Keeping Babies Safe in a Swine Flu World
October 29, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Baby Care, Beyond Preschool, Health, News & Media, Parenting
Parents who are nervous about having a five or six year old child when Swine Flu is on the rise could probably safely quadruple their feelings of fear and anxiety to understand how parents of babies under six months of age feel.
A new mom with a three month old child and two school age children probably summed it up best when she said, “I think it is very scary. I’m afraid to go outside.”
So what do new moms do to keep their babies safe?
* Screen friends. Ask the neighborhood kids if they feel sick before they come in to avoid …read more
