Maryland's Health Matters - St. Joseph - Spring 2015 - (Page 13)

AT A G L A N C E KIDS ARE FULL OF They say the darndest things and can somehow manage to coat the entire house in ketchup in 5 seconds ﬂat. But you knew that already, right? Here are ﬁve things you may not have known. NEWBORNS ARE LEGALLY BLIND. At birth, their eyesight is between 20/200 and 20/400, meaning they are incredibly nearsighted and can only see blurry shapes. The best chance you (or that rattle) have at being seen is 8-12 inches from your little one's face. SOMETIMES PRESCHOOLERS SCREAM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. SCHOOL-AGERS CAN GET GROWING PAINS, TOO. They typically strike rise" sleep schedule will respond best. of most teens. To And it's not just make things more for girls; boys difficult, they need physical activity- and they grow out "late to bed, late to immune systems chalk them up to remember anything, triggering the typical when preteens' the knees. Experts usually don't during the teen years, between 11 and 12, calves and behind good news: Children immunization is of the thighs, the ages 3 and 7. The is temporarily reset usually in the front common between the internal clock papillomavirus in the muscles- and they are most Researchers say for the human in the joints. They're as night terrors, The ideal window growing pains aren't thrashing are known TEENAGERS ARE ON A DIFFERENT SLEEP SCHEDULE THAN YOU. as those 3-5). But yelling and violent PRETEENS ARE THE PRIME AGE FOR THE HPV VACCINE. kids 8-12 (as well These episodes of need it, too. 8½ to 9 hours a night and not to growing. of them. CPR = CAB SURPRISES (sometimes even more). If you ever need to perform CPR on an infant or a child, remember this other abbreviation COMPRESSIONS AIRWAY BREATHING Start with 30-fast and Next, open the airway Give two rescue hard, with no pausing. For and make sure it isn't breaths. These infants, place two ﬁngers blocked. Younger kids should last about on the breastbone. For prone to putting things 1 second each and kids ages 1 to 8, use the into their mouths may make the chest rise. heel of your hand on the have a foreign object in Then go back to breastbone. the way. compressions. Summer 2014 issue of Maryland's Health Matters featured an elbow joint, not a knee. HELP KEEP SAVE A LIFE LEARN TO KIDS SAFE Parents worry. We can't help it. Get tips for keeping your kids safe while keeping your head. Go to stjosephtowson.com/mhm and search "Rules of Play" under "Healthy Insights." stjosephtowson.com | Spring 2015 13 http://www.stjosephtowson.com/mhm http://www.stjosephtowson.com

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