Falls and Hits Shaking and bouncing the baby Suffocation

1. Falls and Hits

™ Never left alone the baby on high places such as bed, table, couch ™ Baby walker is not necessary as it induces delayed walking, essily turns over and falls down from the high. ™ Safety gate should be installed to the stairs, opened only inward to our body, and always locked. ™ Rails of stairs and balconies should be no more than 9 cm. apart to prevent baby head and body passing through. ™ Windows should be 1 meter off the floor to prevent baby from climbing up. ™ Sharp corners and edges of the furniture should be padded, instrument is in place to prevent the door pinching hands. ™ Television, table, cabinet, and shelf not strong enough for the baby to climb up should be fastened to the wall to prevent from falling onto the baby. ™ Frequently check the fence gate especially the heavy sliding gate to prevent from falling onto the baby if climbing up.

2. Shaking and bouncing the baby

™ Never shake the baby as it may cause bleeding around the brain and the retina of the eye, cognitive impairment, vision loss or even death. ™ Peplo who are angry or irritable shoud not take care of the baby alone.

3. Suffocation

™ Do not let alone the child playing with small toys even in a short while to prevent the child putting them into the mouth. ™ Do not feed the child with hard food such as nuts, corns or large pieces of food hard to chew such as sausage. ™ Do not place plastic bags near the child to prevent covering the head or swallow- ing. ™ Pacifier or false nipples are not necessary to use, choose a standard one but without a string or cord as it might strangulate and cause suffocation. ™ Tinkle toys must have both ends bigger than 3.5 x 5 cm. to prevent the child putting into the mouth that causes vomiting and choking ™ Choosing standard toys for chewing training, and clean every time. ™ The toys must not smaller than a cylinder of 3.17 cm in diameter and 5.70 cm long. ™ Do not let a child less than 4 years playing unblown balloons or pieces of torn ballon. ™ Do not let a child Playing toys with long strings to wear around the neck that might cause strangulation. Risks and Guides to Prevention of Early Childhood Injuries

4. Child sleeping