Learn what to do if your infant is choking

Now, to recognise if your infant is choking, sometimes they actually don't make a sound. They go bright red, their skin might discolour, you may actually hear a wheeze or a cough, those are all signs that they are choking. Now, the first thing you want to do if you recognise that that is happening, take your phone out, call triple zero quite quickly, pop them on speaker and place it on a hard surface so you can continue helping your child. Now, a lot of choking incidents happen in the highchair, when they start those solids. So, you'll need to take them out, undo those clips as quick as you can, pick your baby up and pop them straight into that recovery position. Now, a recovery position on an infant is you're going to very carefully hold their jaw and keep that little mouth open. You'll pop them in that decline position, and carefully end up with one leg either side of your arm, with that head facing down. You're going to be issuing back blows and chest thrusts. A back blow is using the palm of your hand directly in between their shoulder blades, a firm hit and look inside their mouth, tilt that baby into you. Use your hitting hands little finger to carefully sweep their mouth out in case anything came up. Ensure that you are always watching that mouth though if you're doing a finger sweep so you know where you're going. Two, three, four and five. Now, after five back blows, if you've been unsuccessful, try the chest thrusts. Pop bubby down onto a hard surface, so the ground is fine. Remember, when an infant is on their back, their airway doesn't fully develop till around one. When an infant is on their back, to keep their airway open, nose to sky is the most neutral position for them. You'll need to carefully keep one hand on bubby's head, to ensure that head stays in position. The other hand, two fingers, on the centre of the chest. To find the centre of their chest, fingers under their armpits, where they meet, that's the centre. Carefully push those buttons and zippers aside, keep that airway gently open and push. Look inside the mouth. Repeat five times. Two, three, four and five. Now, if you do see something come up in that mouth, don't sweep it on their back. Carefully pop bubby, back into that recovery position and sweep it out nice and safely. Now, at this point, your baby is either going to recover in which case if you still need that ambulance, let them come and check baby out. Your baby may need some more back blows and chest thrusts. Or if your baby stops breathing, you're going to have to commence CPR. Now during all of this, keep in mind, triple zero is on the phone and they are going to be your best friend. They're going to talk you through every step of the way, so don't panic if you forget these steps, they'll guide you through it.