all naps happen in a dark room with white noise, and they don’t have to.

If your little one can nap on a picnic blanket at the park, in the carrier, in the car, im the pram enroute to a picnic at the park, or while curled up on you, that is AMAZING. That’s not “spoiling,” that’s sleep that works.

✨ The ability to nap on the go is deeply temperament-based (not a reflection of your parenting).

Some babies need consistent sleep environments, they thrive off minimizing distractions so they can drift into dreamland...I'm looking at you FOMO babies!

And others? Could nap in a rock concert.

And some? They can nap on the go sometime, and other times, when development is at play, can't manage it.

All of these babies are normal, but they are all different.

You’re not “creating bad habits” by doing what works. You’re parenting in real life, with real babies, not the 'perfect' text book baby.

Let’s normalize flexible, connection-based, responsive sleep, that works for YOU and YOUR little one.

The key is to figure out the limits of what works for your baby. If you are aiming for cot/bassinet sleep daily because you feel like that's where sleep should happen. And it's feeling tricky? Maybe try mixing it up and see how you go, sleep might actually be easier on the go (crazy, I know). And if you always have sleep on the go, maybe trialing a lower sensory input environment might make sleep easier.

There is no one size fits all, but what is really important is that regardless of the temperament of your baby, you have the flexibility to work WITH that temperament for sleep so you live life with sleep being a part of it, rather than have life revolve around sleep.

Stay tuned, I've got something coming that is going to he an absolute gamechanger for sleep!

What's your favorite rod/rods? I'd love to hear in the comments!
09/02/2026

What's your favorite rod/rods? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Nightwaking during infancy (0-3years) is not only normal for majority of children, but should be expected...Yet we are l...
09/02/2026

Nightwaking during infancy (0-3years) is not only normal for majority of children, but should be expected...

Yet we are living in a world where parents are told they are doing it all wrong if they have a child who wakes overnight....and the only way to correct that is to remove connection. This is BS.

I've got you, comment BETTER SLEEP and I'll flick you my free 'Better Sleep without Cry It Out' Guide 💖 sustainable sleep solutions without the need for separation.

Ainslee ox

This is REAL LIFE sleep with a highly sensitive, lower sleep needs, teething, lots of development happening kiddo. HOT T...
05/02/2026

This is REAL LIFE sleep with a highly sensitive, lower sleep needs, teething, lots of development happening kiddo. HOT TIP: don't leave your teething pain support behind (whatever that is for your family).

Highlight reel much? 🤣
05/02/2026

Highlight reel much? 🤣

THANK YOU for being here ❤️🎄This year has been huge, both professionally and personally, and I simply couldn’t do what I...
22/12/2025

THANK YOU for being here ❤️🎄

This year has been huge, both professionally and personally, and I simply couldn’t do what I do without you.

It blows my mind that so many of you choose to hang out with me in this little corner of the internet. So from the bottom of my heart: thank you.

Every post you’ve read, reel you’ve watched, liked, shared, commented on, saved, DM replied to, read my blogs or enjoyed any emails I've sent, it all matters.

Also a MASSIVE shoutout to everyone who has joined Your Baby Sleep Village, been part of Get My Family the F**k to Sleep, come to a workshop, antenatal sleep class, or worked with me 1:1. Your support allows me to reach even more tired parents who need this kind of sleep support, and I’m eternally grateful.

I’ve been working quietly (but also frantically because Ive been tackling some MASSIVE projects) behind the scenes on some really exciting things that are coming in 2026, and I cannot wait to share them with you. I'm such a tease, I know, but these projects have taken so long, I don't want to get anyone too excited before they are actually fully finished!

Big things are coming, and I think you’re going to love what’s ahead.

I’m signing off socials now for a wee break, back in the New Year with a bang!

If you’re in YBSV, I’ll still be popping in and out of there over the break (see post inside of YBSV with more details about when I'll be available).

🎁 And if you’re not inside YBSV but want a little christmas prese from me (if you dont already have it), drop BETTER SLEEP below and I’ll send my 'Better Sleep without Cry It Out' guide your way.

Meri Kirihimete & Happy New Year,
Ainslee x

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