The Failed Transfer Is Not a Failure
You've been told to put your baby down drowsy but awake. You've been told you need to break the habit early. The assumption underneath all of it: if you can't transfer, you're failing. You're not.
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Contact Sleeping
Contact Sleeping
Babies who only sleep when held aren't broken — they're biologically normal. What you need to know.
Your Baby Will Eventually Sleep in the Cot
You've tried the bum-first transfer. The warm mattress trick. The slow-motion creep away from the cot. And your baby's eyes still snap open like a motion sensor. You're starting to wonder if they'll go to university still sleeping on your chest. They won't.
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The Science Behind the Failed Transfer
Your baby sleeps beautifully in your arms and wakes the moment they hit the mattress. Three overlapping biological systems explain exactly why — and none of them are your fault.
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If Your Baby Won't Sleep in the Cot, You're Not Doing Anything Wrong
Your arm is numb. Your back aches. You haven't eaten in four hours. Your baby is asleep on your chest and you don't dare move. You love them completely. And you would really like to put them down. Both things are true.
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'You're Spoiling Your Baby' — Why This Advice Is Wrong
Someone has told you that you hold your baby too much. That you're spoiling them. Decades of attachment research says otherwise — here's what it actually shows.
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Why Your Baby Only Sleeps When Held: The Biology of the Fourth Trimester
Your baby was designed to sleep on you. That's not a parenting failure — it's a 200,000-year-old design specification. Here's the biology behind why.
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