School is right around the corner, and what a perfect time to spread the word and educate everyone about the Period of PURPLE Crying and to help prevent infant abuse.

Each and every day, infants across North America are shaken and abused because the person caring for them became frustrated with their crying. Many times the abuse could have been prevented had the person caring for the infant only known that early infant crying may be normal.

CLICK for Babies is a North America initiative to help educate caregivers about normal infant crying, how to cope with crying, and the dangers of reacting to crying in frustration by shaking or harming an infant.

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 How you can get started and help:

 Step One

Find a newborn size baby cap pattern or use one that we have found. Please refrain from including “pom poms” that hang from strings or any type of strap to secure caps to baby’s heads. These pose a potential choking and/or strangling hazard to babies. Click Here to Find a Pattern

 

Step Two

Purchase any shade of soft baby friendly purple yarn from your local yarn shop or craft store. Other colors of yarn can also be used in your cap, but be sure that the cap is at least 50% purple in color.  Starting now and until the end of September, Get Stitchin’ is offering 15% off any yarn that is at least 50% purple in color.

 

Step Three

Start knitting or crocheting as many caps as you would like. Infant heads come in a variety of sizes. As a general rule, caps should have a circumference between 14 in (13 in-15 in) and a height of 4 in-6 in.  Click here to view our calendar for Click for Babies Socials.

 

Step Four

Bring or send your completed caps to Get Stitchin’  by October 1, 2015.  For every 5 caps you bring into Get Stitchin’ we will give you a $5 gift card. Caps will be distributed to babies in November with the Period of PURPLE Crying program.

 

 We can start today and educate about this growing problem.  What a great feeling to knit or crochet to save lives…