A "baby box" will be distributed to young parents in 2022

From February 2022, parents of newborns will receive “baby boxes” at the maternity ward, an opportunity for staff to convey prevention messages, AFP learned on Tuesday October 12 from the State Secretariat for Childhood, confirming press information. “Each object conveys and symbolizes a message that is intended to help parents. It will serve as a support for dialogue with families in the maternity ward, ”says the office of Secretary of State Adrien Taquet.

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The baby box will contain a sleeping bag, which will explain how to put the baby to bed to avoid any accident such as sudden infant death syndrome. An album will make parents aware of the importance of the artistic and cultural awakening of infants, of interactions with parents, of encouraging them to read to their child without waiting for him to go to school. A soap will promote natural products and warn about endocrine disruptors and chemical products, while a moisturizer will remind the mother that she must take care of herself and not forget herself.

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A first test of 180,000 packages

Rather than a box, the package will be in the form of a shoulder bag. For the government, it is an "invitation to go out, not to forget yourself as a parent, to go for sports or outdoor activities". 180,000 boxes will be distributed from February in maternity wards in municipalities with priority neighborhoods and rural revitalization municipalities. The device will be evaluated in the summer before being probably extended to the whole territory.

The "baby box" is one of the initiatives to raise parents' awareness of the importance of the 1000 days from the start of pregnancy to the child's two years, with an app and a site. Psychiatrist Boris Cyrulnik submitted in September 2020 at the government's request a report on the first 1000 days of the child, which "condition the health and well-being of the individual throughout his life", according to the state secretary.

From next week, future parents will receive a booklet by post, as soon as they declare their pregnancy, giving them points of reference on sleep, screens, breastfeeding, diet, postpartum depression and prevention of violence.

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