Sleep Better, Baby: The Essential Stress-Free Guide to Sleep for You and Your Baby

by Cat Cubie, Sarah Carpenter

‘Warm, wise and deeply reassuring, I love The Sleep Mums!’ Sarah Turner, The Unmumsy Mum It’s 2am but your baby thinks it’s party time; their ‘routine’ seems to change with the wind, and you would do anything to get a good night’s sleep… We know how you feel! You might be prepared and reading this before baby arrives, or as they snooze beside you in those early new-born days, knowing that forewarned is forearmed. Or your eyebags may tell their own bedtime story… Either way, if your baby is not sleeping, you have not done anything wrong. Your baby is not broken (although you might feel broken from lack of sleep), and you are not a bad parent. Baby sleep is not linear; it changes a lot during their first few years (they like to keep us on our toes like that…). You are here because you want some honest support and real solutions. And the good news? We can give you that. Between us, we – Cat and Sarah AKA ‘The Sleep Mums’ – have over 30 years professional experience, plus hands on practice with having our own unique babies. Thousands of parents have turned to us for help and advice – we’ve been asked to write our wisdom down in a book countless times, so at long last, here it is! Sleep Better, Baby will arm you with the confidence and tools to see you through the long nights (and days) of your baby’s early years. You’ve got this.

336 pages, Paperback

Published April 18, 2023

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

General Overview
Listened to this initially, and have since brought the hardcopy. Sleep Better, Baby, by Cat Cubie & Sarah Carpenter is hopefully a read that I will appreciate the most this year.

Style
Written as a conversation, one without judgement, and solid advice, I found the authors take on baby advice to be some of the best I've come across so far. It is advice, it is well meaning, but the core of their message is that you find your own way. Bend your rules as needed, grow to understand your baby, and do as you need to do through one of the biggest challenges, or so I've been lead to believe you'll face with your newborn.

Approachable, open hearted, and funny when they can be, I found this book delightfully readable. The broken down sections for advice, dependant on what level of struggle your in in the moment is such a wonderful touch.

Substance
Covering all there is to be said about sleep, this book delves into wider and very useful advice for raising a newborn. Sleep of course is a central part of the human experience, so this only makes sense.

Broken down into easy to read sections, I definitely see this book as a reference piece I will be going back to in the future.

Final Thoughts
A follow up review will come once we're through the other side. Until then though, all I can say is this was a read that filled with me confidence for this next great journey my wife and I will be on.

[Tiffany Howard]

I haven't had my baby yet, but I really appreciated the flexibility of the advice here and the compassion of the writing, having already come across books that were like "If this method doesn't work for you, that's your fault because I am a baby expert". I read it through the library and have now bought a copy.

[Briony · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as a supportive best friend/aunty to support my pals with babies and loved it. It's an enjoyable, fun read without being patronising or judgemental. I learned A LOT about baby sleep and was so impressed with how in-depth the book is.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very informative book. The routine guides are most helpful if you're reading this as an expectant first time parent. Full of good advice and sound tips for helping baby sleep, eat and also encouraging parents to do what feels right for them.

[Charlotte Davies · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful. Chatty style. Mostly evidence based.

[Shihab Khan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Readability is good, but content is basic.