Our publications

Safer Sleep from Day One: Safer Sleep for Expectant Parents
A guide created in partnership with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to advise expectant parents on preparing a safe sleep space for their baby’s arrival.
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Safer Sleep from Day One: A Professionals’ Guide
A guide created in partnership with the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities for professionals working with expectant parents. This guides includes specific safer sleep information to give to families during pregnancy, as well as information on why parents need to know this advice before their baby is born.
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Safer Sleep for babies: a Guide for Parents and Carers 
This leaflet provides parents with all the advice on safer sleep and reducing the risk of sudden infant death.

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Safer Sleep: Saving Babies Lives a Guide for Professionals
Leaflet written for all professionals working with families with young babies, giving the most up to date advice on safe infant care advice to reduce the risk of sudden infant death.

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Safer Sleep Awareness for Early Years settings

This leaflet has been created to provide advice on safer sleeping for the early years sector.

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Safer Sleep for Babies quick reference card
A quick reference guide to the ABCs of safer sleep and tips for safer bedsharing

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Safer sleep product guide
A guide for parents on the products they need and those to avoid and what the marketing means

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Safer Sleep in Winter
This leaflet provides parents with advice on safer sleep during the colder months.
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Easy read card
A 2-side card giving key advice for reducing the risk of sudden infant death.

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This leaflet is also available to download in the following languages:

If you require the artwork of any of these translations (to supply to a printer), please email communications@lullabytrust.org.uk

Poster: Safer Sleep
Our newly designed safer sleep poster details the ABCs of Safer Sleep.

A3 size

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A4 size

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Poster: Sofa sharing
A3 poster which provides information on sofa sharing

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Poster: Safer Sleep Advice for Emergency Situations
An A4, printable poster covering our safer sleep advice for families in emergency situations
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Poster: Safer sleep for childcare providers
Whether you are caring for a baby or child in a foster care, childminding, nannying or in a nursery setting, it is important that you are aware of the risks of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Poster: Safer Sleep for Premature Babies
A poster designed in collaboration with The Royal College of Midwives featuring safer sleep advice for parents of babies born prematurely or of a low birth weight.
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Poster: Baby Check app
A poster designed to make parents and carers aware of our newly-updated Baby Check app
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These resources have been created in consultation with British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG), an affiliated speciality group of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

Poster: THANKS infection prevention
THANKS stands for Think Hands And No KisseS – wash hands before touching a baby and only kiss a new baby if you are their main carer.
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Poster: Spotting infections
A list of signs and symptoms that might mean a baby has an infection.
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Poster: Key information to tell your health professional
The key information that may give a health professional clues as to why a young baby is unwell.
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Red book insert
A handy summary of the infection prevention campaign that can be included in the newborn red books.
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Safer Sleep for Premature Babies poster
A poster designed in collaboration with The Royal College of Midwives featuring safer sleep advice for parents of babies born prematurely or of a low birth weight.
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Safer Sleep Advice for Premature Babies booklet
A booklet written in collaboration with Bliss and Twins Trust featuring safer sleep advice for parents of babies born prematurely or of a low birth weight. Includes additional information for parents of twins, multiples or more.

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Safer Sleep Advice for Emergency Situations: a Guide for Parents and Carers
We are aware that fleeing from conflict or crisis means that sleeping conditions will be unpredictable. It may not always be possible to access a recommended sleeping space for a baby, so we’ve adapted our safer sleep advice based on different sleeping situations.
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Safer Sleep Advice for Emergency Situations: a Guide for Parents and Carers (Visual Guide Version)
Visual guide version of our ‘Safer Sleep Advice for Emergency Situations’. Includes descriptive images and limited text for visual learners, those with low-literacy levels, or for anyone who is in crisis and is unable to take in large amounts of text.
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Safer Sleep Advice for Emergency Situations: A Guide for Young Parents and Carers (Little Lullaby version)
Produced in collaboration with Shared Health Foundation, this guide is tailored for young parents.
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Spot the Risk resource
A tool to support positive conversations between parents, families and practitioners about the individual risk of SIDS or accidents for their baby, particularly where families may be living in cramped conditions temporary accommodation, and have disrupted routines leading to altered sleeping arrangements.
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Working with young parents: A guide for health professionals
A resource produced with the support of the Tommy’s and Sands Maternity Consortium and VCSE Health and Wellbeing Alliance that offers tips on how healthcare professionals can work more effectively with young parents.
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About Little Lullaby Booklet
Top Ten Tips for Health Professionals
A4 Poster for Health Professionals

A Young Parent Guide to Loneliness
Produced in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation.

Safer sleep advice for emergency situations: A Guide for Young Parents and Carers (Little Lullaby version)
Produced in collaboration with Shared Health Foundation.

Make a room game
A visual toolkit demonstrating the ideal sleeping environment for a baby

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Spot the risk game
A visual toolkit to facilitate discussions on reducing the risks of SIDS

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• Back To Sleep
• Bed sharing
• Breastfeeding
• Car seats
• Dummies
• Mattresses, bedding and cots
• Smoking
• Temperature
• Twins, triplets and more

Tips for coping with the trauma of a sudden bereavement
A booklet about bereavement trauma including information about how our bodies try to protect us from trauma and a checklist to take to the GP if additional support is needed.
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Bereavement support in the workplace
A guide for employers, colleagues and bereaved parents. It covers the legalities and best practice for supporting someone in the workplace who has been affected by the sudden, unexpected death of a baby or child.
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When a baby or young child dies suddenly and unexpectedly
A booklet for parents who have lost a baby or young child, covering what you might experience now and in the future (practically and in terms of thoughts and feelings).

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‘When my baby died’: Parents tell their stories
A collection of stories from bereaved parents. We are aware that these are difficult stories to read but despite the content, trust that the reader will be left with a feeling of hope, as each parent has clearly illustrated.
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Child loss bereavement journal page
A journal page for those impacted by baby loss or child loss, giving a space to explore feelings and celebrate the continuing bonds with the child that has died.
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Bereavement support leaflet
Advice and information for bereaved families, including The Lullaby Trust services and other sources of support.

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When someone else’s baby dies in your care
A resource to support early years professionals who have experienced the sudden and unexpected death of a baby or young child in their care. It contains information about helpful sources of support that may be available to them, the normal procedures they may encounter, ways to remember the child they cared for, and ways to care for their wellbeing.
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The Lullaby Trust has worked with Unicef in the wording on two publications to support families and professionals with the challenge of addressing co-sleeping given the association with SIDS. You might be interested in reading the two Unicef Baby Friendly publications, which are both endorsed by The Lullaby Trust

• Unicef’s leaflet on Caring for Your Baby at Night
• Unicef’s guide Co-sleeping and SIDS: A Guide for Health Professionals