Moving Away From Contact Naps
A gentle, CIO-free guide to help families move away from contact naps so their child can sleep in their own sleep space.
This guide covers everything you need to know about transitioning from contact naps to crib sleep. Inside, you’ll learn how to build confidence in your child’s sleep space, navigate challenging transfers, and support your child if they wake immediately after being transferred. Designed with a gentle and practical approach, this guide provides clear, step-by-step strategies to help your child sleep confidently in their own sleep space.
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You’re in the right place…
If sleep is feeling really unsustainable right now, you are not alone. Maybe you started contact napping simply to make sure everyone was getting the rest they needed. And let me guess, you love the contact naps, but you're also realizing that it no longer feels sustainable long-term and things are starting to feel really hard.
You know your child isn't getting the restorative sleep they need, and you're having a hard time because you can’t get anything done during the day.
You want to teach your child to sleep in their own sleep space, but you want to do it in a way where they still feel held, supported, and comforted throughout the process. The idea of cry-it-out feels overwhelming to you. And maybe you've already tried crib-side settling or other sleep approaches, only to feel like nothing is truly working.
We see you. Many of the families we work with come to us in exactly this place. Exhausted, overwhelmed, and wanting a gentler, more supported path forward.
If your child wakes immediately upon transfer, it doesn’t mean you have to resort to using the “cry it out” method to teach your child to sleep in their own sleep space. It’s possible to prepare your child for this transition so it’s much smoother.
How Our Method Is Different….
The sleep world is often split into two extremes, with cry-it-out on one side and attachment-led approaches on the other. Tiny Stars Sleep is intentionally positioned in the middle, where sleep can be both gentle and effective.
We keep this process gentle by first preparing your child for any sleep changes before jumping right in.
All the information you need in one place…
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Step 1 - Build Confidence In Your Child's Sleep Space
Before starting this transition, it’s important that your child feels safe in their sleep space and there is no negative association present.
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Step 2 - How To Transfer From Contact Naps To Crib Sleep
Next, we’ll cover how to transition your child from contact napping to sleeping in their own sleep space.
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Step 3 - How To Have A Successful Transfer
We’ll walk through all the steps you need to take in order to successfully transfer your child into their sleep space without them waking.
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Step 4 - What To Do If Your Child Always Wakes Immediately Upon Transfer
If you’ve followed all the recommendations from step 3 and your child still wakes immediately upon transfer, don’t worry. In step 4 we cover what to do if your child wakes immediately upon transfer no matter what you try.
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Step 5 - How To Handle Short Naps During This Transition
When you first make this transition you’ll likely be met with some short naps as your child adjusts to this change. In step 5 we’ll cover how to prevent your child from becoming overtired while you make this transition.
This course is for you if…
You started contact naps by preference or while in survival mode, but now if feels unsustainable and you’re ready to have your child sleep in their own sleep space, so your whole family can get the sleep they need.
Your child wakes the moment to transfer them to their sleep space and you’re worried they’re going to fall into an overtired state.
You’re ready to move away from contact naps but you feel exhausted and overwhelmed by the overload of contradictory information found online.
You’re tired of sitting in a dark room for hours each day just so your child can get the sleep they need.
You want to transition away from contact naps so you can spend more time with your other children or your spouse.
Welcome here
I’m Lauren, a certified sleep coach and the owner of Tiny Stars Sleep. I live on the west coast of Canada with my husband and our two kids.
I became a sleep consultant over five years ago after having my children and quickly realizing that children don’t just “sleep.” Like many parents, I went searching for answers and found so much conflicting information online, most of it pointing toward leaving your child to cry it out, which didn’t feel right for me.
That experience is what led me to create a different approach, one that supports meaningful, lasting changes in sleep without leaving children to cry it out. After supporting over 850 families, I’ve seen time and time again how my method improves a child’s sleep while also making a huge difference in a parent’s day-to-day life.
What If You Started Today?
What If You Started Today?
Imagine starting today and, within the next week, seeing your child begin adapting to sleeping in their own sleep space. How would it feel to no longer spend hours sitting in a dark room or missing meals while you’re trying to make sure your child gets the sleep they need? And instead, have more space in your day to be present with your family and take care of your own physical and mental wellbeing.
If sleep has felt heavy lately, you’re not alone. Let’s gently make changes to your child’s sleep so you can find a routine that feels more sustainable for your family.
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Your questions of this Course…
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Yes! In the course we’ll cover how to have a successful transfer and what to do if your child always wakes immediately upon transfer.
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This course does not involve any type of sleep training method. You will be assisting your child to sleep through the whole transition.
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This course does not include any information on how to teach your child to fall asleep independently. If you’re looking for information on transitioning away from contact naps and teaching independent sleep, my Infant Sleep Simplified Course is a better fit for your family.
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Yes! In the first step of this course we discuss how to build a positive attachment for your child to their sleep space.
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Yes! You’ll be able to continue feeding your child to sleep if that feels best for your family.