OK, I know everyone is probably tired of me tweeting about not shaking the babies. However, as a pediatric nurse with 20+ years of experience, I have seen first hand the effects of Shaken Baby Syndrome and it is absolutely heartbreaking.
Shaken Baby Syndrome is the condition where a child has been shaken so violently that damage occurs inside their head and to their brain stem. 25% of these children die quickly, where the other 75% die a long, protracted death, over years. They become "vegetables", as the general public so cruelly likes to categorize them.
Rest assured that the little "bouncy bounce" game you play with your child on your knee, or the "Trot Trot to Boston" game, is NOT what we are talking about here. Also, a child cannot get this degree of damage from falling off a couch or bumping their head.
Remember that crying is the only way a baby can communicate... if it's getting to you and you can't take it anymore, just put the baby in her crib and walk away for 5 minutes. It's never OK to shake your baby.
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