Safe sleep

If you've just welcomed a child into your home, bedtime may be one of the first moments you realise how much they have already lived through. Sleep problems in looked after children are incredibly common, yet many foster carers are surprised by how challenging nights can become. I've met carers who expected the difficult moments to happen during the day, only to find that everything unraveled once the lights went out. One little boy happily spent the afternoon building Lego t