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SIDS safe sleeping guidelines
To reduce the incidence of SIDS and fatal sleeping accidents in Australia, SIDS and Kids educates the public in safe sleeping practices for babies. Here are their guidelines.
Your baby's changing sleep habits
As your child gets older, you’ll find their sleep needs change. From their time as a newborn, through to toddlerhood and beyond, children need good sleep to help them develop and stay healthy.
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Safe sleeping for children up to two years of age
Information for parents and caregivers - Simple strategies such as sleeping infants on their backs, can result in extremely successful outcomes in the reduction of deaths such as those attributed to SIDS.
Save your sanity, get more sleep!
Whether you have a ‘wakeful’ baby, a newborn or are experiencing a phase of bad sleep… there are times when you’d mortgage the house and give away your husband for a block of uninterrupted sleep. Read our tips on products that helped EB members get some sleep.
Twins: Sleeping
Newborn babies, regardless of whether they are singletons, twins, triplets, quads… or sextuplets (those Mums are A-M-A-Z-I-N-G) sleep, on average, about 16-18 hours per day, broken by feeds. The main difficulty, and joy, with twins is that there are two babies.
The sleep whisperer
Australian baby whisperer Sheyne Rowley explains how you to can become a baby whisperer and say goodbye to sleep time dramas for good.
Early bedtime means better sleep
Most babies are primed to go to sleep for the night as early as 6:30 or 7:00pm.
Naps improve night sleep
According to sleep research, and motherly experience, the length and the quality of naps affect night time sleep.
Wonderful sounds for sleep
Research indicates that "white noise" sounds or soft bedtime music helps many babies to relax and fall asleep more easily.
Sleep through the night
If your little one is waking you up every hour or two, you don't have to think long on the question, 'is this disruptive to me?'
Co-sleeping - making it work
Sharing sleep is very popular with parents of young babies who wake throughout the night, since it allows parents to avoid getting up out of bed and travelling up and down a dark hallway.
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