infant care

However, HHS regulations issued in 2021 say participating clinics must offer pregnant women information about prenatal care and delivery, infant care, foster care, adoption, and pregnancy termination.

Licenses for infant care also have different requirements than they do for older kids, meaning that providers may have to change playground equipment, furniture and toys.

Some providers are working on solutions to the infant care shortage, and a recent policy change now allows state preschools to serve 2-year-olds.

The number could drop down to four if the provider specializes in infant care.

This aggressively oatmeal aesthetic has dominated infant care since around Gen Alpha’s midpoint in 2017, desaturating high chairs, play gyms and diaper pails from electric green to subtle sage.