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Competition ends 31st May 2013Groups
In the wrong shoes: Children at risk from deformity
A child’s first pair of shoes are the most important ones they’ll ever wear Parents may be putting their children’s health at risk by not providing them with the correct footwear. While we all know wearing ill-fitting shoes can be uncomfortable on a day-to-day basis, causing blisters, ingrown toe nails and sores on children’s feet,…
Posted in Child Development Tagged baby feet, Children, feet, first shoes, Foot, foot development, ill-fitting shoes, shoe fitting, Verbaudet Leave a comment
New reading fund for disadvantaged children
A new reading fund has been set up to help disadvantaged children to “change the story”. With celebrities, authors, businesses and key players in the publishing industry coming together, they have launched the Children’s Reading Fund – a new fundraising drive which aims to ‘change the story’ for the UK’s most vulnerable and disengaged children…
Right to Go campaign from ERIC
New Right to Go campaign and guidance from ERIC urges schools and nurseries to improve continence care for children. ERIC (Education and Resources for Improving Childhood Continence) is launching an important resource that outlines minimum standards on continence care in school and early years settings. Right to Go Campaign The Right to Go resource has…
Why your child’s weight matters
With diet and nutrition changing for our children it is important to understand why our child’s weight matters and why they are monitored from birth onwards. Every year, children in reception and Year 6 have their height and weight measured as part of the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). Trained staff from your local NHS…
Posted in Baby, Child Development Tagged baby health, child, child's weight, healthy lifestyle, National Child Measurement Programme, NHS, Overweight, Weight Leave a comment
Ben Shephard says bring back rough and tumble play
Do you remember playing Hopscotch and ‘What’s the Time Mr Wolf?’. According to recent research the traditional games that you played when you were a child are in danger of disappearing forever as it emerges children are turning their backs on classic outdoor play. Playground favourites such as Marbles and Jacks have already fallen victim…
Posted in Child Development Tagged Ben Shephard, Exercise, Games, Play, play equipment, Playground, rough and tumble, Toddler, toddler development Leave a comment
Savvy swimming this summer
Summer is coming and the combination of holidays, sunshine, water and children is a seductive but potentially lethal mix. Tragically, drowning is still the third highest cause of accidental death among children in the UK. Water Babies is the world’s largest baby swimming company, teaching 28,000 babies to swim each week across the UK, Ireland…
Posted in Child Development Tagged baby swimming, Beach, swimming, Swimming pool, water, water babies, water safety Leave a comment
Where do babies come from?
Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas do it. And for some children, falling in love is all it takes to make babies. But there comes a stage when your child will innocently ask that most dreaded question. Here’s a great selection of parents’ cringe-worthy moments…. The birds and the bees For many…
Posted in Child Development Tagged Baby, Case study, Child development, conceive, conception Leave a comment
Question: Biting toddler
Q: “My daughter is a two-year-old who frequently bites other children as well as adults. This is now limiting her access to other children. Please help!” A: Two-year-old children can be very anti-social. They are just beginning to learn how to behave socially. I understand that you feel unable to take her out in company, but…
Heidi and Jasmin share their swimming fun!
Mum of two, Heidi Speed, from Bridport in Dorset, believes that having water births and attending regular baby swimming classes have resulted in her children being more happy, confident and relaxed in the water. Heidi first took her daughter Jasmin to baby swimming classes when she was 7 months old. Now almost a year later…
Posted in Baby, Child Development, Physical activities, Water birth Tagged baby swimming, Case study, swimming, Swimming pool Leave a comment
Eager parents reading with the kids over 42 minutes a day
How long do you read with your child? New research indicates that parents are spending 42 minutes a day reading. As the Government unveils new plans to boost literacy standards, it’s a gold star for parents with a study into family reading habits revealing over half of UK parents are now reading with their child…
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