SIDS and Kids Safe Sleeping is an evidence based health promotion campaign. Developed for health professionals, childcare workers, parents and anyone who cares for babies, to inform them about the evidence around SIDS risk reduction and sleep accidents. The campaign has been developed in conjunction with researchers from Australasia and internationally.
Since it's inception in the early 1990's, the campaign has saved the lives of nearly 6,000 Australian babies.
1. Sleep baby on the back from birth, not on the tummy or side
2. Sleep baby with face uncovered (no doonas, pillows, lambs wool, bumpers or soft toys)
3. Avoid exposing babies to tobacco smoke before birth and after
4. Provide a safe sleeping environment (safe cot, safe mattress, safe bedding)
5. Sleep baby in their own safe sleeping environment next to the parent's bed for the first six to twelve months of life
Safe Sleeping Literature
To download the Safe Sleeping Literature please click on the title
Information Statements: with scientific evidence and advice on caring for your baby. Click here
Safe Sleeping Frequently Asked Questions. Click here
Information about Making up Baby's Cot
(translated into languages other than English)
(see translations in the dropdown list below)
Keeping Baby Safe A guide to nursery furniture This guide was produced by a joint Commonwealth, State and Territories Working Group
for the Minsterial Council on Consumer Affairs
THIS BOOKLET COMES IN SIX TRANSLATIONS