Click for Babies Launch - November 1st, 2011

After a call went out in July 2011 for donated handmade purple hats to help raise awareness about Shaken Baby Syndrome, knitters from London and surrounding area, and from as far away as Sweden put their fingers, knitting needles and crochet hooks to work.

Since the call went out, Denise Polgar, injury prevention specialist, has had more than 5,200 knit or crochet purple hats donated to the Trauma Program.

"I am absolutely overwhelmed by our community’s response to this important initiative,” says Polgar. “It could not have happened without the support of the SouthWest Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention Working Group, Maternal Newborn Child and Youth Network, Children’s Health Foundation, Middlesex-London Health Unit, our hospital volunteers and staff and of course, the community.”

The caps will be provided to parents and caregivers in support of The Period of PURPLE Crying® program, which provides important information to parents and caregivers regarding infant crying patterns and comforting strategies, and education on Shaken Baby Syndrome.