Sleep Transitions

At the ECC, infants may use a sleep sack in their cribs.

     At the beginning of the school year, some of the infants had to adjust to sleeping in an empty crib during nap time. If a child is used to sleeping in a bassinet or co-sleeper with a blanket or a "lovie" (toy/stuffed animal), this can be a major change. Due to child care licensing requirements, we follow the Safe Sleep steps which include placing infants on their backs to sleep and using sleep sacks instead of a traditional blanket in the crib.

An infant explores with his mattress on the floor.

     However, as our infants are getting older, some of them are beginning the transition from sleeping in the crib to sleeping on a crib mattress on the floor at age eleven months. This will help them to prepare for sleeping on a cot. Today in the Baby Bunny room, the eleven month-olds slept outside of their cribs for the first time! Some of the infants sat, crawled, and climbed on their mattresses. Teachers provided support and comfort as the infants adjusted to their new (but temporary) sleeping location.