Rest with Minó — Petra & Jasper
What does rest look like when you’re ten weeks into motherhood?
For Petra, it looks a little like a cloud-covered bedroom, a very particular bedtime ritual, and figuring it all out as she goes.
Rest with Minó is a new series about sleep, rest, and the spaces we create around them.
For the first one, I went to see my friend Petra and her beautiful boy, Jasper, who was just ten weeks old when we visited.
Why temperature matters more than you think
Parents spend hours on routines and bedtime rules. But if a child keeps waking at night, the answer is more likely in what they are sleeping under than what time they went to bed.
The science behind calming colours
The colours in your child’s room are not neutral. They are doing something to their nervous system — every night, whether you designed it that way or not.
Creating a sensory-friendly sleep space
If your child notices every tag, seam, and texture — bedtime is not just hard. It can feel impossible. Here is what the research says, and what actually helps.
