Can you prove every infant in your care was checked during nap time today?

September is Baby Safety Month. It’s the perfect time to revisit one of the most important routines in any infant room: safe sleep. Babies spend much of their day sleeping, so the sleep space needs to be the safest place in your center.

What the CPSC recommends

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) explains that many young babies can’t lift their heads to move away from soft objects like bumpers, blankets, pillows, and sleep positioners. A seated or semi-reclined position can also cause a baby’s head to tip forward and block their airway.

Their guidance is simple:

• Always place babies on their back to sleep.
• Remember “Bare is Best.” Use nothing but a fitted sheet in a crib, bassinet, or play yard.
• Use only sleep products that meet federal requirements.
• Move a baby to a safe sleep space if they fall asleep somewhere else.
• Never use inclined products like swings, rockers, or gliders for sleep.

Most child care professionals know these rules well. The real challenge is proving they’re followed, every nap, every day.

From “I think” to “I know”

On paper, sleep checks can be missed, rushed, or filed where no one sees them. When a licensing visit or incident review comes, “I think we checked” isn’t enough.

Digital documentation changes that. With 1Place, your team can:

Complete timed infant sleep checks. Educators record each check in the app, confirming the baby is on their back, breathing normally, and in a bare crib. Every entry is time-stamped, so you know checks happened on schedule.

Run daily sleep space inspections. Confirm each crib, bassinet, and play yard is in safe condition and free of soft items before the first nap of the day.

Protection at every level

Safe sleep documentation protects everyone, from classroom to boardroom.

Infants benefit from consistent, reliable safeguarding. Educators gain confidence that they’re following the right procedure. Directors stay assessment-ready with audit-ready records on hand. Regional managers and boards get real-time visibility across every site, so gaps are caught early, not after the fact.

And families gain peace of mind knowing their baby’s safety is documented, not assumed.

More time for what matters most

1Place is built by early childhood experts with 170+ years of combined experience. Over 4,000 centers trust us to make compliance and safeguarding safer, simpler, and smarter. Our customers save 5 to 8 hours per center each week, which means more time with children and less time on paperwork.

This Baby Safety Month, make every sleep a safe sleep. And make sure you can prove it.

Book a demo to see how 1Place helps you digitize safe sleep checks and stay audit-ready every day.

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Safe Sleep – Cribs and Infant Products