Infant Health and Safety :: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Welcome to the Infant health and safety page. On this page you will information and advice to some common potential health and safety concerns and routines with children aged between 0 and 5 years old.

For more advice and information on other common illnesses and health conditions, please visit the health conditions and illnesses page.

For advice on keeping yourself healthy, please visit the staying healthy page

Some babies sleep much more than others. Some sleep for long periods, others in short bursts. Some soon sleep through the night, while some don't for a long time. Your baby will have their own pattern of waking and sleeping, and it's unlikely to be the same as other babies you know.

To find out more about infant sleep please visit NHS - Help your baby to sleep.

Button batteries are small round, silver batteries found in lots of electrical toys and devices.

If your child swallows a button battery or you think they may have swallowed one, take them to A&E straight away.

As well as being a choking hazard, button batteries can cause internal burns, internal bleeding, and in some cases, even deaths.

They can also cause burns if they're lodged in a child's nose or ear.