Caring for Infants

1. Caring for Infants C-5.01 - Infant care

2. 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

3. We go to a child care center, but I call it school. It is very important to me that Eli gets good care. My Mama, Dada, and I love her very much. C-5.01 - Infant care

4. Hand washing • Feeding • Diapering 4. Naptime There are four step-by-step procedures you need to be able to apply to work with Eli. Can you help me name them? C-5.01 - Infant care

5. 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! C-5.01 - Infant care

6. When it is time for a change, or when it is time for a feeding, what do you as E-I’s caregiver need to do? This a very important procedure. Wash Your Hands C-5.01 - Infant care

7. BEFORE FEEDING OR DIAPERING • Lather • Scrub • Rinse • Turn off • Dry • Gloves I am watching you. What do you do before you start to feed or change E-I? C-5.01 - Infant care

8. Hand Washing when Diapering • Turn on water at 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit and wet hands. 2. Using liquid soap, rub hands and wrists back and forth to lather all parts well, including under fingernails. 3. Scrub for 15-20 seconds. C-5.01 - Infant care

9. Hand Washing when Diapering 4.Rinse well for at least 10 seconds with warm water, keeping hands pointed down. 5. Use a paper towel or elbow to turn off the faucet. Do not touch faucet controls with clean hands. • Using a mechanical dryer or paper towels, dry hands thoroughly. 7. Discard paper towels in lined can. C-5.01 - Infant care

10. What care procedure do you think would make E-I happy if she were crying? Right, feed her. I will help you get started. Move on to the next slide! C-5.01 - Infant care

11. The first thing you do when Mama drops E-I off at school with her bottles is? • Immediately label and refrigerate breast or formula bottles of milk. C-5.01 - Infant care

12. 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

13. 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

14. 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? • Watch for signs of fullness. • Crying in response to bottle • Turning head away • Closing mouth tightly • Pushing away bottle/breast • Stopping sucking 4. Hold baby during bottle feeding. When baby gets bigger and can hold his/her own bottle, it’s okay to put baby in an age-appropriate seating device and give bottle. C-5.01 - Infant care

15. I am going to be really mad if you don’t 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

16. 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 C-5.01 - Infant care

17. I am out of here. My Mama is going to show you the rest of the procedure. She is my expert. See ya!!!!! C-5.01 - Infant care

18. 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

19. Hello, caregivers. What do you think you should do first and second? 1. Wash hands properly and apply gloves. 2. Gather necessary items for diapering, (diaper, baby wipes, and so on). C-5.01 - Infant care

20. 3. Place infant on his/her back on the changing table. 4. Remove clothing that is covering the infant’s bottom. C-5.01 - Infant care

21. 5. Removethe soiled diaper. Fold soiled area inside and discard. C-5.01 - Infant care

22. 6. Clean the infant’s bottom from front to back with a baby wipe or wet wash cloth. C-5.01 - Infant care

23. 7. Place a clean diaper under the infant. C-5.01 - Infant care

24. Diapering 8. 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. C-5.01 - Infant care

25. Check for signs of diaper rash. If needed, and if you have written parent permission, apply ointment. C-5.01 - Infant care

26. 10. Complete putting on diaper, fasten clothes, and wash baby’s hands. C-5.01 - Infant care

27. Last steps for diapering. What are they? 11. Remove gloves and wash hands. 12. Move infant to a safe location. 13. Disinfect the changing table. 13. Record diapering information on the daily record. C-5.01 - Infant care

28. 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!!!!!! AFTER DIAPERING • Remove gloves and wash hands • Move baby • Disinfect area • Record diapering information C-5.01 - Infant care

29. Do you have any idea what the next procedure could be? Dada and I like to do this, too. Naptime C-5.01 - Infant care

30. Naptime is like having a garden. There are some procedures you have to follow so it will grow and bear fruit. First, you have to find out from the parents what their preferences are for baby’s naptimes. Does E-I take a nap at home? What time does E-I go to bed? Tonight, Mama and Dada are taking us out to eat, so they what us both to take a nap. Click your mouse and check out the first procedure for naptimes. 1. Schedule naps with parents’ preferences in mind. Stagger naptimes to meet the individual needs of infants under your care. C-5.01 - Infant care

31. 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 nextsteps? • If needed, use music and stories to calm infants before naptime. • If feeding is needed before naptime, hold infants to feed them their pre-nap bottles. C-5.01 - Infant care

32. After she falls to sleep what are you going to do with her? Should you leave her on the couch? 4. Put infant in crib. For safety reasons, it’s never okay to prop an infant’s bottle or give it to them while they are lying down. C-5.01 - Infant care

33. See how beautiful and happy E-I is now that you have taken care of her. Thanks for the help. I am off to the Golf Club. See ya! C-5.01 - Infant care

34. Remember: You are trusted with our future!! C-5.01 - Infant care