New Mom Baby Tips - Newborn Care, Infant Care, Baby Tips and Baby Advice

Preparing the right sleep environment is very important. You should have tight fitting sheets on your baby’s crib. Make sure there is no room between the crib and the mattress for your baby to fall into.

If your baby sleeps with you, exercise great care and remove any lofty quilts or blankets that your baby could roll over and suffocate on. Never place your baby on a sofa, pillow or any other soft surface where she could roll over, suffocate or fall.

Before your baby arrives, you must educate yourself on what is and is not a choking hazard to your little one. Clear any areas within baby’s reach of small items such as buttons, coins or nails. Always do this long in advance of your baby being able to reach it or you will always be pulling things out of her mouth that she shouldn’t have.

Also be sure not to feed your infant anything they cannot chew properly such as nuts, grapes, popcorn or hard candy. Children should never eat unsupervised. One wrong swallow can send them into a choking fit, and they would have no means to alert you.

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