1. Infant Safety

2. Overview S.I.D.S Crying Shaken Baby Syndrome Car Seats
Protect Your Baby
Be Safe at Home

3. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (S.I.D.S)
The sudden, unexplained death of an infant under one year of age
90% of SIDS deaths occur
before six months
While it occurs very rarely, according to statistics, SIDS is still the leading cause of death in the first year

4. Reducing the Risk of SIDS
Always place baby on his or her back to sleep at nighttime and daytime
Provide a smoke free environment
Place your baby to sleep in a crib next to the adult’s bed for the first six months

5. Reducing the Risk of SIDS
Provide a safe crib environment that has no toys or loose bedding
Don’t overheat baby
Offer a pacifier during naps and bedtime
Breastfeed baby

6. Crying
It is a baby’s only real way to communicate their needs and feelings
There are times when the most caring parent cannot soothe a baby’s cries
Crying increases at about 2 weeks, peaks at months, declines by 5 months

7. PURPLE Crying P- peak of crying U- unexpected crying
R- resists soothing
P- pain like face
L- long lasting crying
E- evening

8. Shaken Baby Syndrome
Term used to describe what may happen when you shake a baby
The long-term effects of shaken baby syndrome are:
Brain damage
Blindness
Deafness
-Vegetative state
Paralysis
25-30% of shaken babies die
Crying 1:13 min
Shaken 1:30 min

9. Car Seat Safety
Babies have weak neck and back muscles that need extra support when traveling in a vehicle
A rear-facing infant seat will
support your baby’s head and
neck in a sudden stop or crash
Be sure you use a rear-facing infant seat that fits your baby’s weight and height

10. Car Seat Safety
Use it correctly: in the rear-facing position; in the back seat; and every time your baby rides in the car
Rear-facing infant seats are available as: infant-only
seats, infant/child seats, or infant/child booster seats

11. Protect Your Baby Follow manufacturer’s safety instructions
Register all new equipment
for recall notice
Check all equipment (even at grandparent’s and babysitter’s house)
If you do buy items
second-hand, make sure you know it’s history and get the owner’s manual

12. Be Safe at Home The Key is to Supervise children!!!
It’s important to consider a child’s surroundings –
are they safe?
Most injuries that occur at home are preventable
Babies should never be left unattended when on a
bed, sofa or change table (not even for a moment)
Baby Safety at Home 6:20 min

13. Choking Prevention

14. Burn Prevention

15. Water Safety

16. Poison Control

17. Cribs

18. Baby Gates

19. Pet Safety

20. Overall Injury Prevention
Research indicates that consistent adult supervision is the best way to prevent the accidental injury of young children
Parents and caregivers need to adjust their thinking in regards to the commonly held belief that childhood injuries are just ‘accidents’
Studies show that there is an increase in frequency of injury in young children who are being supervised by an older sibling