Settling your baby to sleep with a dummy – even for naps – can reduce the risk of cot death.

• If breastfeeding, do not begin to give a dummy until your baby is one month old to ensure breastfeeding is well-established.
• Don’t worry if the dummy falls out while your baby is asleep, and don’t force your baby to take a dummy if he or she doesn’t want it.
• Never coat the dummy in anything sweet.

Download our new dummy advice leaflet.

The new advice on dummies is also published in the most recent ‘Reduce the Risk of Cot Death’ leaflet.


New partnership
FSID has joined forces with MAM, the UK’s soother specialists, in a two-year partnership to promote this important health message.

MAM are supporting FSID’s campaign with a new leaflet that lists FSID’s guidelines regarding soothers. FSID will also receive a donation of 10p from each Mini Night Soother and Night Soother MAM sells.

All MAM soother packaging has been re-designed to include the new soother guidelines and to publicise FSID’s other advice on how to reduce the risk of cot death. Find out more about MAM at www.mamuk.com