Finland is really good at keeping babies alive. Here's one reason why. [UpWorthy.com]

FACT: Parenting is really hard. Finland knows how to make it slightly easier.

I have two children. Keeping them alive is something I haven't failed completely at. Yet.

They both are still totally functioning. I haven't scarred them too badly. I think.

She's still alive today, three years later.

When you have your first kid, things can feel overwhelming.

Once you realize that this little person is really in your life, things can get pretty real.

Me trying to make sure that my kid survives Christmas. He is also still alive, six years later.

But Finland has figured out a way to make that first year of baby survival easier. A baby box.

As the BBC reported, it's a pretty simple thing. A cardboard box you can put your baby in. Seriously. They started doing it back in 1938 for low-income families who couldn't afford cribs.

Did I say put a baby in there? I did. Photo by Annika Söderblom/Kela.

As long as the mother goes to a prenatal visit within four months of becoming pregnant, the family is given a choice. They can choose either a stipend or the baby box (and the stipend goes up when you have twins or triplets). And 95% of Finnish families go with the baby box.

Yeah, that's right. They put their babies in it.

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