Editorial standards

Tired parents deserve information they can trust. This page explains how we put our free sleep guides together, and what we will and won't do.

Who we are

Tumble Lane is a sole trader based in Ireland. We make calm, practical guides for parents of babies and toddlers. We also sell a book, The Whole Sleep Story, and our guides mention it. That's how we pay for the free guides. We don't run ads, we don't use affiliate links, and the links in our guides only go to the sources behind them.

Where our information comes from

We build each guide from public health guidance and published research, preferring:

• national health services: the HSE in Ireland and the NHS in the UK;
• the American Academy of Pediatrics, through its parent site HealthyChildren.org;
• the Lullaby Trust, for safe sleep;
• peer-reviewed studies, which we find through PubMed.

Every factual claim in a guide links to its source, and every guide lists its sources at the end. Before we cite a source, we read it to check it says what we say it does. Whenever we update our guides, we also check that every source link still works. If you find one that doesn't, please let us know.

Safe sleep comes first

Whatever the topic, our safe-sleep advice follows the AAP, HSE, NHS and Lullaby Trust. Where those bodies differ, for example on bed-sharing, we say so plainly rather than picking the answer that's easiest to hear.

What we don't do

We don't diagnose, and we can't give advice about an individual baby. Our guides are general information. Each one points you to your GP, public health nurse or health visitor when something needs a professional, and to 112 or 999 in an emergency. Our medical disclaimer has more detail.

Keeping guides up to date

Each guide shows when it was first published and when it was last updated. When guidance from the bodies above changes, we update the guides that depend on it.

Spotted a mistake?

Please tell us at tumblelane@gmail.com, with a link to the page and, if you can, the source that says otherwise. We'll check it and correct the guide promptly if we've got something wrong.