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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 26 MIN

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

from Australian Birth Stories · host Sophie Walker

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 use the code ABS5 at checkout to save even more on top of these amazing sale prices.But be quick — the Easter Sale ends April 6, and the ABS5 code is valid across all reduced items. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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