The FCCP and staff shall ensure that infants sleep in cribs or port-a-cribs. Infants shall not be placed to sleep on soft surfaces, such as a couch or sofa, pillow, quilts, sheepskins or blankets. Infants shall not be placed in car seats, swings, high chairs, jumping chairs or similar equipment for sleep. A child that falls asleep in this type of equipment shall be gently transferred to a crib or port-a-crib as soon as feasible.
During this licensing visit, a four (4) month old infant was sleeping in his car seat for the first five (5) minutes of the visit. The provider stated the infant will stay asleep only when he sleeps in his car seat.