Helping you and your baby to sleep easy

Oban’s First Steps Day Nursery at Croft Road and Little Learners’ Nursery at Dunstaffnage are joining together to host a safe sleep education session today, Thursday.

The free session is being led by Scottish Cot Death Trust volunteer Liz Miller.

The trust has existed for 35 years, supporting families affected by the sudden and unexpected death of an infant or child of pre-school age.

Since the Back to Sleep campaigns of the late 1980s and early 1990s numbers of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) have drastically reduced. However, a baby still dies suddenly and unexpectedly every nine days in Scotland.

This is why the charity’s awareness and education work is so important. Delivering free sessions to a range of professional and public audiences allows the charity to promote how it can reduce the risks of a SUDI occurring.

These messages reinforce and expand the traditional Back to Sleep campaigns to include advice on safe sleeping spaces, car seats and temperature.

The charity’s childcare sessions have run for many years, largely by Liz Miller.

Executive director Lynsay Allan said: ‘The time Liz gives to sharing safe sleep information is remarkable. I am so very grateful to her and the nurseries that arrange for staff to have this important education.’

The trust has not received any statutory grant funding this year and relies solely on donations to continue its lifesaving work. One way nurseries and other community groups can help is by holding a Welly Waddle sponsored walk. The trust can provided all of the resources to make this fun event successful.

The charity is holding a Welly Waddle week from Monday November 12-Sunday November 18.

For more information, visit www.scottish cotdeathtrust.org