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6.8 Oral health

 

The setting provides care for children and promotes health through promoting oral health and hygiene, encouraging healthy eating, healthy snacks and tooth brushing.

  • Fresh drinking water is available at all times and easily accessible.

  • Sugary drinks are not served.

  • Only water and milk are served with morning and afternoon snacks.

  • Children are offered healthy nutritious snacks with no added sugar.

  • Parents are discouraged from sending in confectionary as a snack or treat.

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  • Parents are advised to stop using dummies/pacifiers once their child is 12 months old.

  • Dummies that are damaged are disposed of and parents are told that this has happened

Further guidance

Infant & Toddler Forum: Ten Steps for Healthy Toddlers www.infantandtoddlerforum.org/toddlers-to-preschool/healthy-eating/ten-steps-for-healthy-toddlers/

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