There are many factors that influence your baby or toddler's ability to sleep through the night:

• their age
• the amount of calories they've consumed during the day
• the sleep environment
• the length of their wake windows during the day
• the time and length of their daytime naps
• their settling or self-settling ability
• less common are factors like reflux, colic, sickness or other medical conditions

To get all these factors lined up right for your little one, the personalised sleep plans in our Sleep App is the best place to start.

Sleep regressions are stages every baby will go through and can be very disruptive to their (and your) sleep. Signs of sleep regression are:

• Shorter naps
• More night waking
• Staying awake for long periods in the night
• Nap refusal
• Bedtime battles
• More cranky than usual
• Seems to have "forgotten" any sleep progress made

For more details information and advice about sleep regressions, read this article.

Self-settling is a sleep skill where your little one is able to drift off to sleep without needing you to actively settle them to sleep (with rocking, feeding etc). Tt becomes important from around 4 months old to achieve longer naps and more consolidated night time sleep.

There are many methods you can use to teach this skill to your little one, more information and guidance is available here.

Wake windows are the period of time your little one is awake for, between naps. It is one of the most important aspects of baby sleep.

Your baby's wake windows are changing every week until 12 weeks old, then every month after that - it is important to keep up with these changes.

For more detailed information, check out this article.

For the ultimate solution, our Sleep App builds your baby's personalised sleep plan every day, so wake windows are always spot on.

The Little Ones Baby Sleep App contains personalised sleep plans, comprehensive methods, guides and advice to get your baby's napping and night-time sleep on track. It is the most detailed and in-depth online sleep app in the world. The App contains:

• Sleep o rhythm (the Little Ones sleep algorithm) which automatically adjusts your baby's day based on their tracked sleep
• Feed, sleep & diaper trackers and detailed analysis
• Notifications about events such as naps, feeds and wake times. The notifications are customisable
• Home Screen widgets
• Ability to add multiple children
• Methods for twins and multiples
• Access to certified Sleep Consultants in the  Village - private chat version of this coming soon!
• Notifications about upcoming changes in your little one’s sleep
• Detailed troubleshooting 

Yes! We have helped lots of parents with multiples and have a special Multiples Guide within our Little Ones Sleep App. This talks you through your babies’ sleep, ideas about feeding techniques and how to stagger your daily schedule if necessary.

Some babies do certainly need a bit more or less sleep than others their age, so our personalised sleep plans are designed for your unique baby's sleep needs.

Yes absolutely! Our Little Ones™ founders both breastfed all of their babies while successfully using our methods. You are also able to breastfeed your baby or toddler on demand if that’s your preference, or you can choose to follow the suggested feeding times in your personalised sleep plan.

Once your little one has been seen by a doctor and is on medication if needed, then yes absolutely! Our App will ensure that your little one's daily sleep needs are met so that they aren't unsettled due to being over tired.

Not at all! These are suggestions in our app because we’ve seen how well white noise and a very dark room help little ones link sleep cycles and settle easier at nap and bedtime. Many of our customers don’t use either and still have success with our methods. Totally up to you.

There is no way to guarantee the effectiveness of each individual baby or toddler due to outside factors which may detract from results and it can be hard work for some babies to dramatically change their sleep habits. Our App is not an overnight miracle fix, but is designed and proven to lock in excellent sleep habits with your baby for years to come. If however, you don’t see improvements with your baby’s sleep, we may offer a refund as per the refund policy here: Refund Policy.

If you are a subscription customer please ensure you cancel your subscription to ensure no further payments are deducted. You can find out how to do that here: Terms of use.
We do not offer refunds on subscription purchases as per our refund policy here: Refund Policy

We have developed a unique and gradual approach to sleep. Our methods for teaching self-settling (for babies over 4 months) work with your little one’s existing sleep association and allow you to comfort them throughout the process, meaning you can go at your own pace and provide hands-on comfort if that is your preference. Because we aim to cater to many different parenting styles, we also provide a more hands-off method for parents who choose that approach, but this is not traditional "extinction" sleep training.

A lot of our customers have had success using the App while still choosing to feed or rock their little ones to sleep. They have found the personalised plans in our Sleep App provide a framework for their day and something to come back to troubleshoot if needed. If and when these mothers (and little ones) are ready, they are better placed to begin the gradual self-settling process as they have good sleep habits already established through the App.

If you’d like to continue to co-sleep you can certainly still use our methods as a framework for getting naps happening at the right times and avoiding too much overtiredness. If you’d like to get your little one sleeping in their own bed, we have a very gradual method especially for co-sleeping babies & toddlers which respects the closeness of that bond and gently transitions them into their own sleeping space.

Our Certified Sleep COnsultants are available via private chat to help whenever you need it. This can be purchased per month from inside the app.

* This support is only available in the app. The app requires iOS v 11 or later, Android 4.0 or later.
** The support is not an instant messaging service and some delays in response times are expected.

Our company is an accredited member of the IACSC (International Association of Child Sleep Consultants). The Little Ones™ Team are all certified Sleep Consultants through our internationally registered training academy and hold a whole host of additional qualifications relevant to this industry - we have healthcare practitioners and registered education professionals among our team! All our consultants have received extensive training in baby sleep neurology and behaviour, age-appropriate settling methods and best sleep practices in addition to their existing tertiary qualifications.

Little Ones™ is also endorsed and recommended by Kate Johnson,Ph.D. Sleep Physiology and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School and SRI (formerly Stanford Research International) and is recommended by paediatricians and doctors worldwide.

All our research links and a full bibliography can be found here

Your access is available immediately after purchase. You need to make sure you register / log in to the app and the website using the email address you purchased with.

Our Sleep App is intended for use by the individual who purchased it and is governed by copyright law.

We believe it is really helpful to start setting up good sleep habits from early on if you can. This doesn't mean you're forcing your newborn baby into a rigid sleep program, rather you're helping them establish and regulate natural nap and sleep patterns that will mean your baby is settled and happy because they're getting enough sleep at the right times.

Nope! Our App caters for babies and toddlers from birth to 3 years old and we have settling and self-settling methods that are age specific across that whole spectrum. Many of our customers have started our App with their older babies or toddlers and have achieved great success.

The times give in your baby's personalised daily sleep plan are a goal to work towards for that day. We understand that babies aren't robots however and sometimes our day doesn't always unfold as it should. When that happens, your baby's sleep plan will auto-adapt to their real sleep patterns, adjusting the next wake windows and naps.

Some babies & toddlers would happily sleep all day and some will wake naturally from naps and regulate their own sleep. If your little one is at risk of having too much day sleep which will impact their night time settling and sleep, or if it means your baby will be missing a feed, then we do recommend you wake your little one some of the time. Helping them to regulate their daytime nap hours is the best way to avoid day/night confusion and will also help them consolidate their nights quicker.

Not at all! The best thing about having predictability to your little one’s day is that you’re able to more confidently plan outings for when you know your little one will be awake and happy, rather than not knowing when they’ll need a feed or if they might need a sleep while you’re out. The morning and afternoon naps are really easy to do out and about and we really only suggest you aim for the long lunchtime sleep to happen in their bed as this helps teach them that this is where they sleep (which has a positive impact on their night time settling and sleep in their bed) and it also ensures they have the best chance for a long nap. An added advantage is that you then have a good 2 hours to yourself to have some lunch in peace or put your feet up.