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Helen L. Ball

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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 22/04/2026
Did you know that our research into bed-sharing has helped to transform national and international guidance on safe sleeping for babies? 👶💤 🔗 www.ukri.org/who-we-are/h... @helenball.bsky.social | @durhamanthropology.bsky.social | @ukri.org
A sleeping baby
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 22/09/2025
We are The Times and The Sunday Times University of the Year 2026 and ranked third overall in its Good University Guide. We are top in the UK for Geography, Classics, and Theology. We are also the UK University of the Year and joint runner-up for Graduate Employment🎉
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Helen L. Ball @helenball.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Amazing review of my book How Babies Sleep by Dr Guddi Singh published in BMJ Paediatrics Open this week. She so thoroughly get's it. 😀https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/e003760
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How babies sleep: demedicalising and humanising the issue for child health professionals
As a paediatrician—and presenter of the BBC’s Babies: Their Wonderful World, the largest study of early childhood development ever undertaken for television—you would think I would have a confident an...
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Helen L. Ball @helenball.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
I wrote this short article to raise awareness of my new book ‘How Babies Sleep' published last week. Please share with anyone for whom it might be a useful read! theconversation.com/five-things-...
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Five things new parents should know about their baby’s sleep
Yes, most babies still wake during the night at 12 months. No, that doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.
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Helen L. Ball @helenball.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Registration is now live for our conference and book launch event in May! For more details see pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham...
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