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• A Fire Safety Campaign for Babies and Toddlers - The U.S. Fire Administration's A Fire Safety Campaign for Babies and Toddlers is a public awareness and education campaign designed to draw attention to the increased risk of fire death for young children, and to teach parents and caregivers how they can avoid the tragedy.
• Crib Information Center - Resources, recalls, safety news, regulations and standards related to cribs, bassinets or play yards from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
• Feeding Infants: A Guide for Use in the Child Nutrition Programs - Guide presents information on infant development, nutrition for infants, breastfeeding and formula feeding, preventing tooth decay, feeding solid foods, drinking from a cup, choking prevention, sanitary food preparation and safe food handling, commercially prepared and home-prepared baby food, and some of the Infant Meal Pattern requirements.
• Healthy Child Care America: Back to Sleep Campaign - Awareness campaign to reduce the incidence of SIDS in family child care homes and center-based child care programs.
• Healthy Start, Grow Smart Series (2002) - Series of booklets on healthy growth of infants, newborn through 12 months of age, from the U.S. Department of Education. Booklets are available in English and Spanish.
• Infant-Toddler Foundations - North Carolina's Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers (Birth through 36 Months of Age)
• Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep & SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS Project) - On December 1, 2003, the NC SIDS Law 2003-407 (House Bill 152) went into effect. It aims to lower the risks of SIDS in child care. Resources available to child care providers to meet the requirements of this law.
• National Sudden Infant Death Resource Center - NSIDRC provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome(SIDS) and related topics.
• Talaris Research Institute - Advancing the Knowledge of Early Learning and Parenting! Research Spotlights include "crib notes" of early brain development.
• Zero to Three - Information provided for parents and professionals to promote the healthy development of infants and toddlers by supporting and strengthening families, communities, and those who work on their behalf.

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