Pella Regional Health Center is continuing to raise awareness for the PURPLE Period of PURPLE Cryin with Infants.

Each year, more than 1,400 babies are shaken and abused as a result of a parent or caregiver becoming frustrated with an infant’s crying. Dr. Spencer Carlstone with Pella Regional says research shows frustration with a crying infant is the number one trigger for the shaking and abuse of infants. Carlstone says the majority of shaken infants suffer a variety of significant and life-long injuries.

Pella Regional’s Auxiliary members knitted and crocheted a number of items in purple that were distributed to new parents in Obstetrics at Pella Regional by the end of 2015 to build awareness of the Period of PURPLE Crying.