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This information sheet includes a checklist to ensure the safety of babies and children while sleeping.

01 Mar 2021... Information about toddler sleep patterns and behaviours (1 to 2 years), toddler sleep rhythms at 1 to 2 years, settling your toddler at 1 to 2 years, toddlers and sleep regression, maternal and child health nurse visits and where to get help.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns, including bonding with your baby aged 0 to 6 months, settling and calming your baby and developing a sleep routine.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns includes connecting with your toddler, recognising your toddler's tired signs, creating a sleep routine and environment and bedtime routines for your toddler, helping your toddler sleep safely and moving your toddler from cot to bed.

01 Mar 2021... Information about preventing sleep concerns includes connecting with your preschooler, recognising your preschooler's tired signs, creating a sleep routine and environment and bedtime routines for your preschooler, helping your preschooler sleep safely and moving your preschooler from cot to bed.

30 Dec 2022... This "Cot to Bed" brochure has information on when to move a young child out of a cot and into a bed, and how to make your home safe before the move. This knowledge helps prevent babies and toddlers from sustaining injuries from falls. It also provides important information on hazardous kinds of beds and beddings.

31 Dec 2022... Rednose does not recommend co-sleeping, or sharing a sleep surface with your baby. However, if you choose or need to do co-sleeping, this brochure gives information on how to reduce risks. It gives advice on when NOT to co-sleep.

18 Oct 2023... Suitable for 1-18 years Tips on how you can help children and teenagers sleep better with bedtime routines, regular bedtimes, healthy sleep associations, comfortable sleep environments and healthy daytime habits. 

A guide in pictures to teenage sleeping, with tips for helping teens, teenagers and adolescent children get to sleep, relax before bedtime, and wake up effectively.

Different children have different sleep needs, habits and problems. Here are answers to 20 frequently asked questions about children's sleep.