Nap Trapped

Picture this: Your 7-month-old self-settles beautifully at bedtime, sleeps through the night like a champion, but every single nap is 20-30 minutes. You thought sleep training would fix this. It didn't. Welcome to catnap purgatory. In this episode, Sally and Bec tackle the chronic catnapping conundrum that leaves so many parents stuck inside, chained to short sleep cycles, wondering what they&...

Wondering if your baby actually needs that 2am feed or if it's just become part of the routine? This week, Sally and Bec tackle one of the most confusing parts of baby sleep: figuring out what's genuine hunger and what's habitual waking. If you've been stuck in a pattern of feeding at the same times every night—or if you're nervous about dropping a feed that's been your tru...

Everyone says feed, play, sleep is the golden rule. But what happens when your baby catnaps every 32 minutes and you're stuck feeding like a newborn at 8 months old? In this episode, Sally and Bec unpack why feed-play-sleep has a shelf life—and what to do when you're trapped in a snacky feeding cycle that's sabotaging naps and nights. They break down anchored feeds, why religious adher...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com This week we're tackling everything dummy and pacifier related. If you're stuck replugging at 2am or wondering when (or if) to ditch it, this episode is for you. Sally and Bec break down the realistic expectations around keeping the dummy, how to use it with different sleep training techniques, and the c...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com You've been up since 5am for three weeks straight. Your baby's early wakes feel impossible to fix, and everyone keeps saying "that's just babies." But what if it doesn't have to be? In this episode, Sally and Bec walk you through their proven Early Rising Protocol—the exact steps they use with clients to shift t...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com Here's the thing about feeding to sleep: it works brilliantly—until suddenly it doesn't. Your baby's waking every 45 minutes, you're the only one who can resettle, and you're trapped in a cycle of snack feeds and broken sleep. Sound familiar? In this episode, Sally and Bec break down exactly...

Wondering why your sleep consultant is asking you to skip breakfast while working on night sleep? It sounds backwards, but there's solid science behind it. In this episode, Sally and Bec explain why breakfast is often the last meal they reintroduce during sleep work, and why temporarily holding it off helps babies take better milk feeds, drop night wakings organically, and actually sleep longe...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com Everyone says consistency is key. But what happens when your baby's 15-minute daycare nap throws your whole schedule into chaos? This week, Sally and Bec tackle the messy reality of disaster naps—those micro car snoozes during school pickup, the refused childcare naps, and the dreaded 3pm wake-up that leaves...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com This week, Sally and Bec tackle the four month sleep regression head-on. If you're in the thick of 45-minute wake-ups or watching your once-great sleeper unravel, this episode is your survival guide. The four month sleep regression isn't actually a regression—it's a permanent developmental shift in h...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com This week’s Sleep Detectives is a proper grab-bag of the questions you’re Googling at 2am, and we didn’t even need a question box because we had leftovers from last week 😅 We cover everything from “should I start putting my 10-week-old down awake?” to toddler bedtime battles that look like separation anxiety, p...

Want to subscribe to every episode and get FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com Sleep training is usually talked about in terms of wake windows, self-settling, and fewer night wakings. But what parents don’t hear enough about are the unexpected, life-changing benefits that come after sleep improves. In this episode, Sally and Bec record fresh off a Camp Snooze morning check-in, and they’...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com It’s our Sleep Detectives episode, where we answer your real-life baby sleep questions (and somehow turn each one into a mini consult). This week we cover the messy middle of the 2–1 nap transition, toddlers waking to birds even with white noise, a newborn bedtime reset, bedtime whinging at 17 months, feeding st...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com If you’re aiming for a 7–7 schedule and your baby wakes at 6:15am, what time do you start the day? From the moment they open their eyes? From when you hear them on the monitor? Or from when you actually go in, turn the lights on, and start the morning? If you picked option one or two, you might be unknowingly pu...

A quick note from Sally and Bec to wish you a Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Whether today's big or quiet, they hope you get a moment to breathe. They know the season can be exciting and messy, especially when you're juggling little ones and their sleep routines. They're taking a short break to spend time with their families and will be back in your ears in two weeks with fresh ep...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 naptrappedpodcast.com You know that moment when your baby wakes at 10pm but you're trying to hold the feed until midnight? Sally and Bec finally explain what 'just resettle' actually means in practice - because they've been saying it for 64 episodes without breaking down the how. This week they answer a listener question...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com This week's Sleep Detectives tackles six parent questions spanning the full baby sleep spectrum. From nap schedule basics to stubborn early rising, Sally and Bec walk you through the specific fixes that actually work when you're juggling childcare, short naps, and wake times that feel like they're co...

Sign up to Nap Trapped and enjoy 20% off the all-new baby sleep platform 'Snooze' featuring Sally and Bec as your personal baby sleep coaches 👉 ⁠www.naptrappedpodcast.com⁠ You can feel them closing in. The relatives. The outstretched arms. The chorus of "just one more cuddle" and "they don't look tired" and "pop them in the spare room, they'll be fine.&quo...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com Your baby was sleeping through. Now they're waking hourly. Your toddler was cruising on two naps. Now they're refusing the second one. Sound familiar? This week Sally and Bec tackle six real parent questions about what happens when sleep goes sideways and how to get it back on track. From an 8-month-old...

Sally's all-access sleep platform Snooze is LIVE! Sign up before December 31 and get the REST OF 2025 FREE A nanny reached out with a question we hear all the time: is it normal to keep waking my baby from that first nap? Sally and Bec unpack a real 9-month-old case study, breaking down when to cap naps, why overnight feeds might actually be a scheduling issue, and what to do when a two-nap sc...

Want 20% off Betsy's financial wellness online course? Use code NAPTRAPPED at https://www.innermoneyjourney.com/digital-products. Here's the thing about becoming a parent: everything you knew about yourself, your work, and your money suddenly shifts. You might have been financially independent, climbing a career ladder, and then suddenly you're on parental leave, wondering who you are...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com You've finally got your baby sleeping through the night, and now you're about to start solids. But suddenly you're lying awake at 3am Googling "signs of choking" and "is gagging normal?" Sound familiar? This week Sally sits down with Eliza Leslie, a practicing paramedic and mother...

Look, we're people pleasers. Terrified of hurting feelings. But sometimes the most helpful thing we can do is rip the bandaid off and tell you what's actually getting in the way of better sleep. So today, we're following the trending format: advice we'd give you as sleep consultants if we weren't afraid to hurt your feelings. Spoiler: we're still afraid. But we're sayin...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com You know that moment when you've tried everything and you're left thinking: am I doing this wrong? This week's Sleep Detectives is for you. Sally and Bec tackle nine real parent questions about the tricky stuff—swaddle transitions, early rising, feeding to sleep overnight, nap schedules that feel off...

Your toddler's been a great sleeper for months. Then one night they start demanding more books, more cuddles, more everything. You're trapped in the room for two hours wondering what happened to your independent sleeper. This is the 18 month sleep regression, and it's less about sleep and more about boundaries. Sally and Bec break down why this regression happens right when toddlers le...

Want to subscribe to every ep and enjoy FREE sleep tools? 👉 www.naptrappedpodcast.com You've been sending questions and Sally and Bec are answering them all. This week's Sleep Detectives covers everything from sleep training older toddlers to fixing stubborn 5:30am wakes to figuring out if your baby actually needs medical tests. If you've been stuck on when to drop a nap or how to han...