Please don’t mask your babies! 
Reasons not too are:

• Baby’s have a smaller airway, making breathing through a mask more difficult.
• Using a mask on an infant may increase the risk of suffocation. A snug fit gives them less access to air.
• If they are having troubles breathing, infants cannot take the masks off themselves.
• There are no N95 masks approved for children.

Tips to protect your newborn baby are:

• Avoiding crowds, keeping babies away from crowded areas when possible.
• Stay away from sick people. At least 6 feet distance from anyone who is sick with a cough of a fever.
• Avoid others holding your baby, it is OK to say No ?
• Washing your hands frequently when touching your baby
• Avoid others coming to your home to visit you and your newborn baby
• Avoid leaving your home to increase risk of catching illness for you and your newborns health

Delivering your baby with confirmed COVID-19, will it harm them?

• We do not know at this time what if any risk is posed to infants of a pregnant woman who has COVID-19.
• There have been a small number of reported problems with pregnancy or delivery (e.g. preterm birth) in babies born to mothers who tested positive for COVID-19 during their pregnancy. However, it is not clear that these outcomes were related to maternal infection.

For more information about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Infants visit: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/pregnancy-breastfeeding.html#anchor_1584169584

Tips to help guide you with symptoms for your infant: