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12 Mar 2024

Baby-friendly first aid training

This training aims to teach you how to give a massage but also other first-aid procedures in case of an accident with a baby.

  • In case of choking, you must be able to remove the object that is obstructing the airway.
  • You must be able to maintain the bleeding while waiting for help...
  • In short, the risks of an accident are significant with a young child, and knowing how to react appropriately is fundamental.
  • That's why baby first aid training is essential when you become a mom.
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Annamae
16 Jun 2023

Feeling very stressed at the moment! Unfortunately, I am a single mom, so I don’t have somebody else at home to help me with anything. my daughters father has been taking care of my rent, but that is coming to an end because I am now going through court to get custody of our daughter and receive child support. As a result, he has been backing off with covering rent for us and keeping a roof over our heads. I am in the process of trying to find a better job than what I currently have (my hours are being reduced, my hours are changing weekly, and the staff has suddenly become very clicky) but that puts me in such a tough position. with her father, cutting back on what he’s doing for us rent wise, and my hours being rushed with at work I am having to figure out how to financially support us. One of the difficult things that I am dealing with among this process is that A) my daughters daycare is 45 minutes from where we live currently, which is fine for the time being because I work at that facility but when I find another job, it might not be in the same area as the center which could add a significant time to drop her off and pick her up and B) I have recently started to not like how her teacher is taking care of her. Not wanting her to stay at this particular location makes it even more challenging to find a job because I then have to figure out what to do with her while I’m working. I’m sure there would be daycare is located wherever I end up but the likelihood of there being a wait list is significant because, her room has the smallest max capacity because of her age. If I choose to get her into another daycare, that would mean needing to know where to look but without a job, saying yes, we want to hire you I wouldn’t know where to look to even put her on a waiting list prior to starting a new job.  The other option is to keep her where she is now on a temporary basis, what time, hired elsewhere, and then get her on a wait list closer to me, but that brings up my other issues again; the distance to the daycare, from where we live, to wherever I would be working, and my feeling that she’s not taken care of properly by her teacher. Another option is to find a private sitter but I have a whole bunch of issues with that.  private sitters can be very expensive (right now the state is paying for my daughters care as I cannot afford it otherwise), private sitters, don’t necessarily have CPR and first aid training, which I feel is very important to have, and unlike daycare centers, private sitters do not get background checks.  with all of that said I need a way to support my child and I am stressed and scared and worried and don’t know what to do. 

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Yacaiah
I’m sorry you have to go through that while pregnant seems like pregnancy alone is enough I hope everything works out for you
16 Jun 2023

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Annamae
My daughter is 8 months old
16 Jun 2023

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