Caring for Infants

C-5.01 - Infant care

I need help with this

little girl. I am Briggs and
I am two. This is my
sister Eli. I call her E-I.
Eli is six months old.

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Sit back and relax

and help, really help, me now.
I will help you when
you do not know the steps.
Remember, I am watching you
because she is my E-I!

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BEFORE FEEDING OR
DIAPERING
Lather and scrub

Rub for 15 seconds

Wash all areas of

hands front and back

Rinse for 10 seconds

Dry with paper towel

or drying device
Turn off faucet with

paper towel

I am watching
you. What
do you do befo
re you start
to feed or cha
nge E-I?

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Hand Washing when Diapering

1. Provide liquid soap and tempered
water.
2. Rub hands vigorously
with soap and tempered
water for 15 seconds.
3. Wash all areas of the
hand; include the backs
of the hands, palms,
wrists, under
fingernails and between
fingers.
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Hand Washing
when Diapering
4. Rinse for 10 seconds.
5. Dry hands with a paper towel or
other hand-drying device.
6. Turn off faucet with a paper towel
or other method without
contaminating hands.
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Right, feed
her. I will
help you get
started.
Move on to
the next
slide!

What care procedure do you think

would make E-I happy if she were
crying?

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The first thing you do when

Mama drops E-I off at
school with her bottles is?

1.Immediately label and refrigerate

breast or formula bottles of milk.
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Time for step 2!

What is it? I will give you a
hint. You forgot to put the
milk in the refrigerator.
What do you do?

2. Discard any formula or breast milk that

has not been refrigerated for two hours.
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Step 3
My sister does not like
her milk cold so..

3. Remove bottle from refrigerator and run

warm water over the bottle to bring to room
temperature.
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My Aunt Billie knows how important the next steps

are. She loves E-I so it is easy for her to do this.
Have you guessed what the next 2 steps are?

5. Watch for signs of

fullness.

4. Hold baby during

bottle feeding.
When baby gets bigger and
can hold his/her own bottle,
its okay to put baby in an
age-appropriate seating device
and give bottle.

Crying in response to bottle

Turning head away
Closing mouth tightly
Pushing away bottle/breast
Stopping sucking

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I am going to be really
mad if you dont do this
last step. I do not want
E-I to get sick!
Okay, name it.

7. After one hour,

discard any used
formula left in the
bottle.

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There is a strange smell

in this school and it is
time for a new
procedure. It is the last
thing you need to do for
E-I. Hint! This procedure
is done on demand, not
on a schedule. Did you
guess?

Diapering
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I am out of here. My Mama

is going to show you the
rest of the procedure. She
is my expert. See ya!!!!!

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This is my beautiful family.

Dada, Mama, E-I and me. Mama
will do the stinky stuff!
Remember she is the expert.
Dada can change diapers, too.

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Hello, caregivers. What do you

think you should do first and
second?

1. Gather supplies before placing child on

diapering surface
2. Don disposable gloves if needed

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3. Use disposable towelette or moistened paper towel

to clean child, wiping front to back.
4.Dispose of of gloves, if used, soiled towelettes,
and diaper in a plastic-lined,
covered receptacle
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5. Wipe hands with disposable towelette or

moistened paper towel.
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6. Slide a clean diaper under the child,

applying diapering products if needed, using
facial or toilet paper, discarding tissue in a
plastic-lined, covered
receptacle.
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Expose of all soiled

items in a plastic lined
trashcan.

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Diapering - Note
Avoid baby powder, ointments, and
other products unless instructed in
writing by a parent. If ingested,
baby powder can harm the lungs of
an infant.

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Check for signs of diaper rash. If needed, and

if you have written parent permission, apply
ointment.
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7. Fasten diaper and place clothing on

child.
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8. Wash childs hands in accordance with Rule .2803.

If child is unable to support his/her head, clean
the childs hands with a disposable towelette or
moistened paper towel, then dry the childes
hands and return the child to a supervised area.
9. Spray entire diapering surface with detergent
solution and wipe clean; use disposable paper
towels.
10. Spray diapering surface with disinfecting solution
and allow to remain on surface two minutes or as
specified by the manufacturer, or air-dry.
11. Wash hands in accordance with Rule .2803, even
if disposable gloves are used by the caregiver.
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I have to get out of here because

I know what is coming next! But
what do you have to do after you
change that diaper?
Think really hard!!!!!!

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Do you have any idea

what the next
procedure could be?
Dada and I like to do
this, too.

Naptime

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Naptime
is like hav
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will grow
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First, you
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have to f
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parents w
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hat their
preferen
babys na
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ptimes. D
or
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home? W
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a nap at
does E-I
Tonight,
go to bed
Mama and
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Dada are
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1. Schedule naps with parent preferences in mind.

Stagger naptimes to meet the individual needs of
infants under your care.
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Remember Aunt Billie held

E-I and rocked her to sleep
in a nice chair like mine. If
E-I is excited and needs to
calm down to get sleepy,
sometimes she reads her a
story or plays soft music
first. So, what are these
next steps?

2. Use music and stories to

calm infants before
naptime.
3. If feeding is needed
before naptime, hold
infants to feed them their
pre-nap bottles.
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After she falls to sleep

what are you going to do
with her? Should you
leave her on the couch?

3. Put infant
in crib.

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For safety
reasons, its
never okay to
prop an infants
bottle or give
it to them
while they are
lying down.
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4. To reduce risk of
Sudden Infant
Death Syndrome
(SIDS), place infant
on his/her back in a
crib with a firm
mattress, avoiding
use of fluffy
animals, pillows, and
other objects in the
crib.
Only place a child in an alternative sleep position if a physicians
recommendation for a sleep position waiver is on file in the center.
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Remember: You are

trusted with our future!!

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