How to Make a Daily Infant Sheet for Day Care Purposes

Whether you take your infant to day care or child care is provided in your home, you want to know what your youngster was up to all day. Day care providers should be using infant care sheets to help you keep track already -- it's just part of professional practice. However, your own daily care sheets enable you to customize the information you̵7;d like to receive and include brief notes to the caregiver, such as nap time routines, a special blanket to use at nap time, favorite lullabies or stories or food preferences.

  1. Food Factor

    • When you leave your child in another's care, you̵7;ll want to know she kept up with her healthy eating schedule, and the care sheet can bring you peace of mind. Create a section on the sheet titled "Eating" or "Food,̶1; and divide the section into several rows for each meal and snack of the day. Beside each meal and snack, include a separate "Yes/No" column for the care provider to check off. Now the caregiver can record exactly what your infant consumed at each time. If your baby is still drinking bottles exclusively, make one row for each feeding time and leave a space for the caregiver to record the amount your baby consumed.

    Diaper Duty

    • Just as important as her eating habits, your baby's diapering schedule can help to assure you her digestive system is working well. In the next column of the care sheet, label the section "Diapers." You can leave a number of rows blank, which allows the caregiver to fill in the time of each diaper change, as well as whether it was wet or soiled, too. If you have particular diaper preferences, such as a natural diaper cream or homemade diaper wipes that you've provided, be sure to write a quick reminder note here for easy reference.

    Dreamland Diary

    • The sleep section of an infant care sheet is relatively straightforward. You'll need a couple of rows for each nap, and the care provider can fill in the start and end time for each one. Leave a little extra space at the bottom of the nap section for any notes, such as wakings during the nap or a note to say that your baby didn't nap that day, as well as any speculative reasons for the change.

    Activity Central

    • Here is where the care sheet gets interesting because you get to find out exactly what your young discoverer was up to all day. Make this section relatively large for the caregiver to provide detailed notes. Here, the caregiver can record the scheduled activities in which your baby took part, such as music time, sensory exploration or outdoor play, as well as any exciting information, such as a new word or a tentative first step.

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