{"route":"/by-age/","title":"Read by your child's age","kind":"page","stage":null,"label":null,"html":"<p class=\"lead\"><em>The age-band picker from <a href=\"/start-here/\">Start here</a>. If you know roughly how old your child is, jump to the band that fits. Each band points at the parts of the handbook most likely to help right now.</em></p>\n<h2 id=\"age-under-6m\">Under 6 months</h2>\n<p>The structured seven stages aren&#39;t ready for your child yet - that&#39;s biology, not anything you&#39;ve done. Use this time to set up the conditions that will make the programme work cleanly when readiness arrives.</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"/ready-checklist/\">Is your child ready?</a> - what to wait for, and what to do meanwhile.</li><li><a href=\"/foundations/safe-sleep/\">Safe sleep</a> - the non-negotiables.</li><li><a href=\"/foundations/wake-windows/\">Wake windows</a> - newborn timing.</li><li><a href=\"/foundations/the-room/\">The room</a> - dark, sound, temperature.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/c/\">Appendix C - sample routines</a> - sample daily rhythms for under-six-month-olds.</li></ul>\n<h2 id=\"age-6-12m\">6–12 months</h2>\n<p>The core path. If long overnight sleep is the painpoint, this is where the handbook does most of its work.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/ready-checklist/\">Is your child ready?</a> - confirm the seven readiness signs.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/foundations/wake-windows/\">Wake windows</a> - the practical timing guide for this age.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/b/\">Appendix B - wake-window quick reference</a> - the table to keep on your phone.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/foundations/\">Foundations</a> - sleepy cues, co-regulation, the room, and the basics that make the stages work.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/stage/\">The seven stages</a> - the structured programme, walked in order.</li>\n<li>Scenarios - when something specific is happening:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/multiple-wake-ups-before-midnight/\">Multiple wake-ups before midnight</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/multiple-wake-ups-after-4am-early-morning-waking/\">Multiple wake-ups after 4am (early-morning waking)</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/false-start-3045-minutes-after-going-down/\">False start (30–45 minutes after going down)</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/long-settle-30-minutes-to-fall-asleep/\">Long settle (30+ minutes to fall asleep)</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/chapter/regressions/\">Regressions and resets</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h2 id=\"age-12-24m\">12–24 months</h2>\n<p>Naps shifting to one, stronger preferences, more regressions, more verbal protest. If your child is 12–18 months, you are in the nearly-toddler zone: the seven stages still apply, but wake windows and nap transitions matter more.</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"/foundations/wake-windows/\">Wake windows</a> and <a href=\"/appendix/b/\">Appendix B</a> - especially the 12–18 month and 18–24 month rows.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/c/\">Appendix C - sample routines</a> - including the 1-nap transition routine.</li><li><a href=\"/chapter/regressions/\">Regressions and resets</a>.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/d/standing-in-cot-at-midnight/\">Standing in cot at midnight</a>.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/d/control-point-request-water-parents-voice-feed/\">Control-point requests (water, parents&#39; voice, feed)</a>.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/d/preferred-parent-escalation/\">Preferred-parent escalation</a>.</li><li><a href=\"/appendix/d/phantom-hunger-vs-real-hunger/\">Phantom hunger vs real hunger</a>.</li><li><a href=\"/chapter/toddler-and-preschool/\">Toddler and preschool sleep</a>.</li></ul>\n<h2 id=\"age-2plus\">2+ years</h2>\n<p>Bigger child, bigger feelings, bed transitions, &quot;why&quot; questions in the dark.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/chapter/toddler-and-preschool/\">Toddler and preschool sleep</a>.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/c/\">Appendix C - sample routines</a> - for 2–3yr and 3–4yr.</li>\n<li><a href=\"/chapter/regressions/\">Regressions and resets</a>.</li>\n<li>For the older-child scenarios:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/standing-in-cot-at-midnight/\">Standing in cot at midnight</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/naked-or-bare-bottom-protests/\">Naked / bare-bottom protests</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"/appendix/d/preferred-parent-escalation/\">Preferred-parent escalation</a></li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"/chapter/graduating/\">Graduating</a> - when the work is done.</li>\n</ul>","prev":null,"next":null,"up":{"route":"/start-here/","title":"Start here"},"hubItems":null,"redirectTo":null}