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Safe Baby Sleep 0-24 Months: calmer nights, every sleep safe

It is 3 am, your baby is awake again, and your phone is full of conflicting advice: swaddle, don't swaddle, sleep train, never sleep train, buy this nest, that wedge, this monitor. Safe Baby Sleep replaces the noise with one calm, beautifully organized guide built on what the American Academy of Pediatrics, the NHS, The Lullaby Trust and the US Safe to Sleep campaign actually say, and on the research behind it.

What is inside

About 16,000 words across 15 chapters, followed by a full bibliography, written to be read in short moments between feeds:

  1. The safe sleep foundation. The AAP 2022 recommendations and the NHS and Lullaby Trust advice, rule by rule: back to sleep, a firm flat surface, a clear cot, room-sharing for at least six months, temperature, smoke, pacifiers. Plus a clear side-by-side of how US and UK advice on bed-sharing differ, and where they agree.
  2. Setting up a safe sleep space. A crib and cot checklist with the real measurements (slat spacing, mattress fit), second-hand gear, the products the AAP says to leave off your registry, and flat-head prevention.
  3. Swaddling, sleep bags and what to wear. When swaddling is safe and exactly when to stop, hip-healthy wrapping, sleep bag fit and tog, and what to dress your baby in for the room.
  4. How much sleep babies and toddlers need. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine ranges by age, set beside the NHS and AAP figures, and why newborns have no official target.
  5. Why babies wake. Baby sleep cycles, small stomachs, and why waking is a protective reflex rather than a problem to fix.
  6. Day, night and a bedtime routine. Teaching day from night, the NHS routine ideas, the AAP's Brush, Book, Bed, and "drowsy but awake".
  7. Age by age, birth to 24 months. What is typical at each stage, the safety points that matter most, and flexible sample days you can adapt, never rigid schedules.
  8. Naps. Where they should happen, naps on the go, and nap routines.
  9. Settling and sleep training: what the evidence says. The AAP's gentle calming progression, and a neutral summary of two well-known trials on behavioural techniques from six months, so you can make your own choice, always within safe sleep rules.
  10. Rolling, teething, illness and "regressions". A practical checklist for when sleep suddenly falls apart.
  11. Travel and sleep away from home. Travel cots, hotel cots, car journeys, hot weather and staying with family, with a packing list.
  12. Twelve to 24 months and the big bed. When to move from the crib, how to do it calmly, room safety for a climber, nightmares and night terrors.
  13. Looking after yourself. Sharing the night, staying awake safely during feeds, and US and UK support lines.
  14. When to call for help. The emergency signs and the same-day signs, on one page you can pin inside a cupboard door.
  15. Your two-week sleep diary. Fourteen daily pages, two weekly reviews and a safe sleep record to sign.

The bibliography lists 42 sources, each opened and checked, including the AAP 2022 policy statement and four peer-reviewed papers with their DOI and PubMed numbers.

Real tools, not just reading

  • A safe sleep checklist for every sleep, day and night
  • A crib and cot safety checklist with measurements
  • A one-page safe sleep sheet for grandparents, babysitters and childcare
  • A swaddling and sleep bag checklist
  • A checklist for structured settling, if you choose it
  • A travel packing list for safe sleep away from home
  • A toddler room safety checklist
  • A two-week sleep diary with weekly reviews

Who it is for

  • You are expecting and want the sleep space, the rules and the plan ready before your baby arrives.
  • You have a newborn and want to know what is normal, and what is safe, at 3 am.
  • Your baby is 6 months or older and you want an honest, calm look at settling approaches.
  • Your toddler is climbing out of the cot and you need a plan for the big bed.
  • You live in the US or the UK: every chapter shows both, from 911 and 999 to cribs and cots.

What it is, and what it is not

This guide gives you official information, organized and explained, with pages to fill in. It never contradicts safe sleep rules, it contains no medicine doses, and it does not promise that your baby will sleep through the night: no honest guide can. It does not replace your pediatrician, GP, midwife or health visitor, and it sends you back to them whenever something needs a professional eye.

Instant PDF, with your name on the cover

Your guide arrives as a PDF the moment your payment goes through, with a personalized cover. Read it on your phone during night feeds, or print the checklists and diary pages for the fridge. $29.

Better together

Safe Baby Sleep is part of the Baby & Toddler Pack (the Mamavela guides for your child, $59), and of The Complete Mamavela Library (every thematic guide, from pregnancy to the toddler years, $99).