<prompt> Human: I can repost on Moronic Monday if this is too basic, thanks in advance for any info!My kid was born in early July, and we had been waiting for the birth certificate and SSN to arrive. SSA said it could take up to 8 weeks. Thats passed, and we checked with the hospital, they sent along the paperwork. Spouse went to SSA office today, and they confirmed that the SSN card and birth certificate were mailed out at the end of July, however weve never got it. That means its either a plucked out the mail and stolen, b delivered to wrong address and thrown away, or c lost in the USPS never to be seen again. Does anyone have any experience with how to remedy this situation? Mainly:-Were concerned about identity theft. Should we request a new SSN? Or keep the original SSN and put it on a credit freeze? Are we even allowed to do that as parents?-Are there any fraud risks with the babys birth certificate possibly floating around in the ether?Thanks!  <response>: The SSA doesnt handle birth certificates. Thats handled by your countystate. And in my experience you have to fill out and file the forms for that yourself. The hospital doesnt do it for you or, rather, the hospital does, but you wont get a copy unless you order a copy. Also in my experience, which is specifically limited to my statecounty, the office handling birth certificates is good about mix ups. I ordered a copy for my youngest child and transposed his birthday wrote 02, meant 20, and they called me up and we sorted it out over the phone.The SSA does of course handle SSNs and cards. They should fix this for you. If they give you any sort of runaround at all which they probably will, call your congressperson in DC your federal representative House of Representatives member, not your state congressperson. Their offices have staff members dedicated to solving citizen issues, and issues with the SSA are a big one. In my case, I dealt with a problem for three months before calling my congresswomans office. They in turn solved it in less than 12 hours called in the evening, it was solved by the next morning, complete with an apology phone call from the head of my local SSA office. 