Durham University Parent-Infant Sleep Lab, with support from La
Leche League, NCT, and UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiative, has
launched a new website – Infant Sleep Information Source, or
ISIS. The website has been designed to provide parents and
health professionals with clear, evidence-based information on
‘normal’ sleep, defining normal as “what is biologically
expected for humans”. It is hoped that this will help both
parents who want to make informed choices about how their baby
sleeps, and health professionals whose role is to support
parents. The website project is funded by a grant from the ESRC
(Economic and Social Research Council) 'Follow-on Fund' to
facilitate and support the translation of research conducted by
UK and overseas researchers on issues regarding infant sleep
(e.g. development, environments, safety) into an online
informational resource. The site contains information on: - Why
babies sleep the way they do - Sleep development - Sleep
training - Different sleeping environments - Coping