Safer Sleeping week (15th – 21st March 2022)

Date: Tuesday, 15th Mar 2022 | Category: General

This week marks the annual Safer Sleeping week, led by the Lullaby Trust. Safer Sleep Week is The Lullaby Trust’s national awareness campaign targeting anyone looking after a young baby. It aims to raise awareness of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and the proven advice on how parents can reduce the risk of it occurring. We know that greater awareness of safer sleep leads to a decrease in the numbers of babies dying. Sadly around 4 babies a week still die from SIDS and if all parents were aware of safer sleep advice many lives could be saved.  Around 700,000 babies are born every year in the UK and we need to continue to reach out to all new parents with this important safer sleep message.

There are a range of resources and tools to support your work with families;

• Visit the Lullaby Trust website
• Basic-Awareness-of-Safer-Sleeping-Messages-Electronic-Flyer
• Lullaby Trust Safer Sleep for Babies a guide for parents
• Lullaby Trust Sudden Infant Death Syndrome a guide for professionals
• Lullaby Trust Safer Sleep for Babies easy read card
• Lullaby Trust factsheet on Smoking
• Lullaby Trust factsheet on Mattresses, Bedding and Cots
• Lullaby Trust factsheet on Breastfeeding
• Lullaby trust factsheet on bed sharing
• Lullaby Trust Back to Sleep factsheet
• Lullaby Trust Baby Checklist: is your baby really ill?

How to share information with families –

• Include in your organisation’s electronic newsletter to subscribers (simply copy and paste)
• Add to your organisation’s website
• Start conversations about safer sleep with parents / carers and signpost to the Lullaby Trust
• Tweet the link to the Lullaby Trust –  Twitter.com/Lullabytrust
• Add information on safer sleeping to your organisation’s display board / information point

Other safety information about babies to share with families:

• ICON Resources – Infant crying is normal – ESSCP