A Moment After her Thalasso Baby Bath:
What if she hasn't asked about sleep.
I have this mom in mind—right after a Thalasso Baby Bath. She had just experienced this precious moment with her newborn daughter, and as we sat together, calm settling into the home, she asked me about baby sleep.
Her baby was sleeping like a charm, wrapped in the deep calm the bath had offered. But she still asked, “What do we need to know?” She wanted to be prepared. She was kind of afraid of what was to come—of all the sleep preparations, of the exhaustion, of how hard baby sleep can be on parents.
I remember the three pairs of eyes on her daughter, peacefully resting. The dad was there, on the sofa, watching her closely. The mother, sitting nearby with a warm tea in her hands, grounded and present. Me sitting on the floor, witnessing the calm in this home.
Her Thalasso Bain Bébé
And after the wonderful Thalasso Bain Bébé her daughter offered us, I just wanted to hug this mom. I wanted to reassure her. To tell her: you already have everything you need.
She had all that was required for a baby to find sleep. The calm. The slowing down. The understanding between each other. She could read her daughter beautifully—her daughter was speaking in her own way, and her mum was attuned to it.
The bath gave us so much more than a moment of peace. It gave sensory insight. It gave connection. It gave trust. This mother and her partner were a team—playing in sync. Communication was already there. Her needs were being expressed, and her partner was growing into his role, connecting deeply with both mother and daughter. And their daughter—on her way to feeling fully safe, fully seen.
I think about this mom a lot.
What if she stayed wondering?
What if she thought she had to follow every mainstream “do and don’t” from the baby sleep books?
What if we missed that moment— never catch up on time, her doubt, fears, and all the myths around her?
She might have spent her whole first month:
－ Chasing “a routine" or a schedule that a newborn with its chaotic-everyday-adjusting-and- changing internal clock just can't follow
－ Waiting for her baby to respond to sleep habits her nervous system just can’t learn yet
－ Trying to make every mainstream “do and don’t” fit her baby, instead of molding them around her
And all that precious time—
time that could have been spent talking with her daughter,
resting with her,
Letting her adult expectations go and start
meeting her girl for who she is.
I’m really glad the Thalasso Baby Bath gave us that standing-still moment.
Because without it, this mom might have filled her head with what "she is supposed to do" to support her newborn sleep.
Instead, she is doing what we are supposed to do when we want to introduce someone into our life and meet that person for the first time : Enjoying the first date.
And that’s why I decided to write this series—Understanding Newborn Sleep.
So you can stop overthinking.
So you can drop some of the doubt and guilt.
So you can start doing what actually matters for you and your baby—right now.
And we’ll begin this journey with two simple lessons we can learn from the Thalasso Baby Bath.
Whether or not you ever experience this very special bath yourself, its wisdom is still for you.
2 lessons we can learn from the Thalasso Baby Bath →
(Whether you had the chance to have one or not)
a Newborn Sleep
Guide
Layering the ground of your parenting journey