
Infant Enrollment
I accept Infants - newborn and
up.
Parents are responsible for all
Diapers and Wipes. I request that parents supply pre-made formula bottles with the date
and child's name adhered. I will supply infant cereal and food. At the time of enrollment,
I will give you a Infant Feeding Food Program form to be filled out so that I can be
re-embers through the Episcopal Child Care Food Program. Nursing Mothers; I will feed your
baby your pumped milk, as long as it has been frozen and labeled with your child's name,
date pumped and date expires. I only thaw breast milk in warm water, Never the
microwave oven.


Physical
Stimulation
When keeping infants, I am sure to see
that they get a lot of stimulation by me doing the following: feeding, singing, rocking,
playing mommy & me games, and massages with baby lotion right before nap. The
infants are never stuck in one place for very long, I feel that infants should be rotated
often so they don't get tired and board. If I am not nurturing them in my arms. I
have them on the floor mat full of toys that have allot of different textures, stimulating
colors, and some that make sounds. I never place babies on their tummies during nap time.
I am very careful when it comes to taking care of the infants. I am terrified of SIDS in
my childcare. Some of the things that I do, and you can do to help prevent SIDS is; no
smoking during pregnancy, no drinking during pregnancy, never sleep with your infant, no
bumper pads on the crib, no stuffed animals in the crib, Do place your baby at the foot of
the crib to sleep on his/her back on a flat surface make sure to tuck the blanket around
the crib mattress when tucking in your baby. To find out more on SIDS please visit CJ Foundation for SIDS.


Toys
& Music for Babies
The types of infant toys I have are;
large LakeShore crawl mats,
floor mobiles that are black,red & white.
round
floor sensory floor toy that I normally fill full of different textures of balls.
I have a set of
Baby So Smart videos that I might put on during their play time. It plays Mozart music it
has allot of stimulating colors in black, red, & white with constant movements of
shapes, and faces.
I have exercisers, rattles, books, blocks, and allot
more. I love teaching babies how to use sign language. It enables them to
effectively communicate their needs long before they can speak proper words.
Signing also enables parents and babies to bond. I also use Baby Einstein DVD's for
signing it displays teachers verbally repeating a word while demonstrating the correlating
sign. Children love seeing other children on television. It helps them connect to learn.
The signs I will teach them will be Cup, bowl, eat, drink, pooh, water, mommy, daddy,
Grammy, Pappy, ball, book, naptime. Most children don't develop their verbal words
until they are two, and still it is still kind of hard.


FEEDING AND DIAPERING
When feeding your little one, I normally go by what the
parents expect me to do. I will chart if you need a recording of his/her stay. When
diapering, I change the infants frequently . Most soil their diapers often when nursing
their mom. I will feed your baby your breast milk Pre-made bottles only. Parent Tip: most
baby rashes are from a yeast infection, such a Step, Thrush, diaper rashes can accrue from
juices, they cause the poohs to become acid. Never leave a baby in a soiled diaper their
skin is very sensitive, therefore the babies contract the rash faster. Plain Corn
Starch absorbs moister it is great for rashes and it has no perfumes in it to burn the
child.
This Schedule is a sample of what an infant would do on
a daily basis, But please remember that babies have their own schedule. therefor I have to
implement what I can through out the day.
|
Infants Daily Schedule |
7:00am
|
Arrival
/ Diaper Change |
8:30am |
Breakfast=Bottle/Cereal/Baby
Food |
9:00am |
Small
Motor Skills
(grasping, reaching, holding, sensory
toys) |
9:30am |
Large
Motor Skills
(sitting, crawling, walking) |
10:30am |
Diaper Change/ massage with lotion. |
10:45am |
Morning Nap (depends on baby) |
10:30am |
Tummy Time (learning to roll over, reaching) |
11:30am |
Lunch=
Bottle/Cereal/Baby Food |
12:15pm |
Wash up/ Clean Up |
12:25pm |
Diaper Change/ massage with lotion. |
12:30pm |
Afternoon Nap (depends on Baby) |
1:30pm |
Diaper
Change/ massage with lotion. |
1:45pm |
Group
Play with older children (Listening skill/ alertness to surrounding) |
2:00pm |
Rocking
w/ teacher or swinging with Mozart or Baby Bach music. Talking with and Mocking babies
coos |
2:30pm |
Snack= Bottle/cereal/baby food |
3:00pm
|
Tummy
Time (One on one with children, Name body parts using a
finger puppet, move legs and arms) |
3:30pm |
Diaper
Change/ massage with lotion. |
3:45pm |
Your baby Can Read
Program |
4:00pm |
Small
Motor Skills
(grasping, reaching, holding, sensory
toys) |
4:30pm |
Large
Motor Skills
(sitting, crawling, walking) |
5:pm to 5:30 |
Diaper changes, and Pick up. |