Sleep, Baby and You | Free Courses & Events
Complimentary Parent Education Classes & Events
Birth and Beyond Complimentary is recommended for all women/ birthing people and their partners registered with Royal Surrey Maternity. This free service covers the essential elements of pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.
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Sleep, Baby and You
Recurring eventCourse types
- Maternity Course
- Free Course
Summary
This free online pregnancy workshop is taught by one of our Specialist Education Midwives.
We recommend you attend this class with your birth partner from 32 weeks of pregnancy.
During this hour workshop our Midwife facilitator will discuss:
- Safe Sleep recommendations including airway management, and TICKS guidelines for baby carriers
- What to expect regarding infant sleep and why night waking is normal
- How normal sleep develops
- How to adjust to the demands of normal infant sleep
- Sleep Myths and what you can actually do to support your baby's sleep
- When to seek support with sleep
This workshop includes time to ask your questions about newborn sleep and access to an exclusive baby sleep information leaflet.
Details
Most of the sleep information available online, on social media and presented by “Sleep Experts” is not regulated or evidence based. In fact, much of the available information is actually contrary to the physiological norms of a newborn baby. These often, unrealistic expectations lead to more stress and heartache for parents.
At the Royal Surrey Hospital, we pride ourselves on providing evidence-based, reliable, and realistic information facilitated by fully qualified, specialist, health care professionals so we have teamed up with Durham University to support you.
The Durham Infancy & Sleep Centre is one of the leading research centres for parent-infant sleep in the world. Led by Professor Helen Ball and home to a group of researchers examining infant sleep and parenting behaviour. In collaboration with Possums & Co, they have created Sleep, Baby & You; an evidence based programme, which trains health practitioners to address parental requests for support around infant sleep issues within NHS settings.
Sleep, Baby & You seeks to empower parents by providing information on what to expect regarding infant sleep, how normal sleep develops, and how to adjust to the demands of normal infant sleep
Having completed the training our Specialist Parent Education Midwives are qualified to share their knowledge regarding baby sleep and dispel the many myths surrounding “sleep training”.
We invite you to attend our free Sleep, Baby and You Workshop in pregnancy to help prepare you a head of life with a newborn. We warmly welcome partners to attend this course with you. There will also be time to answer your questions.
The Sleep, Baby & You Workshop includes a digital antenatal parent leaflet created by the Durham Infancy Sleep Centre, which you will be able to access via the Sleep, Baby and You info pack. The leaflet is only available to class attendees.
Your ticket enables you and your birth parter to attend the session together on the same device.
Meet at
Online Webinar via Teams. Please check your Teams access prior to the start of the Workshop.
When using TEAMS, please keep your screen blank and join with 'Guest' if you are wanting to remain anonymous during the session.
This workshop is not recorded
Organiser
Maternity Events