What they eat, and how it shows up at night

Food doesn't fix sleep, but it can quietly wreck it. A baby who eats too little at dinner wakes at 4am. A toddler who fills up on milk at 5pm won't eat, then wakes hungry. Most of the advice around this is folklore — the cereal-in-the-bottle myth has outlived several generations of evidence.

This toolkit covers what's actually established: which nutrients support sleep, which foods work against it, and how much a baby needs at each age from 6 to 24 months.

What's inside

The foundations — How nutrition influences sleep, and the biggest myths corrected
Nutrient deep dive — What supports sleep, what disrupts it, and why
Feeding by age — 6–8, 9–12, 12–18 and 18–24 months, with meal frequency and portions
Meal timing — How spacing affects the night, and what a dinner should look like
Sample daily menus — One worked example for each age band
Sleep-friendly recipes — Simple ones, built around what's already in your kitchen
Night feeding vs. hunger — Telling the two apart, which most guides skip
Common feeding challenges — Refusal, grazing, the 5pm milk problem

Plus printables: quick reference cheat sheet, weekly meal planner, grocery planner, progress tracker, and the Sleep-Friendly Plate.

Included in the Newborn Complete and 12–24 Complete bundles. Or get all five toolkits in the Toolkit Library — $49.