How and where you put your baby to sleep can dramatically affect your baby’s risk of suffocation.
Keeping your baby safe is as easy as ABC:
_A_lone: Babies should sleep alone in his/her own space, with no people or objects next to the baby that may accidentally obstruct his/her airway.
_B_edding: A baby’s sleep surface should have no loose bedding, blankets, toys, crib bumpers, or stuffed animals.
_C_rib: The safest way for a baby to sleep during naptime or bedtime is on his/her back, in an empty crib.
For more info, visit www.GiveYourBabySpace.com
Have questions about your health or your baby’s health? Call 1-800-251-BABY (2229) for information about:
The call is free, confidential and lines are open 24/7.
Did you know that a woman’s health even before she becomes pregnant can effect the health of the baby? Pre-conception health is very important for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby.
Find out more at TheStorkReality.com
Louisiana has changed Medicaid and LaCHIP and these programs are now called BAYOU HEALTH.
In BAYOU HEALTH, you choose a Health Plan and provider for each member of your family who has Medicaid or LaCHIP. For information about Bayou Health, click here.
Breast milk is the best possible food for most babies. In Louisiana to help you find info and resources related to breastfeeding just click ZIPMILK.ORG. At that website, all you have to do is enter your zipcode, and you can find resources in your area.
The last few weeks of pregnancy are really important in a baby’s development. Major organs, like the brain, lungs and liver, are still growing. Eyes and ears are developing. He’s learning to suck and swallow. At least 39 weeks of pregnancy gives a baby all the time he needs to grow before he’s born. Healthy babies are worth the wait! For more information, visit this March of Dimes campaign MOD.
The Partners for Healthy Babies project started in 1993 and is funded by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health and WIC Programs. To keep informed about our program please SUBSCRIBE to our MCH newsletter.
The Partners for Healthy Babies project started because about 10 percent of all babies in Louisiana were born small and weak. These are called low birthweight babies (less than 5.5 pounds) and many of them die before their first birthday.
One of our main goals is to link pregnant women to the services they need to help them be healthy before, during and after pregnancy.
