Healthy Kids Donated 100 Hand Knit Baby Hats

Healthy Kids donated 100 hand knit baby hats to LincolnHealth Miles maternity to be given to newborns in an effort to educate new parents on what’s known as “The Period of Purple Crying.”

The hats were knit by community members and every baby born at Miles hospital will receive one. Their parents will also receive information on the nature of babies and crying in the first five months of life and how to best handle it. Shaken Baby Syndrome, a result of adults shaking a baby usually because they are crying, causes life-long issues for the child or death.

Healthy Kids also teaches students in all four Lincoln County high schools about Shaken Baby Syndrome in an effort to educate current babysitters and future parents about this issue.

Healthy Kids is Lincoln County’s parent resource center and has many programs for parents and professionals that help to support the healthy development and well-being of our children. For more information on the Period of Purple Crying or other Healthy Kids programs, call 563-1818 or log on to their website www.healthykidsmaine.org.

This article was originally published by Boothbayregister.com.

 

Scott Juceam is one of the leading advocates against Shaken Baby Syndrome. Scott’s life changed when his daughter Hannah was shaken to death by her nanny in 2006. Since then, Scott has dedicated his life to preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and child abuse.

To learn more about me, please visit my website at www.ScottJuceam.com or you can click here.

Kiwanis Helps Educate Parents about Shaken Baby Syndrome

2019 marks the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany fifth year participating in “CLICK for Babies: Period of PURPLE Crying Caps campaign” lead by Karen DeChristopher, Director and Co-Chair Dr. Julie Scarano-Debrossy and Nicolas Limanov of their “Young Children Priority One (YCPO)” service projects program.

Kiwanis members and friends knitted over 520 purple colored hats for infants, which were delivered in October to Prevent Child Abuse NJ, New Brunswick, where they are sent out to be washed, sterilized and prepared in airtight bags then distributed to new parents at participating hospitals across New Jersey during November and December to help educate new parents about both normal infant crying “Period of Purple Crying” and the dangers of shaking the infant “Shaken Baby Syndrome”.

PURPLE stands for an exhausting and frustrating period of increased crying that some infants experience in the first few weeks and months after birth. Although it is hard on babies, it is even harder on parents and caregivers.  This crying, which is normal, is so overwhelming to parents and caregivers that sometimes they shake the baby, causing permanent harm.

It is the No. 1 trigger for the shaking and abuse of infants.  Shaken baby syndrome has been found to be the most common and most dangerous form of abuse in children under one.  Roughly 80% of all infants who are shaken suffer significant brain injuries, and more than 30% die as a result of their injuries.  These purple hats can help prevent this, because the campaign aims to raise awareness about normal infant crying and the prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma.

DeChristopher explained that, “Increased stress and frustration raises the risk of someone losing control for a split-second and seriously injuring the infant.  Parents must be educated on this extremely important issue, as well as the need to have a plan and to share that plan with anyone who may be caring for their infant. 

Prevent Child Abuse – New Jersey is one in a network of chapters in all 50 states.  Prevent Child Abuse-NJ is the only statewide non-profit dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect in all forms, for all New Jersey children.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany supports ten K-Kids clubs, Lake Parsippany Elementary School, Eastlake Elementary School, Intervale School, Mt. Tabor Elementary School, Littleton Elementary School, Lake Hiawatha Elementary School, Troy Hills Elementary School, Northvail Elementary School, Knollwood School and Rockaway Meadow Elementary School, two builders clubs, Central Middle School and Brooklawn Middle School; two Key Clubs, Parsippany Hills High School and Parsippany High School and one Aktion Club.

Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46. For more information on Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany click here.

This article was originally published by Parisppanyfocus.com.

 

Scott Juceam is one of the leading advocates against Shaken Baby Syndrome. Scott’s life changed when his daughter Hannah was shaken to death by her nanny in 2006. Since then, Scott has dedicated his life to preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and child abuse.

To learn more about me, please visit my website at www.ScottJuceam.com or you can click here.

Mom Arrested For Endangering Infant

A 27-year-old mother, Emilee Decker, was arrested last week for aggravated assault and endangering the welfare of her three-month old infant. According to State Trooper Sharon Palmer, the incident took place on September 9, and the infant suffered injuries consistent with Shaken Baby Syndrome. 

Hospital staff identified multiple life-threatening injuries including brain trauma, fractured skull, retinal hemorrhages and multiple broken bones. The staff deemed the fractures “acute,” meaning they had been inflicted very shortly before arriving at the hospital. 

Police questioned Decker, who did not acknowledge any of the infant’s bruising. However, police later recovered a deleted photo from her cell phone which showed a “large and obvious discoloration of the baby’s head.” Doctors said that the bruise was likely the impact site of a “high velocity strike.” There was also a video on Decker’s phone of the child in an “altered mental status, which medical personnel [said]  is consistent with the immediate results of a shaken baby exhibiting concussive symptoms.” 

Police said that Decker was alone with the baby immediately prior to the symptoms appearing. 

Magistrate Judge Linus Myers arraigned Decker; she was remanded to the Wayne County Prison with bail set a $50,000. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 3 at 10 a.m. at the Wayne County Courthouse. 

This article was originally published by Riverreporter.com.

 

Scott Juceam is one of the leading advocates against Shaken Baby Syndrome. Scott’s life changed when his daughter Hannah was shaken to death by her nanny in 2006. Since then, Scott has dedicated his life to preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and child abuse.

To learn more about me, please visit my website at www.ScottJuceam.com or you can click here.