The first year after becoming parents is one that will be full of chaos, sleep deprivation, and total panic. It’s also a time to deal with wild new fears. And it’s no news that parents will have their own share of concerns when it comes to their baby. But it’s also important to prioritize your worries and concerns so that you can spend your time and energy on things that you should actually be worried about. Here are five big issues that should be top of mind.
- P.reterm Delivery and Lᴏᴡ Birth Weight:
Some 11,000 infants ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜs ᴏᴄᴄᴜʀ related to issues during pregnancy that’s about half of all infant ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜs. The biggest factors in these ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜs are P.reterm Delivery and Lᴏᴡ Birth Weight. To prevent giving birth to a ᴘʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ baby, make sure you seek regular prenatal care and follow a healthy diet throughout your pregnancy. Avoid any unhealthy habits and consider pregnancy spacing to be on the safer side.
- Birth DᴇFᴇᴄᴛs:
Unlike sᴛɪʟʟʙɪʀᴛʜ or Lᴏᴡ Birth Weight, a parent can easily know well in advance their child’s ʀɪsᴋ from a birth ᴅᴇFᴇᴄᴛ, but like all of the top things that ᴋɪʟʟ an infant, there is little they can do to prepare.
- Car Aᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ:
Car Aᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛs are also another cause of ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ in infants. Each year, thousands of kids are ᴋɪʟʟᴇᴅ in a carᴄʀᴀsʜ . Hence it is important to make their safety the ᴜᴛᴍᴏsᴛ priority. That’s why the American Academy of Pᴇᴅɪᴀᴛʀɪᴄs suggests parents keep kids ʀᴇᴀʀ-Fᴀᴄɪɴɢ for as long as they fit – which may well be until the end of their toddler ʀᴇᴀʀs.
- SᴜFFᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ:
The rate of ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴅʀᴏᴘs precipitously from 3-months out. Then, the leading cause of ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, until the age of one, is sᴜFFᴏᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, with 1,100 infant ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜs a year. As in ⓈⓊⒾⒹⓢ, there are obvious steps parents can take tolower these rates – namely, keeping ᴄʀɪʙs clear and babies on their back.
- Dʀᴏᴡɴɪɴɢ:
Infants and ᴄᴜʀɪᴏᴜs toddlers can easily get attracted to water which can lead to ᴀᴄᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛᴀʟ ᴅʀᴏᴡɴɪɴɢ. It is recommended to ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ your infants ᴜɴᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ in a bathtub or near water. If your baby is ever near water, make sure they are closely monitored by someone .
