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.
Safe sleeping advice and guidance
Online support and helplines include:
- The Lullaby Trust website - safer sleep advice to help reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome
- Tommy's website - advice on safer sleep for babies, including do's and don'ts for safer sleep
- The Cry-sis Helpline website - support for crying and sleepless babies under 12 months
- Growing Healthy 0 to 19 years Cumberland (HDFT)
The NHS has advice on:
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.