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SAFE SLEEPING
FOR BABY
Make sure your baby gets a
good, safe sleep!
1. Place your baby on her back
to sleep, especially for
babies under twelve months.
2.
Remove all pillows, quilts, comforters and sheepskins from
the crib.
3. Put your baby to sleep in a safe crib.
Make sure your crib has:
• No missing or broken parts and
slats are no more than 2 3/8 inches apart.
• No corner posts over 1/16 inches high.
• No cutout designs in the headboard or footboard.
• A firm, tight-fitting mattress
• A safety certificate seal (on new cribs).
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DON'T FORGET
Let your baby have some "tummy time"
when she is awake. This is important to help her build strength.
SInce she won't be used to being on her tummy, you may need
to entertain her by making silly faces and sounds, playing peekaboo,
singing, etc. Choose "tummy times" when your baby
is playful and alert.
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REMEMBER:
BACK
TO SLEEP FOR BABIES
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BUG BITES
Bugs
love kids! Help stop those bites:
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dress your child in long pants and sleeves, when possible;
• avoid scented soaps and lotions; and
• put on child-safe insect repellent.
When your child does get a mosquito bite, wash the bite with
mild, soapy water. Hold an ice cube to it until the swelling
goes down. An anti-itch lotion (such as calamine) can help.
A bee, wasp, and hornet sting causes a red bump and usually
pain or stinging. Call a doctor if you think there is an allergy.
Use a flat card (like a credit card) to scrape straight along
the skin to get the stinger out. Try not to pinch the skin.
Use ice for fifteen minutes or more to reduce swelling and
itching. Put on an anti-itch lotion, such as calamine.
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SILLY
SONGS
Make
up a song or rhyme using your
child's name. Let your child add motions
to the song as you sing it.
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WHERE
TO EARN
A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
There are over 60 places in the Cleveland area
for adults to learn basic reading skills and take a G.E.D.
test. Adults can earn an Ohio High School Equivalency Diploma
by passing the G.E.D. test. For a complete list of places,
please call First Call for Help at (216) 436- 2000. First
Call for Help can also tell you what is needed to register
for classes.
To enroll in an Adult Education class or to take the GED Practice
Test you must first take beginning sessions which include
the following:
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information about the Adult Education Program
• and placement in class
• Goal Setting
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FIRST CALL FOR HELP
(216)436-2000
can
help you find a place near you to attend classes.
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MAKE
YOUR OWN BABY FOOD
Why pay a fortune for jarred,
processed bananas when fresh are soooo easy to make!
To make bananas for baby, peel a ripe banana and mash until
there are no lumps and the banana is so mushy it's almost
liquid. That's all there is to it.
If your baby is just starting on solid foods, you can mix
the mashed banana with a little formula or breast milk to
make it a very liquidy consistency.
from
www.superbabyfood.com
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READ
AND SUCCEED
10 TIPS TO MAKE YOUR YOUNG CHILD LOVE READING
1. Even the youngest children benefit from
the sounds of your voice. Start reading to your child at birth.
(Some would say even before birth).
2. Don't let a day go by without reading to your child.
3. Have fun with the story! Be silly. Use an accent. It's
showtime!
4. Don't rush. It takes time for a young child to settle into
a story.
5. You don't have to read the text word for word. Be creative!
6. Satisfy your child's curiosity! Take questions--at all
times and at any time.
7. Never stop reading aloud, even when your child is reading
on her own.
8. Join in the fun and watch what happens!
9.
Plop your baby on your lap during reading, or cozy up on the
couch.
10. Visit a library with your child.
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FOUR
BOOKS YOUNG CHILDREN LOVE
Goodnight Books:
Goodnight
Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight
wishes from a young rabbit getting ready to go to sleep.
Snoozers: 7 Short Short Bedtime Stories for Lively Little
Kids by Sandra Boynton
This book is a collection of rhyming stories
with great, fun animal pictures.
Reading for fun books:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
What Do You See?
by Eric Carle and Bill Martin Jr.
This is a gentle rhyming book with beautiful
pictures.
More More More Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories by Vera B. Williams
A good book about showing love.
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HELP
FOR SOOTHING COLIC
If your baby is not hungry, in need of a diaper change, or
hurt, but cries a lot and often draws up his legs, he may
have colic. Here are some tips to help soothe a baby with
colic. You may also want to talk with your pediatrician for
more tips. Remember, colic usually ends around the third to
fourth month.
• Take your baby for a car ride or a walk in a baby stroller.
• Change your diet if you're breastfeeding. Try not eating
gas-causing foods.
• Lay your baby across your knees, belly down and rub
or pat his back, while swaying or bouncing your knees.
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Try the "colic carry." Hold him along your forearm,
belly down, and support his turned head in the palm of your
hand.
• Run the vacuum or lean against a running clothes dryer
while holding him.
• Turn the lights/ TV down.
• Massage him gently with lotion or baby oil. Use downward
strokes and gentle pressure across belly.
• Place a warm wash cloth over his tummy.
• Rock him while humming or singing softly. Try using a
low pitched sound, which will cause more vibration against him.
• Burp him more often. Hold him high on your shoulder,
or sit him sideways on your lap, using one hand to support the
chest, lean him forward and rub or pat his back.
• Find a trusted person to watch your baby for awhile;
and give yourself a break when it gets too stressful.
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REMEMBER
NEVER SHAKE A BABY!
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