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I’m not from California and could be way off here but a seem to remember from previous posts that waking a sleeping child or making a child lay down was part of your regulations on violating a child’s personal rights? I though another poster brought that up previously?
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This is what I was given at our meeting. These apply to CA and were the most current proposed safe sleep practices as of last month. These could change between now and when the actual practices are passed. Possible changes that were mentioned were whether licensing would require us to use a licensing provided sleep plan form or whether we'd be able to create/use our own, requiring us to document infants sleep times to keep a record, changing the terminology from "play yards" to "portable cribs" or other term when referring to "pack'n'play" type equipment. We were originally told that the changes would go into effect in October but at our meeting that was changed to November and culd possibly change again etc. depending on how long it takes them to decide on the finished safe sleep regulations.
Family Child Care Safe Sleep Regulation Concepts
Community Care Licensing – Child Care Program
Sleep Surface:
• Mattresses must be firm with a fitted sheet that is appropriate to the mattress size that fits tightly on the mattress, and overlaps the underside of the mattress so it cannot be dislodged
• Mattresses shall be made specifically for the size crib or play yard in which they are placed
• No loose articles and soft objects in the crib or play yard
• Bumper pads are not allowed
• No objects can be hanging above or attached to the side of the crib
• Crib or play yard placement will not hinder entrance or exit to and from the space where infants are sleeping
• Each infant's bedding will be used for him/her only
• Bedding shall be changed and sanitized daily, or more often if needed
Pacifiers:
Pacifiers are allowed in cribs/ play yards if the following provisions are in place:
• An infant cannot be forced to take a pacifier when put down to sleep
• Nothing can be attached to the pacifier (no toys, small blankets or tethers etc)
• The pacifier must be specific to the infant it is being given to
Individual Sleeping Plan:
• An Individual Sleeping Plan will be completed for each infant that is 12 months of age or younger that the facility has in care and maintained in the child’s record
The Plan will include the following:
Usual Sleeping Times
Equipment the infant sleeps in
Length of time that is usual for them to sleep
Pacifier use
Infant’s ability to roll over and back on their own
Medical Exemption documentation
Back to Sleep
• The licensee must place infants aged 12 months or younger on their backs for sleeping
• The requirements set forth in the above may not apply if there is a medical exception included in the infant’s Individual Infant Sleeping Plan
- Medical exemptions must be signed by a licensed physician or their designee
- The medical exemption must be included in the child’s file
• Infants must have an Individual Infant Sleeping Plan completed and signed by an authorized representative. The plan should indicate that the infant is able to roll form their back to their tummy as well as from their tummy to their back. However, they must be placed on their back when first laid down to sleep; in the event the infant changes position they may remain in the position that suits them if the plan is completed appropriately
• If the infant is able to roll back and forth for the first time in care the provider may then fill out the appropriate section of the Individual Infant Sleeping Plan, notify the authorized representative and have them sign the form when they pick up the child
Sleeping
• Infants must not be swaddled while in care (sleep sacks ok)
• Infants head must not be covered while sleeping
• If an infant falls asleep before being placed in a crib or play yard, the licensee must move the infant to a crib or play yard as soon as possible
• No child shall be forced to sleep, to stay awake or to stay in the sleeping area
Supervision:
The licensee must supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements:
• The licensee will physically check on the infant every 15 minutes while the infant is sleeping, as well as look for any signs of distress and take proper emergency steps as detailed in the proposed regulations
• The licensee must be near enough to the sleeping infant to be able to hear them should they awaken
• If the infant/s is sleeping in a separate room from where the licensee is stationed, the door to the room the infant/s is sleeping in must remain open at all times
• The licensee must be on the same floor as the sleeping infant
• A monitor may be used in the home in addition to the above requirements for supervision but cannot be used in place of them
Overnight Care:
In addition to all Infant Safe Sleep requirements the following requirements must be followed:
• The provider must remain awake whenever children are awake
• The door to the room where the provider is sleeping as well as the door to the room where the children in care are sleeping must remain open
• If the sleeping arrangements are not situated in such a way that the provider can be assured of hearing a child waken, a monitor system must be used
• The monitor must be maintained and in good working order at all times
• The monitor may be used in place of 15 minute checks if infant has fallen asleep and the licensee is going to sleep as well.
• Clean bedding and nightclothes must be available to children in care
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A lot of providers are not doing infant childcare anymore due to all the new rules that go into effect Sept. 30.
People are scrambling to find care!Each day is a fresh start
Never look back on regrets
Live life to the fullest
We only get one shot at this!!
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PROPOSED doesn’t mean they’ll all become actual regs though. This is so. Frustrating.Comment
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Does this proposed regulation pertain to in-home care as well as centers? I cannot find any information that this pertains to in-home childcare.Comment
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The paper I got was directly from a CA Child Care Advocate and I believe you won't find that specific paper posted but you can see the proposed bill. Pretty much the paper I got were the propositions in the bill/changes etc in a bulleted list to make it easier to read without the legal jargon.
In other news ...
I heard via our Association President that the blanket washing daily thing will be changed to weekly or "as needed" if they get dirtier sooner happyface.
Hopefully that doesn't change again
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So are these suggestions or proposals or are they changes that ARE/WILL be occurring?
An Infant Sleep Plan? ....updating and keeping that written document current could be a full tie job
"No infant shall be forced to sleep".... :confused: :
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The wording is somewhat alarming from a provider standpoint. I can see parents taking some of the statements and interpreting them in VASTLY different ways.
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So I just have the one hand out of proposed changes for safe sleep.
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