Basic care for infants must include:
  (1) Care by the same caregiver on a regular basis, when possible;
  (2) Individual attention given to each infant including playing, talking, cuddling, and holding;
  (3) Holding and comforting an infant who is upset;
  (4) Prompt attention given to physical needs, such as feeding and diapering;
  (5) Talking to infants as they are fed, changed, and held, such as naming objects, singing, or saying rhymes;
  (6) Ensuring the environment is free of objects that may cause choking in infants or toddlers; and
  (7) Never leaving an infant unsupervised.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.2401 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1575; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909