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25/9/23

Anonymous

I operate a small early childhood service. We have no children under the age of 2. On average we have 3-5 children a day who have a sleep. Our centre is an old converted single story residential house. Our sleep room is dark during the day as we pull down the blinds but not pitch black. It is somewhat open and easily viewable from the outside but if an educator is out of that room, the line of sight is often compromised. Currently we assign one educator to monitor the 3-5 sleeping children. They perform a visual check every 10 minutes and then spend the remaining time outside of the room performing other tasks, but always remaining indoors. As the building is small and open plan, they are always able to hear the sleeping children. With the recent changes to how the department of education view sleep and rest within early childhood services, we are now second guessing ourselves on our own procedures. In our situation, are we now expected to have an educator sit in the sleep room at all times when children are sleeping ?

24/9/23

Misty

Hello My daughter is 20 months old and has always been in a sleepsuite but recently has started to refuse to wear it. I just wondered what advice or other options I could safely use bedding wise for her? Thank you!

23/9/23

Anonymous.

I work in an early learning service. Advice sourced last year regarding toys in cots was that "Some babies over seven months of age may appreciate a small object such as a soft toy to provide comfort and connection (transitional object) during times of separation from their parent." I was wondering if the current advice is for no toys to be in a cot with a sleeping child under 2 years of age?

22/9/23

Kristy

I have a bassinet on my pram that I use to go walking with my one month old. I live on gravel roads so the ride in the bassinet can be quite bumpy. She does fall asleep but is there risk of hurting her neck?

22/9/23

Anonymous

Could you provide recommendations of how to dress a newborn for sleep - she will be born in January in the hot summer time. We do not have air con in our bedroom so on the hot nights am worried about how to dress. We do plan to swaddle her.

21/9/23

Anonymous

Hi, We will be welcoming a small 3-month-old baby to our childcare center soon. While we know that our cots meet Australian safety standards, the educators have expressed concern about placing the baby in them due to their smaller size. Can you provide recommendations or articles that I can share to reassure the educators bout the safety of the baby in our facility?

19/9/23

Anonymous

Hi, Early Childhood Education and Care and I'm interested in receiving guidance regarding the utilisation of Stowaway cots, which are foldable wooden cots compliant with the Australian Standard AS/NZS 2195. Our intention is to use these cots as an alternative to portable cots. Due to limited spacing within our cot rooms If children aged 12 months and older require a sleeping and resting space, we plan to utilise the Stowaway cots as needed, before eventually transitioning them to stretcher beds.

18/9/23

Bradley

I work at a childcare centre and am seeking clarification on the best sleeping environment for babies. In our cot room we have air conditioning and fans, all our families at the moment bring sleeping bags most being a 1 TOG, and want their children to sleep in them as this is how they sleep at home. As we are going into summer and there are days when the weather is greater than 30 degrees Celsius. I was wondering should the children be dressed to their environment which could sometimes require children to be only in a nappy or singlet, or should the environment be adjusted to how the children are dressed? And if the latter how much should the environment be changed, should it be as minimal as possible, or as much as required for the children to feel comfortable in their sleeping bag, swaddle, etc.?

14/9/23

Melissa

Hello, I understand the safest practice is to room share until at least six months. Do you have any advice for not following this practice and starting a new born off in their own room instead? Are rocking/responsive bassinets where the baby is ‘locked in’ (eg mumma roo or snoo) safe ?

11/9/23

Paige

When using a breathing monitor that is meant to be placed under the mattress of a cot/bassinet, is it safe?

28/8/23

Sophie

Hi, My little boy is 13 months old and just started rolling. Not confidently yet but he can crawl. He always seem to sleep better on his tummy, is it safe at this time for me to put him to sleep on his tummy?

28/8/23

Sarah

My 4 month old baby has outgrown her bassinet that is located in my bedroom. She is arms out of her sleep sack, and hits her arms on the side of the bassinet, and also moves up and down and hit her feet at the end. It is disturbing her sleep. I want to move her to her cot, but it is in her bedroom (doesn’t fit in my room). I’m not sure what to do- guidelines are to be in my room till 6 months, but she no longer fits in bassinet. What to do?

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