Safe sleeping
Keeping your baby safe while they sleep.
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Sleep is important for your baby’s health and there are ways to make sure your baby sleeps as safely as possible.
This can help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, also known as SIDS or cot death.
Advice and guidance is available on how to keep your baby safe while they’re sleeping.
The Lullaby Trust
Safer sleep advice to help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome.
Visit the Lullaby Trust website.
NHS
The NHS has advice on:
- Reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
- Newborn and baby sleeping advice for parents (NHS Start for Life website)
Tommy's
Advice on safer sleep for babies, including do's and don'ts for safer sleep.
The Cry-sis Helpline
Support for crying and sleepless babies under 12 months.
Your baby will have their own pattern of waking and sleeping, and it's unlikely to be the same as other babies you know.
Just as with adults, babies and children's sleep patterns vary.
Find more information about helping your baby to sleep on the NHS website.