RESOLVE TO KEEP YOUR CHILDREN SAFE, HEALTHY.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Here are 10 New Year's resolutions designed by the American Academy of Pediatrics The American Academy of Pediatrics ("AAP") is an organization of pediatricians, physicians trained to deal with the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. Its motto is: "Dedicated to the Health of All Children. to help keep children safe and healthy. 1. Make sure that children are immunized on time. It's the best defense against many dangerous childhood diseases. 2. Good nutrition makes for a healthy child. Be sure that your child eats regularly and has a variety of nourishing food choices. 3. Give your home a safety check. Install smoke detectors, store poisonous substances out of your child's reach, and know how to access emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' . 4. Keep guns out of the home and away from children. If you must keep a gun, store it and the bullets separately under lock and key. Guns and children don't mix. 5. Monitor what your children watch on TV. Talk to your children about what they see on TV and explain that it is not real. 6. Lower the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or crib death, sudden, unexpected, and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age (usually between two weeks and eight months old). (SIDS SIDS sudden infant death syndrome. SIDS abbr. sudden infant death syndrome SIDS, n See syndrome, sudden infant death. ) in newborns. When infants are put down to sleep, they should be placed on their backs or sides. 7. Don't shake the baby. If you lose your temper with a crying baby, put the child down and take a breather Verb 1. take a breather - take a short break from one's activities in order to relax catch one's breath, rest, breathe intermit, pause, break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" . Talk to your pediatrician about how to deal with a crying child. 8. Be a good role model. Children learn by example, so show that you can deal with anger and frustrations without resorting to violence. 9. Help reduce tobacco use among children, adolescents and young adults. If you smoke, quit. If you can't quit, smoke outdoors to protect your child from secondhand smoke sec·ond·hand smoke n. Cigarette, cigar, or pipe smoke that is inhaled unintentionally by nonsmokers and may be injurious to their health if inhaled regularly over a long period. Also called passive smoke. . 10. Everyone should buckle up in the car. Help avoid the leading cause of disabilities and death of children before you turn on the engine. |
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