Colorado Child Care Infant Toddler Safe Sleep Model Policy
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204-01-2016
Custom House Children's Center
Colorado Child Care Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep Model Policy
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIOS) 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 infant died, and a review of the infant's
medical history. We believe that a safe environment for infants helps lower the chances of an infant dying from SIOS, and
that parents and child care providers can work together to provide a safe sleep
environment.
The Custom House Children's Center will implement the following safe sleep
practices.
Safe Sleep Practices
6. All parents/guardians of infants cared for in the
1. All child care staff caring for infants and child
facility will receive a written copy of our
care staff that may potentially care for infants
Infant/Toddler
Safe
Sleep
Policy
before
will receive training on how to implement our
enrollment, will review the policy with staff, and
infant Safe Sleep Policy.
sign a statement saying they received and
2. Infants will always be placed on their backs to
reviewed the policy.
sleep, unless there is a signed Alternate Sleep
7. The temperature in the room where the infant(s)
Health Care Professional
Position Waiver-
0
sleep will be kept between 68-75
F and monitored
Recommendation in the infant's file. A waiver
by the thermometer kept in the infant sleeping
notice will be posted at the infant's crib. This
room.
facility does not accept Alternate Sleep Position
Parent Request. Waivers will be
Waiver
-
8. To promote healthy development, awake infants
retained in the children's record as long as they
will be given supervised "tummy time" for exercise
are enrolled.
and for play.
3. When babies can easily turn over from the
back to the stomach, they will be placed to
Safe Sleep Environment
sleep on their backs and then allowed to adopt
the sleep position they
prefer.
This is in
9. No loose bedding, pillows, bumper pads, toys, or
accordance with the American Academy of
other soft objects will be used in cribs. We will tuck
Pediatrics (MP) recommendations. Child care
any infant blankets in at the foot of the crib and
staff can further discuss with parents how to
along the sides of the crib mattress. We may use a
address circumstances when the baby turns
sleep sack instead of a blanket.
onto their stomach or side.
10. Pacifiers will be allowed in infants' cribs while they
4. Optional: Sleeping infants will be visually
sleep. When the pacifier falls out of the sleeping
checked daily, every 15-20 minutes, by
infant's mouth, it will not be reinserted into the
assigned staff. The sleep information will be
infant's mouth. The pacifier is the only object we
recorded on a Sleep Chart. The Sleep Chart
will allow in a crib.
will be kept on file for one month after the
reporting month. We will be especially alert to
11. A
Consumer
Product
Safety
Commission
monitoring a sleeping infant during the first
safety-approved crib with a firm mattress and tight
weeks the infant is in child care. We will check
fitting sheet will be used. Drop-side cribs will not
the infant for:
be used. Cribs will have no gaps larger than two
fingers between the sides of the crib and mattress.
Normal skin color
Normal breathing by watching the rise
12. Each infant will sleep have his or her.own crib.
and fall of the chest
Only one infant will be in a crib at a time, unless we
His or her level of sleep
are evacuating infants in an emergency.
Signs of overheating: flushed skin
13. An infant who arrives asleep in a car seat will be
color, increase in body temperature
moved to a crib.
(touch the skin), and restlessness
14. Our child care program is a smoke free
5. Staff will reduce the risk of overheating by not
environment.
over-dressing or over-wrapping the infants.
15. Our child care program supports breastfeeding.
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