infancy

Being a new parent can be nerve-wracking. There are so many things to learn and many of them cannot be found in any parenting book. A lot of those early lessons involve becoming accustomed to your child and his/her reactions to certain occurrences.  

The government has warned that those chic baby slings that hip moms and dads are sporting these days can be dangerous, even deadly, for their little ones. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said last week it has investigated at least 13 deaths associated with sling-style infant carriers over the last 20 years, including three deaths last year. One other case involving a fatality is still being investigated.  

Child car seats can inevitably be the difference between life and death, officials say. John Copper, child safety seat technician and an emergency medical technician, said a majority of children aren't buckled up correctly. "In my 10 years of experience checking car seats, we have seen 90 to 95 percent of car seats that are brought into us where there's something wrong with it," Copper said.  

A free community child car-seat check was held Saturday at Fire Station 12 in Anchorage. Certified child passenger safety technicians examined car seats to make sure they were installed correctly and were appropriate for each car. The Anchorage Fire Department says precautions like inspecting seats will mean a lot in the event of an emergency.

They don't realize that these vehicles that we drive around in every day are designed for adults, and they don't have the needs of children in mind   -Anchorage Fire Department

 

MASON CITY, IA- New child safety technicians are getting some hands-on experience. They're doing child restraint safety checks at Schukei Chevrolet in Mason City. It's free and only takes 15 minutes to make sure the seat is properly installed. Class leaders say 90 percent of car seats are not installed correctly.  

Babies' changing tables are filled with a boatload of products to keep them soft, dry, and smelling like, well, a baby. The products may be designed to be gentle on a lil one's delicate skin, but there are no laws preventing mama from swiping a bit for her own use. When my tot was diagnosed with a bad case of eczema, the doctor recommended coating him in Aquaphor at every diaper change until we got the scaly patches under control.  

Sarah Dunlap, Special to The Oregonian Ann Romer (left) and Jodie Deignan play with their babies in between yoga exercises at Itsy Bitsy Yoga Class at Northeast Portland's Matt Dishman Community Center. In front of a class of new mothers, Eden Swartz sat stretching, one leg extended behind her and the other bent in front. As she lifted her body into the triangular downward dog pose, four pupils followed her cues.  

Experts have raised concerns about the safety of babies in the way parents carry them in slings. Experts have warned that babies can suffocate within two minutes if the sling is pushed against their face or if they are carried in a curled position that is popular with many mothers. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating the deaths of at least 13 babies in the past two decades, including three in the past year.

The baby will not be able to cry for help and can slowly suffocate   -Times Online

 

Health Minister Mariliza Xenogiannakopoulou yesterday ordered an urgent investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a 1-year-old boy with gastroenteritis who was seen at four different hospitals within the space of two weeks. The minister also wants authorities at Thessaloniki's Ippokrateio Hospital, where the baby died late on Wednesday of multiple organ failure, to explain why the infant's body was tagged with the wrong name when it was sent to the morgue. The baby's parents claim that

The solidarity of the Greek government is a given, permit me to say an absolute   -Dimitris Christofias