Bringing Home Baby

50 Lessons Over Easy

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Swaddling a Baby

• http://www.babycenter.com/2_how-to-swaddle-a-baby_10347122.bc

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Types of Car seats

• Rear Facing: These are for newborn to one year old. Use these till they are a year old and 20 lbs.

• Convertibles: Fact to the rear for babies up to one year old and then face forward for toddler front facing seat.

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• Conventional: These are for older children who are still under 40 lbs.

• Booster: These are for children who weigh more than 40lbs and are too heavy for conventional car seats.

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• All seats must meet federal safety standards, but safety experts say that seats with five-point harness restraint systems are the safest.

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Car seat

• http://www.babycenter.com/2_how-to-install-an-infant-car-seat_10338943.bc

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Tips for Care Seat Safety

• 1. Follow the manufacturer’s installation instructions exactly. As many as half of the car seats used today are installed incorrectly.

• 2. Be sure to use a locking clip if your car’s seatbelt will not lock in place once the seat is installed.

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• 3. To securely install a seat, use the full weight of your knee to press it down into the car’s seat while tightening the seatbelt to the child’s care seat or it’s base.

• 4. Never use a child’s car seat in the front seat of a care with passenger side airbag.

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• 5. The safest place for a child’s care seat is in the rear, middle seat.

• 6. Many hospitals, fire stations and police departments provide car seat checks to ensure that you have installed a child’s car seat correctly.

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• 7. Adjust the harness height as your baby grows. Position the harness height correctly.

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Bringing Home Baby

• http://tlc.discovery.com/videos/bringing-home-baby-twins-second-day.html

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Bringing Baby Home

• Handout, pg. 70

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