Notes from Wriggler
The occasional quiet note on building a calmer tracker, and on the early days themselves.
3 September 2026
How should a newborn sleep? The safe-sleep basics
The American Academy of Pediatrics describes safe sleep for the first year as back-sleeping on a firm flat surface, in a cot with nothing else in it, in your room rather than your bed for the first six months.
13 August 2026
Logging a feed with one thumb
At the moment you most need to log a feed you have exactly one hand free, and it is holding the phone. That constraint is what the feed log was built around.
6 August 2026
When do toddlers drop to one nap?
The Cleveland Clinic puts the move from two naps to one between 18 and 24 months, with no fixed date. What the guidance actually points at is your toddler's behaviour around naps, not the calendar.
30 July 2026
The one suggestion Wriggler makes
Wriggler's whole design is to show you what you logged, not what to do. The wake-window guide is the one place it leans toward a suggestion, so here is exactly what it is and what it is built on.
16 July 2026
When the numbers are too much
Some nights a screen full of counts is the last thing you need. Calm mode and warm dark mode are Wriggler's two free ways to turn the volume down, without losing a thing you logged.
2 July 2026
What the nappy log actually records
The nappy log is the least glamorous thing Wriggler tracks and one of the most useful. It records what happened, in two taps, and leaves what it means to you and your baby's clinicians.
18 June 2026
The sleep timer you can start half-asleep
Wriggler's sleep timer is built for the moment you have to start counting before you know what kind of sleep this is. Tap to start, tap to stop, and for the nights you miss the start, type it in after.
7 June 2026
Why Wriggler shows you what you logged, not what to do
Wriggler reads your own day back to you — your feeds, your live timer, your nappy count, the hours since the last sleep — and stops there, on purpose. The restraint is the point.
6 June 2026
Why a wombat
Wriggler's anchor is a wombat, and that is a deliberate choice. The wombat stands for a temperament — earthy, steady, present, calmly dependable — the kind of company a parent wants at 2am.