Infants need complete support, including support for the
head and neck. This is necessary because an infant’s
neck
is
weak
and
its head weighs so much compared
with
the
rest of
its
body.
In
a
crash, an infant
in
a
rear-facing restraint settles into the restraint,
so
the
crash forces can be distributed across the strongest part
of
the infant’s body, the back and shoulders.
A
baby
should be secured in an appropriate infant restraint.
This is
so
important that many hospitals toda:
release
a newborn infant to its parents unless
infant restraint available for the baby’s first
tr
motor vehicle.
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y
won’t
there
is
an
’ip
in
a
Never hold a baby in your arms while riding in a
vehicle.
A
baby doesn’t weigh much
--
until a
crash. During a crash a baby
will
become
so
heavy
you
can’t hold it. For example, in
a
crash
CAUTION:
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