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Your baby can remain on the SleepCurve mattress until he/she starts to roll over onto his/her tummy or wriggles down the mattress.

Because the SleepCurve mattress incorporates a gentle slope towards the foot end, it helps reduce colic or acid reflux. Easy side to side head rotation on the SleepCurve coupled with a baby’s well developed mechanism that prevents choking means any risk is absolutely minimal.

The SleepCurve mattress takes all the pressure off the back of the head giving the skull the opportunity to self correct. The mattress will prevent flat head from worsening and, in many cases, allows a more natural development of the head shape.  A recent study at Alder Hey Children's Hospital has shown that a SleepCurve® mattress is an effective and low cost treatment for positional plagiocephaly (Flat Head Syndrome). View the study here.

The SleepCurve mattress conforms to all UK Safety Regulations for baby mattresses. Our foam products are manufactured in the UK by a leading supplier of mattresses to the NHS.

Always place your baby with its feet to the foot of the cot. SleepCurve® mattresses come in 4 sizes so always use the correct mattress for your baby's age and weight. The cotbed mattress has a unique feature that enables you to respoition the 'Curve' as your baby grows.

Yes, all SleepCurve® mattresses can be used with the baby motion sensors.

The SleepCurve® mattress is particularly useful for those babies suffering from torticollis. If the muscles in your baby’s neck are tighter on one side they are more prone to flathead syndrome. The space created in the SleepCurve® mattress allows your babys skull to develop naturally. The ability to move their head from left to right more easily on a Sleepcurve® mattress should also help loosen the stiffness in your baby’s neck.

No, the SleepCurve mattress is designed to release the pressure from your baby’s skull and allow maximum rotation of the neck and independent head movement.

Yes, the SleepCurve mattress should be used whenever your baby is lying on his/her back, not just during the night to sleep, but under the play gym and in his/her travel cot.

The current healthcare guidance strongly advises parents that ideally a new mattress should be used for your baby. For more information, go to www.fsid.org.uk