Here in Brazilkids we will give some tips on health, to prevent children from hurt, identifying playing that can be dangerous.

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Hugs from Elisa!

Elisa Rodrigues
Pediatric Nurse

Protecting from choking

Hi, everybody!! I´ve missed you so much!!!
I apologize myself because I´ve disappeared for a while!! Nurses work so hard…
So, as I´ve talked to you, now we´ll talk about how to take care and play safe with our babies: our young brothers, cousins, neighbors and others. All of them needs our care to grow up healthy and sometimes, indeed, to survive!!
So, see below a little story about Maria and how she was saved on an accident.

Remembering, frequently babies accidents are:

Babies of 0 the 6 months
o · Asphyxia by small objects
o · Burnings during the bath
o · Falls
o · Hanging with lace

Babies of 07 the 12 months
o · Ingestion of toxic products
o · Fall of the stairs or cradle
o · Burning with liquids
o · Wound with acute objects

So, I will tell you Maria's history.

Maria is a beautiful and healthy 6 months old baby. She is very pretty!!!
One day, her older sister, Barbara (9 years old ) was playing with her on the kitchen.
Suddenly, Maria was crying, and Barbara thought that she was hungry!! And she asked her: "Maria, do you want to eat something?"
Maria continued to cry!!! So, Barbara toke a little grape and put it inside Maria´s mouth.
But Maria was too young to smash a grape!! The grape went into Maria' s trachea. She couldn't breath. She was choking.
Barbara screamed for their mother immediately and she quickly saved Maria.
Happily Maria's mother had learned how to save babies with asphyxia 01 month before!! Wow!! She was very very lucky!!

Play with babies is so cute!! But can be dangerous. How to prevent this and others babies accidents?

First of all:
Never play on the kitchen. There may be boiling water, hot oven etc..
Never give small objects to younger babies, and any kind of food that they will have difficult to swallow. It´s easy for inhalation and can cause choking.

Most common objects that choke, strangle, or suffocate are:

· Food itens such as grapes, nuts os hard candy. Formula, milk, or juice can cause choking if these liquids are given to an infant who is lying down, especially from nor-propped bottle;
· Toys and parts of toys that are small enough to place in the mouth. Uninflated ballons are frequent cause of choking and can be particulary hard to remove.
· A variety of other small itens, such as coins, marbles, buttons , beads, safety pins
· Drapery and extension cords
· Plastic bags
· Cords from which toys and objects such as rattles, pacifiers and jewelry hungs the child's neck

On next: How to save a baby that can't breath?

See you soon!