The cardboard box that holds these items is also fitted with a small, firm mattress and a sheet-which allows it to serve as a safe place for the baby to sleep. Finland now has one of the lowest ...

A London hospital has become the first in the UK to trial Finnish-style ‘baby boxes’ – free starter kits given to all new mums regardless of background said to help reduce rates of infant ...

We've recently been hearing a lot about Finland-inspired baby boxes – and in particular how they can reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Baby boxes originate from Finland, and have been ...

Families can alternately choose to receive 170 euros instead of the infant care items. This year's baby box was unveiled last spring. In June it was reported that there were fewer than one million ...

It contains clothes, toys, nappies and other baby essentials– and the sturdy cardboard box itself comes with a built-in mattress, so the baby can safely sleep in it for the first 3 to 4 months. In ...

A cot death charity has raised doubts over the benefits of Finnish-style baby boxes, which infants can sleep in. Issuing new advice to parents, The Lullaby Trust said there was no evidence baby ...

Finland's maternity package — known as äitiyspakkaus or as a "baby box" — is a kit sent by the government to the parents of ...

The Children’s Foundation, the North East based charity behind the project, has placed essential Baby Boxes into the hands of 1000 first-time families across the North East since the project first ...

So the box provided mothers with what they needed to look after their baby, but it also helped steer pregnant women into the arms of the doctors and nurses of Finland's nascent welfare state.

Listen up, parent people: Your new celebrity crush is the Finnish baby box. Kela, Finland's social security institution, has been sending new parents a baby starter kit for 75 years. It's stuffed ...

What's inside Scotland's baby boxes? The experts also argue that there is no evidence the boxes have helped Finland achieve some of the lowest rates of cot death (sudden infant death syndrome or ...