Anchor Sleep Planner: Protect One 4-Hour Block Each
A written shift plan for the adults' sleep in the newborn weeks: anchor-sleep explainer, 24-hour planner with two examples, swap rules and a handoff note.
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Look inside
The real opening page, word for word. 3 parts in total.
Part 1: Start here, and what anchor sleep is
This planner helps two adults (or one adult and a helper) write down who is on duty and who is off duty during the newborn weeks, so that each adult has one protected, longer stretch of sleep every 24 hours. It is a planning tool for the adults' sleep. That is all it does.
What it does not do. It does not cover infant sleep, feeding methods, or training of any kind. For anything about how your newborn sleeps or is fed, follow your pediatrician's guidance, including their safe-sleep guidance. It is also not medical advice, and it cannot promise how any night will go. Newborns set their own schedule in these weeks, and a plan only works when it bends.
What is in this pack
- Part 1 (this file): what anchor sleep is and how to pick your block.
- Part 2: a 24-hour shift planner you can copy, plus two filled-in examples: one for two adults, and one for one adult with a helper.
- Part 3: a one-page swap-rules agreement and a one-page handoff note template.
What is in each part
- Start here, and what anchor sleep is
- The 24-hour shift planner and two examples
- Swap rules and the handoff note
What's inside
- Anchor-sleep explainer and five steps to pick your block
- Printable 24-hour shift planner
- Two worked examples: two adults, one adult with helper
- Swap-rules agreement and a handoff note template
Who it's for
For two adults, or one adult with a helper, in weeks 2 to 8 who want each person to have one protected, longer stretch of sleep. An expert review by a sleep clinician is planned; until then it is general information, not professional advice.
How you get it
- In your libraryCheckout opens at launch. After you buy, it appears in your library straight away.
- Any devicePhone, tablet or computer. Print it if you like paper.
- Yours to keepIt stays in your account, and you can come back any time.
