600 | Postpartum - Ruby, breastfeeding, sleep challenges, normal infant biology, low sleep needs

From Australian Birth Stories by Sophie Walker

March 26, 2026 · 26 min

About this episode

Ruby shares her journey with infant sleep and her understanding of low sleep needs in babies.

In today’s episode Ruby shares her journey with infant sleep. We all come to postpartum with a predisposed understanding of baby sleep which usually involves the mindset that it’s the parent’s ‘job’ to ‘teach’ the baby to sleep. But as you will hear in this episode, babies have a primal drive to sleep and their sleep needs are ultimately influenced by their temperament. Ruby sought advice from two sleep training experts (which she admits felt counterintuitive), before she found a sleep consultant who specialises in normal infant biology. From here, Ruby grew to understand her baby’s low sleep needs and subsequently surrendered to a sleep journey that looks very different to her initial presumptions of sleep and settling. Today’s sponsor is iLTutto   iL Tutto is celebrating Easter with something special. For a limited time, you can enjoy up to 50% off their beautiful range of nursery furniture — including Electric Recliners, Glider Nursery Chairs, Cots, Chests with removable changers, plus Boba Carriers and their cosy Grow Kindly Natural Fibre Sleepwear. And here’s something just for you — as a listener of Australian Birth Stories, you’ll receive an extra 5% off. Simply…

People in this episode

Host: Sophie Walker

Guest: Ruby

Topics covered

postpartum
infant sleep
breastfeeding
sleep challenges
normal infant biology
parenting

Keywords

postpartum
infant sleep
breastfeeding
sleep training
sleep consultant
parenting
baby sleep

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Organizations: Acast