When teaching basic infant safety to the parents of a 3-month-old, the

When teaching basic infant safety to the parents of a 3-month-old, the nurse should emphasize:

1. Placing gates at stairways
2. Keeping bathroom doors closed
3. Giving large, hard teething biscuits
4. Removing feeding bibs at bedtime

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ANS: 4
Bibs should be removed at bedtime to avoid suffocation. Placing gates or fences at stairways is an appropriate safety measure to prevent falls of the 8- to 12-month-old infant. Keeping bath-room doors closed is an appropriate safety measure to prevent drowning of the 8- to 12-month-old infant. Caution should be exercised when giving teething biscuits to a 4- to 7-month-old infant because large chunks may be broken off and aspirated. Teething biscuits are typically not given to a 3-month-old.