Caring for a newborn
The first practical skills new parents need: swaddling, burping, car seats, hygiene and what to do in an emergency. Follow your pediatrician's advice where it differs for your baby.
- 1.13How to swaddle a newborn, and when to stopWrap snug at the chest and loose at the hips, lay the baby on their back, and stop swaddling the moment they show signs of trying to roll.
- 3.10How to burp a newbornSupport the head and neck in every position, pat gently with a cupped hand, and switch positions if no burp comes within a few minutes.
- 5.17When can an infant car seat face forwardKeep your child rear-facing until the seat's rear-facing height or weight limit says stop, not until a birthday.
- 5.15Help a choking adultIf an adult cannot cough, speak, or breathe, act at once: 5 back blows, then 5 abdominal thrusts, repeated until the object comes out.
- 5.14Hands-only CPRIf a teen or adult collapses and is not breathing normally, call 911 and push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help takes over.
- 1.1Washing your hands properlyScrub every surface of your hands with soap for a full 20 seconds before you rinse.
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