I attended a training this weekend and was surprised to hear there have been 3 SIDS deaths while children are in care in our county in the last few years (I think she said 1-2 years). I have not heard of any of them. Our regulations simply state that you must "check on infants regularly" in addition to the on their back in a crib with no blankets regs we all know about.
My question is how often do you check on infants while they are sleeping? At what time intervals? And what do you consider a check: a peek in the door, walking up to them and actually seeing their are breathing, a video monitor on them at all times? Our regs don't spell it out clearly so its open to interpretation.
Also, when trying to get an infant on a sched/nap routine how long do you let them be in their crib awake while they are trying to fall asleep? Our regs don't state a specific time limit but I have seen other posters who say their regulations limit it to 20 min. Anyone have input on this?
I personally never checked on my own infant while he was sleeping at night nor did any of my clients outside of having a monitor in his room and being in the next room. Obviously it is much different with daycare kids. Just makes me wonder what is considered "normal" while at daycare.
My question is how often do you check on infants while they are sleeping? At what time intervals? And what do you consider a check: a peek in the door, walking up to them and actually seeing their are breathing, a video monitor on them at all times? Our regs don't spell it out clearly so its open to interpretation.
Also, when trying to get an infant on a sched/nap routine how long do you let them be in their crib awake while they are trying to fall asleep? Our regs don't state a specific time limit but I have seen other posters who say their regulations limit it to 20 min. Anyone have input on this?
I personally never checked on my own infant while he was sleeping at night nor did any of my clients outside of having a monitor in his room and being in the next room. Obviously it is much different with daycare kids. Just makes me wonder what is considered "normal" while at daycare.
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