Safer Sleep
Co-sleeping with your baby The best place for your baby to sleep is in their own clear, flat, separate sleep space. Some parents choose to share a bed with their babies, while others sometimes fall asleep with their baby without meaning to. Sleeping together with your baby is known as co-sleeping. Follow the tips on this page to reduce the risks of co-sleeping and help keep your baby safer while they sleep. Co-sleeping more safely Adult beds have not been designed or safety tested for infant sleep in the same way as, for example, a cot or Moses basket. Whether you choose to bedshare, or it’s unplanned, it is best to think ahead and make your bed safer for co-sleeping. If you do choose to co-sleep with your baby, there are things you can do to make it safer: Keep pillows and adult bedding away from the baby. Remove slatted and decorated headboards. Don’t bring other children or pets into the bed with you. Make sure there’s nowhere the baby could get trapped such as between the mattress and the wall.
Don’t leave the baby alone in an adult bed. Continue to follow all basic sleep safe advice
There are also times and places when it’s essential not to co-sleep, such as on a sofa or armchair, if anyone in the bed smokes or has drunk alcohol or taken medicines that make you sleepy, or your baby was premature or a had a low birth weight. If you are bedsharing with your baby, consider any risks before every sleep. Hospital beds are not suitable for co-sleeping
For more information from the lullaby trust on safe sleep click this link.
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