Andrea wrote:
>This baby was swaddled tighter than any baby I've ever seen, AND she
was in a swing.
They brought their swing from home, to put their brand new baby in!
I asked if she had been extra fussy and the mom said, no, she had been
an angel. I explained why it's not a good idea to keep them so
tightly swaddled, and she should be close to her mom and said she
probably didn't even realize she had been born and thought she was
still being fed through her umbilical cord, cause not much else had
changed.<

I have been muttering for years about how child development and baby
care should be a mandatory course for all high school students.
Granted, this was an extreme case, but we have ALL seen examples of
inappropriate care, almost entirely due to lack of accurate
information. Sure, SOME students have the oportunity to take child
care as an elective, but those on academic tracks rarely have time for
it. Look at NY State, for example, which publishes a complete K
through 12 syllabus for teaching about breastfeeding that has never,
to my knowledge, been used anywhere :(
The excuse, of course, is lack of time. It strikes me that a little
time spent on teaching teens the basics would yield benefits that
could improve, and even save, the lives of future generations.

norma, dreaming

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