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Is this the secret to children's love of veg?

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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that the more times children are offered a new vegetable, the more they eat of it each time.

Free advent calendar gives tips for healthy and happy toddlers

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Monday, December 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The Infant & Toddler Forum has launched a free online advent calendar which gives parents 24 days of ideas to help keep their toddlers active during the run-up to Christmas.

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

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Wednesday, March 22, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures show that health visitors are increasingly seeing children with delayed language.

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

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Monday, June 8, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 70 children’s and mental health charities and organisations have written to the prime minister calling for the Government to invest in the well-being of babies and toddlers in Covid-19 recovery plans.

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

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Friday, December 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Pregnant women should be able to have someone with them for all their maternity appointments, scans and for the entire labour and birth, NHS health trusts in England have been told.

Call for free vitamins supplements to be given to all under-fives

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Friday, October 25, 2013

| Nursery World

England's chief medical officer professor Dame Sally Davies has called for the Healthy Start scheme to be extended to all children under five.

Experts call for more early intervention on obesity

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Monday, June 29, 2015

| Nursery World

As a growing body of research suggests child obesity starts in the womb, health experts are calling for greater intervention early on.

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

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Friday, August 18, 2017

| Nursery World

All babies born in Scotland will receive a Baby Box of essential items and a box that can be used as a safe place to sleep, in a move designed to tackle inequality and promote health.

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

| Nursery World

Babies weaned on home-cooked vegetables are more likely to eat them as children, according to new research.

Call for early nutritional guidance for mums-to-be

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

A report by the Infant and Toddler Forum (ITF) has highlighted a need for more advice for women planning to have children to improve the health of the next generation.

New mothers feel rushed by GPs at post-natal check

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Tuesday, October 7, 2014

| Nursery World

Almost half of UK mothers feel their six-week post-natal check-up was not thorough enough, finds a new survey.

Creative play is associated with healthy lifestyle, study finds

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Adults who take part in creative play as children are more likely to have a healthy diet and to take regular exercise, according to a new study.

Cot death charity raises concerns over ‘baby boxes’

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Thursday, August 3, 2017

| Nursery World

There is no evidence that Finnish-style baby boxes prevent sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or cot death, says the Lullaby Trust, which has raised concerns about their increasing popularity in the UK.

Less than half of mothers breastfeed after two months

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Thursday, March 23, 2017

| Nursery World

A survey of 500 new mothers reveals that while almost three-quarters start breastfeeding, less than half continue to do so six-to eight weeks later.

PIP UK readies infant mental health week

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Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

A series of events are planned across the country during the UK’s first national Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

| Nursery World

A call for Government to bring in guidance for 'zero screen time' for babies will be made at an infant well-being conference today.

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

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Friday, October 9, 2020

| Nursery World

New parents, health service professionals, charities and volunteer groups have until 16 October to respond to an online questionnaire that will help shape the outcome of the review into early years healthy development, led by Government advisor Andrea Leadsom MP.

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Delays to development checks and the introduction of non-face-to-face appointments due to the pandemic are hindering the effectiveness of the programme. Katy Morton reports

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

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Wednesday, June 8, 2022

| Nursery World

Most early years professionals understand that children’s earliest experiences are vital to their development, but more than 80 percent believe the Government is not doing enough to provide support to families, according to a survey ahead of Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Vegetables first: How to get children loving veggies

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

| Nursery World

Weaning with vegetables before fruit gives babies the best chance of enjoying the green stuff as they grow up, researchers have found.

Mother's premature baby campaign reaches House of Commons

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Friday, December 2, 2016

| Nursery World

A petition to extend maternity leave for mothers of the around 60,000 babies born prematurely in the UK each year, has been signed by more than 120,000 people and could lead to a change in the law.

Care improving for babies born early

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Specialist care for premature babies is improving, but varies widely across the country, according to the latest statistics.

Study: Controlled baby crying sleep method is 'no stress'

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Thursday, May 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Researchers are hoping they have put anxieties over baby sleep training to bed for good – after a study found the controversial method has no impact on stress hormones or bonding.

Government ditches plans for new Group B Strep test for newborns

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

| Nursery World

The Department of Health has backtracked on plans to introduce a more accurate way of testing for Group B streptococcus in pregnant women.

Labour MPS call for integrated approach to overcome inequality

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Labour politicians Dame Tessa Jowell and Ivan Lewis MP have called for a focus on early intervention among poverty-stricken children to be at the heart of the post-2015 framework for developing countries.

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Is this the secret to children's love of veg?

Free advent calendar gives tips for healthy and happy toddlers

Health visitors flag up rise in children with language delay

Call to make the youngest a priority in Government response to Covid-19

Coronavirus: All women now entitled to have a partner at birth

Call for free vitamins supplements to be given to all under-fives

Experts call for more early intervention on obesity

First minister’s ‘baby box’ generation

Home-cooked food best to instill love of fruit and veg in young children

Call for early nutritional guidance for mums-to-be

New mothers feel rushed by GPs at post-natal check

Creative play is associated with healthy lifestyle, study finds

Cot death charity raises concerns over ‘baby boxes’

Less than half of mothers breastfeed after two months

PIP UK readies infant mental health week

Ban screen time for under-twos, expert says

Help shape services for babies and new parents: consultation launched

Backlog and virtual visits are impacting health checks

Call for dedicated services to support early trauma

Vegetables first: How to get children loving veggies

Mother's premature baby campaign reaches House of Commons

Care improving for babies born early

Study: Controlled baby crying sleep method is 'no stress'

Government ditches plans for new Group B Strep test for newborns

Labour MPS call for integrated approach to overcome inequality

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