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Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep Policy Sample (Revised)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is the unexpected death of a seemingly healthy baby for whom no

cause of death can be determined based on an autopsy, an investigation of the place where the baby

died and a review of the baby's clinical history.

Child care providers can maintain safer sleep environments for babies that help lower the chances of

SIDS. N.C. law requires that child care providers caring for children 12 months of age or

younger,implement a safe sleep policy, share this information with parents and participate in training.

In the belief that proactive steps can be taken to lower the risks of SIDS in child care and that parents and

child care providers can work together to keep babies safer while they sleep, this facility will practice the

following safe sleep policy:

Safe Sleep Practices

1. All child care staff working in this room, or

the room temperature,avoiding excess bedding

child care staff who may potentially work in this

and not over-dressing or overwrapping the baby.

room, will receive training on our infant Safe

Safe Sleep Environment

Sleep Policy.

7. Room temperature will be kept between 68-

2. Infants will always be placed on their backs to

75°F and a

sleep,unless there is a signed sleep position

thermometer kept in the infant room.

medical waiver on

8. Infants' heads will not be covered with

file. In that case, a waiver notice will be posted

blankets or bedding.

at the infant’s crib and the waiver filed in the

Infants' cribs will not be covered with blankets or

infant’s file.

bedding.

3. The American Academy of Pediatrics

We may use a sleep sack instead of a

recommends that babies are placed on their

blanket.

back to sleep, but when babies can easily turn

9. No loose bedding, pillows, bumper pads, etc.

over from the back to the stomach, they

will be used in

can be allowed to adopt whatever position they

cribs. We will tuck any infant blankets in at the

prefer for sleep.

foot of the

4. We will follow this recommendation by the

crib and along the sides of the crib mattress.

American Academy of Pediatrics. However, child

10 Toys and stuffed animals will be removed

care staff can further discuss with parents how

from the crib

to address circumstances

when the infant is sleeping. Pacifiers will be

when the baby turns onto their stomach or side.

allowed in

5. Visually checking sleeping infants.

infants’ cribs while they sleep.

Sleeping infants will be checked daily, every 15-

11. A safety-approved crib with a firm mattress

20 minutes, by assigned staff.The sleep

and tight fitting

information will be recorded on a Sleep

sheet will be used.

Chart.The Sleep Chart will be kept on file for one

12. Only one infant will be in a crib at a time,

month after the reporting month. We will be

unless we are

especially alert to monitoring a sleeping infant

evacuating infants in an emergency.

during the first weeks the

13. No smoking is permitted in the infant room or

infant is in child care.

on the

We will check to see if the infant’s skin color

premises.

is normal, watch the rise and fall of the chest

14. All parents/guardians of infants cared for in

to observe breathing and look to see if the

the infant room

infant is sleeping soundly. We will check the

will receive a written copy of our Infant/Toddler

infant for signs of

Safe Sleep

overheating including flushed skin color,

Policy before enrollment.

body temperature by touch and restlessness.

15. To promote healthy development, awake

6. Steps will be taken to keep babies from

infants will be

getting too warm or overheating by regulating

given supervised “tummy time” for exercise

and for

Sample Infant/toddler Safe Sleep Policy Template

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