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Safer sleeping

Knowing how to position your baby when sleeping, what mattress and bedding is best, what temperature their room should be and whether to co-sleep are all important to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Advice is available from the Lullaby Trust on safer sleeping and co-sleeping.

Regular predictable bedtime routines help babies and young children to settle happily to sleep. These bedtime routines are especially important if your baby or child is a late settler or resists going to bed. The health visitors institute provide some top tips for parents including on sleep routine. Please see https://ihv.org.uk/families/top-tips/

Lullaby Trust

www.lullabytrust.org.uk/SaferSleep

 

The Lullaby Trust has lots of up to date information for families and can also provide bereavement support. They have a large collection of resources to download and order. These are available in various languages.

 

UNICEF- Caring for your baby at night  

https://www.unicef.org.uk/babyfriendly/baby-friendly-resources/sleep-and-night-time-resources/caring-for-your-baby-at-night/

 

Caring For Your Baby at Night covers a range of topics, including getting some rest, night feeding, safe sleeping environments and helping baby to settle. It is endorsed by the Lullaby Trust, the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) and the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA).

 

Infant Sleep Information Service - https://www.basisonline.org.uk/

The aim of Basis (the Baby Sleep Information Source) is to provide online access to up-to-date research based evidence about biologically normal infant sleep, in forms that are accessible to parents and health practitioners, supported by references to research relevant to families in the UK.

 

Baby Buddy App 

https://www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/baby-buddy

A free interactive pregnancy and parenting app Baby Buddy has been created to support parents, co-parents and caregivers. Baby Buddy provides trusted, evidence-based information and self-care tools, based on the latest research and is NHS-approved.

Institute of Health Visiting

https://ihv.org.uk/families/top-tips/

Top tips for parents with factsheets to download.

 

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