Expert information on keeping your baby safe

A baby is sleeping on their back. They have light skin and dark hair and wear a light yellow sleep suit.

معلومات عن النوم الآمن

Safer sleep reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS, previously known as cot death) occurring. Follow this expert advice until your child is 12 months old.

Close up of a baby in a car seat. You can see their mouth and the car seat buckled across their blue t-shirt. They are playing with the plastic around the buckle.

معلومات عن منتجات الأطفال

We're here to help you make sense of baby sleep products and baby sleep product safety, empowering you to make decisions on safer sleep for your baby.

Baby is being checked over by a heath professional.

Infection and illness in babies

Babies have immature immune systems, so they're at risk from infections. Here we explain the signs and symptoms to look out for in babies, and how to prevent infections in babies.

Baby sleeping in a cot on their back. They have a light sleep suit on and the light is coming through the bars of the cot. They have light skin.

السفر والطقس

Hot or cold weather or staying away from home, particularly if unplanned, can make safer sleep trickier. Our expert information offers tips and advice, giving you peace of mind.

Graphic of a mixture of baby safety resource front pages and inner pages. The ABCs of safer sleep card, and safer sleep advice booklet for premature and low birthweight babies. There are illustrations of babies and safer sleep spaces dotted throughout.

موارد سلامة الطفل

Download our baby safety resources to learn about safer sleep in even more detail, or print your own copy at home.