Question about Shaken Baby Syndrome?

You need to be really careful with you daughter the first few months b/c she does not have the muscle control to control her head. Also at such a young age, their head is larger and does not proportion their body size just yet, so this makes it harder for them to control.

I would not suggest picking your daughter up with both hands to your face until she gains head control which should be between 2-3 months. However, every child is different and gain muscle control at different ages. And you can think that they have good control then all of a sudden their head falls. Also when your daughter gains head control, you will then really have to support her back, b/c her back muscles won't be strong for probably until 4-5 months.

To play with your daughter, you can lay her on your legs while your setting down, with your legs slightly bent and bend over her, to get better eye to eye contact. Remember that a new born can not see very far. They can see your face while you are holding them clearly, then as the weeks go on, their eye sight will increase. While laying them on your lap, you gently can bounce your legs or rock them gently back and forth.

What you are doing now, is not shaken baby syndrome. Thanks for asking for advice to ensure the safety of your precious new bundle of joy. Keep up the great work as a dad.

Hi. Great question. Shaken baby syndrome is when an adult or older child picks up the infant/toddler and holds them up in air with both hands or while baby is on lap sitting upright at this point the adult/olde child starts to shake like a rag doll the baby has no control to try and hold their head in place. The baby becomes limp and brain swells. You are great parent for asking this question. Continue to love pickup gently/rock/hug/kiss/cuddle/tickle/talk/read/listen to relaxing music. At this point be gentle. When she is around 3. She will be running/ walking/tackling you if she is more of a Tom boy. Actually, she might start this when she walks, so enjoy now and be prepared for so many precious moments. Also, when in doubt ask the pediatrician. Take care/Good luck and Peace.

as long as its not hard bouncing its fine but i would wait a few months at 4 to 5 days she cant even smile on her own knowingly. dont tickle her right now bc its not fun to them until about 3 to 6 months. she also still has her cord (or should) stump attatched so dont be rough with her belly if it falls off to early or gets torn off it will hurt her very badly and could get infected. you can pick her up and talk to her just be very easy shes not terribly breakable but she still is breakable. shes too young for bouncing on your knee. when she hits about 4 or 5 months and can sit up on your lap then you can bounce her.

Shaken infant syndrome (SBS) is a sort of youngster abuse that occurs while an abuser violently shakes an toddler or small newborn, coming up a whiplash-form action that motives acceleration-deceleration injuries. In different words, bouncing the child on the same time as burping her isn't adequate stress to reason SBS. you're high quality. I mean who would not leap their infant slightly while it particularly is time for burping. tell Grandma, that each and every little thing is high quality and to sit down down back slightly. you're no longer doing something to harm your little female.

Don't start the knee bouncing until she is really good at holding her head up on her own. My daughter initiated the knee bouncing on her own. I would sit her on my lap and she started rocking herself on my knee so then I started bouncing her. She had to have been around 6 months by then...

Until she's able to support her own head you can't really play with her where you sit her in front of you, you'll need to support her head til she can. Shaken baby syndrome happens when a baby is shaken really violently, it'd be nigh on impossible to do this accidentally. Bouncing a baby on your knee gently is fine when they can support their own head, so is holding them in front of you so you can speak to them and they can look you in the eye.

My son's 3 months old, and I play this way with him.

At 4-5 days old she is so new you shouldnt really be bouncing her around at all. When shes a few months older what your doing is fine...thats not shaken baby syndrome. =)

If you are being nice to your baby she will be fine. Babies who die from this are violently shaken to the point where there head whips around. Rocking her a little bit isnt going to hurt her. Just dont be rough with her and make sure her neck/head has support all the time.

you dont want to do anything that moves her neck she cant support it herself so you can bouncer or rock her only if her head is lying on your chest and your hand is holding the other side of her head in place it wont take long be for shes supporting her own head

a newborn doesn't have enough strength to properly support her neck/head - therefore, it is dangerous to do anything without properly supporting her neck and head *yourself* until she reaches this milestone - which is usually around 3-4 months of age.