Safe Sleep for Babies

Signposting you to official guidance

Adopting a safer sleep routine with your baby can reduce the risk of a SID (Sudden Infant Death, formerly known as cot death) occurring.

For advice and guidance, please follow the links below:

The Lullaby Trust

NHS – Best Start In Life

Essex Child And Family Wellbeing Service

Baby Sleep Pillows – Key Safety

Guidance for practitioners:

Essex Safeguarding Children Board

The EYFS statutory framework has now been updated to include Safer Sleep (Page 40)

Here are some helpful posters produced by Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service: