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Comes Home Many accidents that claim the lives of infants and children can easily be prevented. We hope we can help you with the following information to make you and your baby's environment safer. 1. While at Home: Refrain from signs in the yard announcing your baby's birth. Birth announcements should not include your address. Outdoor decorations, wooden storks, or even a large balloon arrangement is not recommended, as it alerts passerbys that you have a new baby in the house. Do not allow any medical personnel in the home that you do not know, unless they show you proper identification. You will be notified before dismissal if anyone from the hospital or home care will be visiting your baby at home. 2. Jewelry: Infants and toddlers should not wear small pieces of jewelry of any kind. Babies can suffocate by breathing small objects into their lungs. 3. Car Seats: Car crashes are one of the leading causes of injury and death in children. Please make sure your car seat meets the Federal Safety Standards. Make sure your carseat is installed and ready to bring your baby home from the hospital. Newborns must ride in the back seat, facing the rear of the car, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Never place a newborn in the front seat facing the rear of the car with a passenger-side airbag. 4. Household:
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If you have any questions about sleeping positions, please feel free to discuss this with your pediatrician. 5. Smoking: Smoking is harmful to a smoker, as well as, a non-smoker. Please refrain from smoking around your baby. Babies may inhale the smoke which could cause frequent respiratory infections. ______________________________________ If
you have any questions about the services provided, please
contact Donna Vitt, Director of Obstetrics Services, by e-mail or
by phone at ______________________________________
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