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9/5/24

Kiesha

My 16 week old daughter is starting to show signs she will be rolling soon. She currently sleeps in a big bassinet in our bedroom, however is also about to outgrow this and cannot stay in it when she’s rolling. Our room is too small to fit her cot. Her room is right next to ours but with all the SIDS research I’m not sure I’m prepared to move her in there yet. What do we sleep her in, in the interim? Or would her own room in a cot be ok? Thank you. ☺️

9/5/24

Samantha

Hi there, Are there any training modules provided in other languages? We are trying to provide SIDS training to our early childhood educators, but have educators for whom English is a second language who find the content very heavy and difficult to engage with. We have educators with Burmese, Chinese, Hindi and Philippian heritage.

5/5/24

Kris

I am aware that sheepskin etc is not recommended as it reduces the firmness of the mattress, although the cot mattress is getting very cold overnight, impacting sleep. Is there anything that can be used to make the mattress warmer? Alternatively, what is the age that we may use something such as a wool underlay (baby is 1 year)?

5/5/24

Britt

My 3m old wriggles a lot in the night and works his way to the side and top of his bassinet. He is not strong enough yet to lift his head for a long period of time so I am not worried about him rolling yet. But I am concerned about his face being pressed against the bassinet which which has fabric sides not mesh. I originally assumed the sides would be ok when purchased.

4/5/24

Anonymous

Hi there, my 9 month old is well off the charts in size (99th percentile) and super tall. He moves around a lot in his sleep, always gets his legs stuck in the bars of the cot and gets stuck sideways because of his height. I’m not sure on what to do going forward to give him the space he needs while also giving him a safe sleep environment. We want to move to a floor bed with rails in the future but it feels too soon. Some advice would be helpful, thank you!

2/5/24

Erin

Our 6 week old daughter (born at 37 weeks IUGR) has started to rotate her body in her bassinet- not roll onto side. We will put her in safely- vertically- then wake a few hours later to see she has partly rotated and turned her body so she is more horizontal with her head moving towards the side of the cot almost on a 90 degree turn rotation. She has been using a Love to Dream zip sleep suit* so she can sleep with her hands up but be secure- she didn't like the traditional swaddle wrap. She has a tight blanket tuck on her lower half on all 3 sides of the bassinet to secure her as well. Shes just reached 3kg and is going through a bit of a 'leap'.

1/5/24

Maria

Is it safe to use Organic Cotton Flannelette Cot Fitted Sheet for babies under 12months?

1/5/24

Bern

Is it safe to use air conditioning for warmth or cooling in a babies sleep room in a childcare centre?

30/4/24

Jenn

Hi. My 5 week old likes to be in a swaddle and then tucked in with a blanket to sleep, I’ve been looking at the basinet tuck in sheets such as the ergo ones. Are these safe?

30/4/24

Kat

Hello, Just wondering if this fisher price bassinet (Elsye Knowles Soothing View) is Sid safe for overnight sleeping? Was looking for a portable one to take if we travel. Thankyou

29/4/24

Catie

Hello My 12 week old has started rolling during tummy time (tummy to back but no sign of trying to roll back to tummy). He already sleeps with both arms out, I was wondering if he needs to now transition to a crib rather than the bassinet?

27/4/24

Gracey

It gets quite cold where we live (last night our room thermometer got to 12degrees and it’s only April!). I’m really unsure what to dress my baby in, all the TOG charts only go to 14 degrees. I don’t want to overdress him but it’s getting colder and colder.

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