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Basis Information Sheets

Basis Information Sheets

Basis information sheets are provided for you to download and print as required, free of charge.

Download and/or print our latest A5 flyer – ideal for introducing Basis to parents or colleagues.

Our Info Sheets on ‘Where Babies Sleep’ and ‘Bedsharing & Safety’ have been endorsed by NICE as suitable resources for health practitioners to use in implementing the new NICE cosleeping and SIDS recommendations in UK. See NICE Guidance NG194 for the revised guidance, and resources for the link from NICE to the endorsed resources.

Information sheet 1: Normal Infant Sleep

Information sheet 2: Where babies sleep

Information sheet 3: Bed-sharing & safety

Information sheet 4: Daytime sleep and slings

Information sheet 5: Sleep aids: Dummies, swaddling and sleep bags

Information sheet 6: Sleep training

Information sheet 7: Twin infant sleep

Information sheet 8: Supporting new parents


You can now download and print Italian translations of all our information sheets:

Normal infant sleep – Il sonno normale dei bambini

Where babies sleep – Dove dormono i bambini

Bed-sharing & safety – Condivisione del letto e sicurezza

Day-time sleep & slings – Usare una fascia portabebe per il sonno diurno dei vostri bambini

Sleep aids –Succhiotti, fasce e sacchi nanna

Sleep training – Insegnare a dormire

Twin infant sleep – Il sonno dei neonati gemelli


You can now download and print Spanish translations of all our information sheets:

Normal infant sleep – El Sueño Normal del Bebé

Normal infant sleep – El Sueño Normal del Bebé

Where babies sleep – Dónde duermen los bebés

Bed-sharing & safety – Colecho y Seguridad

Day-time sleep & slings – El uso del Portabebés para el sueño diurno

Sleep aids – Chupetes, empañadura y sacos de dormir para bebés

Sleep training – Métodos para Enseñar a Dormir


You can now download and print Dutch translations of all our information sheets:

Normal infant sleep – Normaal slaapgedrag van baby’s en jonge kinderen

Where babies sleep – Waar baby’s slapen

Bed-sharing & safety – Bedding-in en veiligheid

Day-time sleep & slings – Het gebruik van een draagdoek voor slapen overdag

Sleep aids – Fopspenen, inbakeren en babyslaapzakken

Sleep training – Slaaptraining

Twin infant sleep – Slaapgedrag van tweelingbaby’s


Japanese translations of all our information sheets are now available for you to download and print

Normal infant sleep – 赤ちゃんの通常の睡眠

Where babies sleep – 赤ちゃんが眠る場所

Bed-sharing & safety – ベッドに一緒に寝ること (ベッドの共有)と安全性

Day-time sleep & slings – 日中の睡眠(昼寝)でのスリングの 使用

Sleep aids – おしゃぶり、スワドリング(布で赤ちゃんを しっかり巻くこと)、赤ちゃん用寝袋(スリーパー)

Sleep training – ねんねトレーニング(ネントレ)、 睡眠トレーニンク

Twin infant sleep – 双子の赤ちゃんの睡眠


You can now download and print French translations of all our information sheets:

Normal infant sleep – Le sommeil normal de l’enfant

Where babies sleep – Ou dorment les bébés

Bed-sharing & safety – Couchage partagé et sécurité

Day-time sleep & slings – Utiliser une écharpe pour le sommeil en journée

Sleep aids – Tétines, emmaillotement et turbulettes

Sleep training – S’entrainer à dormir

Twin infant sleep – Le sommeil des jumeaux


You can now download and print Romanian translations of all our information sheets:

Normal infant sleep – Somnul normal al sugarului

Where babies sleep – Unde dorm bebeluşii

Bed-sharing & safety – Dormitul cu bebeluşul şi Siguranţa acestuia

Day-time sleep & slings – Utilizarea unui port-bebe pentru somnul de zi

Sleep aids – Suzete, înfășarea şi saci de dormit pentru bebeluşi

Sleep training – „Antrenamentul”somnului

Twin infant sleep – Somnul gemenilor