Utah Admin. Code R430-90-24 - Infant and Toddler Care
(1)
The provider shall ensure that each awake infant and toddler receives positive
physical and verbal interaction with a caregiver at least once every 20
minutes.
(2) To stimulate their
healthy development, the provider shall ensure that infants receive daily
interactions with adults, including on the ground interaction and closely
supervised time spent in the prone position for infants less than six months
old.
(3) The provider shall ensure
that caregivers respond promptly to infants and toddlers who are in emotional
distress due to conditions including hunger, fatigue, a wet or soiled diaper,
fear, teething, or illness.
(4) For
their healthy development, the provider shall make safe toys available and
accessible for each infant and toddler to engage in play.
(5) The provider shall ensure that mobile
infants and toddlers have freedom of movement in a safe area.
(6) The provider may not confine an awake
infant or toddler in any piece of equipment, including a swing, high chair,
crib, playpen, or other similar piece of equipment for more than 30
minutes.
(7) The provider shall
ensure that only one infant or toddler occupies any one piece of equipment at a
time, unless the equipment has individual seats for more than one
child.
(8) The provider shall make
objects made of styrofoam inaccessible to infants and toddlers.
(9) The provider shall allow each infant and
toddler to eat and sleep on their own schedule.
(10) The provider shall ensure that baby
food, formula, or breast milk that is brought from home for an individual
infants and toddlers use is:
(a) labeled with
the child's name;
(b) labeled with
the date and time of preparation or opening of the container, including a jar
of baby food;
(c) refrigerated if
needed; and
(d) discarded within 24
hours of preparation or opening, except for unprepared powdered formula or dry
food.
(11) If an infant
cannot sit upright and hold their own bottle, the provider shall ensure that a
caregiver is within arm's reach of each infant during bottle feeding and that
bottles are not propped.
(12) The
provider shall ensure that the caregiver swirls and tests warm bottles for
temperature before feeding to children.
(13) The provider shall discard formula and
milk, including breast milk, after feeding or within two hours of starting a
feeding.
(14) The provider shall
ensure that caregivers cut solid foods for infants into pieces no larger than
1/4 inch in diameter, and cut solid foods for toddlers into pieces no larger
than 1/2 inch in diameter.
(15) The
provider shall ensure that infants sleep in equipment designed for sleep
including a crib, bassinet, porta-crib or playpen, and that infants are not
placed to sleep on a mat, cot, pillow, bouncer, swing, car seat, or other
similar piece of equipment.
(16)
The provider shall place infants on their backs for sleeping unless there is
documentation from a health care provider requiring a different sleep
position.
(17) The provider may not
place soft toys, loose blankets, or other objects in sleep equipment while in
use by sleeping infants.
Notes
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