Newborn care guides
These newborn care guides are the same articles you can read offline inside the app: wake windows, night sleep and night waking, feeding rhythm, colic and evening fussing, wind and burping, white noise, sleep schedules by age, sleep training approaches, a colic diary, and our own measurement, “Why a cry cannot be decoded”.
Each article is written for a tired parent at 3 a.m.: the short answer comes first, the sources sit at the end, and the “when to see a doctor” section is never locked in any article. The articles are general information, not a substitute for a clinician's advice.
All guides
Wake windows by age
From half an hour in a newborn to several hours by the first birthday: rough wake windows by age and what tiredness looks like.
Night sleep and night waking
Night sleep is the result of months of maturing: what is normal at each age, the truth about regressions, and what tends to reduce night waking.
Feeding rhythm
How often babies feed at each age, the hunger cues that come before crying, and the signs that your baby is getting enough.
Colic and evening fussing
Long, hard-to-soothe crying in an otherwise healthy baby: the rule of threes, the six-week peak, and what genuinely helps.
Wind and burping
The signs of wind, the three burping positions, a routine after feeds, and an honest look at whether burping reduces crying.
White noise for babies
Why it helps some babies, how strong the evidence is, and the safe volume and distance that matter most.
Why a cry cannot be decoded
The sound carries who the baby is and how old they are, not why they are crying: our own measurement and the independent 2023 study.
Sleep schedules by age
Sample days for 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12 months: read them for their order and intervals, not their hours.
Sleep training approaches
Ferber, the chair method, no-cry approaches and full extinction side by side; the decision stays with your family.
A colic diary
What a simple diary kept over a few days changes, and what to have in your hand when you walk into the appointment.
Why is my baby crying
A checklist that starts with context rather than the sound: hunger, tiredness, nappy, temperature, stimulation, closeness and pain.
Sleep
How long your baby can stay awake, why they wake at night, and the shape a day takes: Wake windows, Night sleep and night waking, Sleep schedules by age and, with no side taken, Sleep training approaches. Why white noise helps some babies and the safe volume: White noise.
Feeding, wind and colic
Feeding rhythm covers frequency, hunger cues and the signs of enough. Wind and burping covers the signs, positions and a routine after feeds; Colic and evening fussing covers the rule of threes, what helps and when to worry. A colic diary covers what to bring to the appointment.
Crying, and our own measurement
Why a cry cannot be decoded is the most important article on this site: on a public dataset, with baby-wise validation, predicting the cause from sound stayed at chance level, and the article shows where the high-percentage claims come from. All the numbers are on the Methodology page.
For what to check in the moment instead of interpreting the sound — hunger, tiredness, nappy, temperature, stimulation, closeness and pain — read Why is my baby crying. The ranking on Agubu's result screen starts from the same place: the last feed, time awake, the last diaper change, your baby's age and the hour of the day.
Frequently asked questions
Are the guides free?
The opening of every article and its “when to see a doctor” section are open to everyone and never locked. The in-depth sections in between are in Premium for some articles.
Were the articles written by a doctor?
No. They were written by an independent developer, drawing on the general guidance of bodies such as the AAP, the NHS and the Turkish Ministry of Health, with sources listed at the end of each article. They are general information, not a substitute for a clinician's advice.
Are the same articles in the app?
Yes. The Guide tab holds the ten articles above, readable offline, with the ones that fit your baby's age listed first. Why is my baby crying is on this site only for now.
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