Show Notes
Baby sleep can feel overwhelming fast—especially when you're tracking naps, calculating wake windows, watching for sleepy cues, adjusting bedtime, and somehow still wondering if you're getting any of it right.
In this episode, I sit down with local parents Frank and Amanda, the husband-and-wife team behind Ceddie Sleeps, a baby sleep app inspired by their own experience navigating sleep with their son, Cedric.
Like so many first-time parents, Frank and Amanda found themselves constantly trying to figure out what their baby needed next. When sleep suddenly became more challenging around the four-month mark, they turned to articles, sleep apps, and AI for answers—but still felt like something was missing.
That experience eventually led Frank to build the first version of Ceddie Sleeps, an app designed to take a baby's actual sleep patterns and daily circumstances into account to help parents make sense of what to do next.
Together, we explore the mental load that comes with baby sleep, why every baby's sleep needs can look a little different, and how understanding patterns can help parents feel more confident about the decisions they're already making.
Frank and Amanda also explain how Ceddie uses established sleep guidance alongside a baby's individual sleep history to create personalized schedules that can adjust as naps run long or short, daycare sleep doesn't go as planned, babies get sick or start teething, and sleep needs change as they grow.
We also talk about the advice so many parents have heard—never wake a sleeping baby—and why sometimes waking your baby may actually help protect nighttime sleep. Plus, we get into nap transitions, wake windows, parent intuition, and why having more information can take some of the constant guesswork out of your day.
In this episode, we cover:
• Why baby sleep can create such a big mental load for parents
• What inspired Frank and Amanda to create Ceddie Sleeps
• How Ceddie uses sleep data and AI to personalize schedules
• When waking a sleeping baby may actually make sense
• Adjusting bedtime when daycare naps don't go as planned
• Navigating nap transitions as your baby grows
• How the app explains the "why" behind its sleep suggestions
• Balancing sleep guidance with your own intuition as a parent
• When additional support from a sleep professional may be helpful
One of the biggest reminders from this conversation is that when you're in the thick of baby sleep struggles, it can feel like you're doing something wrong—but babies change constantly, sleep changes with them, and parents are learning right alongside their little ones.
If you've ever found yourself wondering when your baby should sleep next, whether you're following the right wake windows, why yesterday's schedule suddenly isn't working today, or if you'll ever stop thinking about naps...
This episode is a reminder that you don't have to have it all figured out. Sometimes a little more information, a little less guesswork, and a better understanding of your own baby's patterns can make those exhausting seasons feel a whole lot more manageable.
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