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Infant daily report

A daily sheet for each baby: feedings, naps, diapers, mood and notes, so families know how their baby's day went.

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What's in it

What the infant daily report covers

At the top: Families: please fill in the first section at drop-off. Staff write down each feeding, nap and diaper change as it happens and send this report home at pickup.

Baby

  • Baby's name
  • Date
  • Caregivers today

From home (filled in by the family at drop-off)

  • Last feeding (time and amount)
  • Last diaper change (time)
  • How your baby slept last night
  • Medicine given at home today (name and time)
  • Anything we should know today
  • Who's picking up, and when

Feedings

We feed babies when they show they're hungry, following each baby's feeding plan.

Table: Time · Breast milk, formula or food · Amount · Notes · Staff initials

Sleep

Babies sleep on their backs in their own crib, as our safe sleep policy says.

Table: Fell asleep · Woke up · Placed on back (initials) · Notes

Diapers

Table: Time · Wet · BM (bowel movement) · Dry · Notes (such as a rash) · Staff initials

Mood today

Check all that apply.

  • Happy and playful
  • Calm
  • Fussy
  • Sleepy
  • Not quite themselves

Today's activities

  • What your baby did today (such as tummy time, music, books or outdoor time)
  • Something new we noticed

Please bring

  • Supplies running low (such as diapers, wipes, formula, breast milk or extra clothes)

Notes for your family

  • Notes
  • Health or injury notes (we'll call you right away about anything urgent, and give you an incident report for any injury)
  • Staff signature

Free to use and change, but not legal or medical advice. Check your state's licensing rules and your insurer's requirements, and have a lawyer review any consent or waiver language.

Tips

How to use it well

  • Fill it out as the day goes on, not at the end of the day. Write the time right after each feeding, nap and diaper change.
  • Use the sleep table to show that each baby was put down on their back, as AAP and NICHD Safe to Sleep guidance advises and your safe sleep policy says.
  • If a baby seems unwell, don't wait for pickup. Call the family and follow your sick child policy.
  • Check your state's licensing rules on infant records, such as how often to check sleeping babies and whether to keep feeding, sleep and diaper records. Find your state's rules at backpr.com/resources/states.

Rules on ratios, medication and reporting vary by state. See your state in our state-by-state rules for youth programs.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What goes on an infant daily report?

Feedings (time, what and how much), naps (when the baby fell asleep and woke up), diaper changes, mood, activities, supplies to bring and notes for the family. Many programs also ask families to write down how the night and morning went at drop-off.

Do daycares have to give parents a daily report for infants?

Rules vary by state. Some states require programs to keep feeding, sleep or diaper records for infants or share them with families, and many programs share a daily report anyway because families want to know how their baby's day went. Check your state's licensing rules.

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