Every behavior is
a conversation.
Let's learn to listen. Cradle reads the invisible language between parent and newborn — the arched back, the gaze aversion, the cry that doesn't match the clock.
840+
Families Supported
97%
Felt Heard at First Session
12
Developmental Domains Assessed
The answers were always within reach.
Twelve questions. Four domains. One profile that finally puts language to what you've been sensing.
Start Your Assessment
Two opening questions take under a minute. Baby's age in weeks. Your primary concern, chosen from a visual card selector.
Watch Your Baby's Profile Assemble
As you answer, the card grid reshapes in real time — dimming irrelevant domains, illuminating the ones that matter for your baby.
Receive Your Developmental Snapshot
A personalized profile organized by domain — attachment, sensory, sleep, feeding, co-regulation — with specific insights for each.
Book a Parent-Infant Session
Each domain card includes a description of what support looks like and a direct booking link. No referral needed.
The invisible language, made visible.
Infant mental health lives at the intersection of these five domains. Your baby's profile will illuminate which areas are calling for attention.
Attachment
The secure base. Patterns form in the first months and shape emotional regulation for years. We look at reciprocity, repair, and the quality of the gaze exchange.
Signals we listen for:
Inconsistent eye contact · Difficulty soothing · Parent feels disconnected
Sensory Processing
Every baby has a sensory threshold. When that threshold is very low or very high, ordinary caregiving becomes dysregulating for both baby and parent.
Signals we listen for:
Overwhelm in new environments · Under-responsive to touch · Feeding hypersensitivity
Sleep Regulation
Sleep reflects your baby's nervous system maturity and their capacity to self-regulate between sleep cycles — not just a schedule problem.
Signals we listen for:
Short sleep cycles · Difficulty initiating sleep · Frequent night waking beyond developmental norms
Feeding Relationship
Feeding is the first co-regulated experience — the earliest template for intimacy and trust. When it's fraught, we look at the whole relationship.
Signals we listen for:
Arched back during feeds · Feeding ends in distress · Parent dreads feeding times
Emotional Co-Regulation
Babies borrow regulation from their caregivers. When co-regulation breaks down, both parent and infant become dysregulated together — a cycle we can interrupt.
Signals we listen for:
Crying that doesn't match the context · Inconsolable episodes · Parent feels helpless or reactive
Which domains are present for your baby?
The assessment takes 8 minutes and produces a profile specific to your baby's age and signals.
What it feels like to finally have language.
My pediatrician had been saying 'wait and see' for six weeks. After Cradle's assessment, I had words for what I was watching. The profile named three things I'd been circling around for months.
Nadia Osei-Bonsu
First-time mother, 11-week-old
Attachment · Sensory Processing
I refer families here when my clinical instinct says something's off but the standard screens don't capture it. The parent-infant lens is exactly what was missing in our referral pathway.
Dr. Amara Nwosu
General Pediatrician, Boston
Pediatric Referral Partner
As an early intervention coordinator, I was building care plans for NICU graduates without a parent-infant specialist on my team. Cradle filled that gap in a way I didn't expect.
Josephine Müller
Early Intervention Coordinator
NICU Follow-up Program
The feeding sessions changed everything. Not just the mechanics — the relationship. My daughter stopped arching away from me by week three. I cried at that session.
Priya Krishnamurthy
Mother of 4-month-old
Feeding Relationship
For Clinicians & Coordinators
A referral pathway beyond "wait and see."
Pediatricians and early intervention coordinators can refer directly. We accept NICU follow-up cases, postpartum mental health referrals, and feeding therapy co-consultations.