N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:56-10.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

Section 3A:56-10.9 - Infant stimulation

(a) The home shall ensure that all infants under three months of age are held and spoken to, or placed in a position to observe group activity when they are awake during daytime hours.

(b) The home shall ensure that infants up to six months of age are held by their mother or staff members throughout all feedings and that older infants are held if they are incapable of holding a bottle on their own.

(c) The home shall ensure that all infants have at least one toy that is accessible to them in their bedrooms.

(d) The home shall ensure that when adolescent mothers are in school or working, their infants are cared for, either in the home, in a licensed child care center, or in a registered family child care home.

(e) Homes that provide services to adolescent mothers and infants between three and 18 months of age shall ensure that the adolescent mothers engage in at least four of the following activities with their infants for at least a total of 45 minutes each day:

1. Sensory activities;

2. Language activities;

3. Manipulative activities;

4. Building activities;

5. Large muscle activities; or

6. Music activities.

(f) Homes that provide services to adolescent mothers and infants older than 18 months of age shall ensure that adolescent mothers engage in at least three of the following activities with their child for at least a total of 45 minutes each day:

1. Language activities;

2. Science and math activities;

3. Manipulative activities;

4. Large muscle activities;

5. Building activities;

6. Art activities; or

7. Music activities.

(g) The home shall ensure that television watching is not used as a substitute for mother-child interaction.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:56-10.9

Administrative Change, 49 N.J.R. 98a.

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 135(a), effective 1/2/2018