Be warned about the dangers of shaking infants. We all need to be very careful on shaking a baby. There are still a lot of people out there that don’t have any idea about the Shaken Baby Syndrome.

The Shaken Baby Syndrome is a form of inflicted head trauma caused by the vigorous shaking of the baby . It is also called Abusive head trauma or AHT. Parents and adults should note that the anatomy of infants, especially a baby’s head and neck are especially vulnerable to injury. The baby’s head is bigger and weigh more with respect to his or her body and his or her neck muscles are weak and cannot prevent violent motions. I personally believe that parents and baby caregivers do not intentionally wish this to happen but sometimes, out of stress and frustration from a baby’s incessant crying, they have no idea that they’ve shaken their baby vigorously and may have caused this.

We need to remember that forceful shaking can result in severe brain damage, resulting in lifelong disability. Parents, child caregivers and teenage baby sitters should be careful how they respond to a crying infant.