Prepare to share
safer shared sleep for families
Further information available in the full Queensland Clinical Guidelines document for Safer Infant Sleep.
REFERENCES:
Grubb C, Young J, Downer T and D’Souza L (2025) Beyond the rules: an integrative review of parental perspectives on safer infant sleep in shared environments. Front. Public Health 13:1629678. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1629678
Queensland Clinical Guidelines. Safer infant sleeping. Guideline No. MN22.71V1-R27. Queensland Health. 2022. Available from: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/qcg. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
We acknowledge that the information we share about realistic expectations of infant and toddler sleep, safer sleep recommendations, and nurturing care is not new. It is grounded in current and emerging evidence, yet these principles have been practised for millennia.
We honour the rich knowledge, wisdom, and practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in birthing, raising, and nurturing children—ways of being, doing, and knowing that have ensured the safety, well-being, and thriving of infants and children for countless generations.
