http://www.tameion.co.nz/plunketmc Finding the Best Care for Your Kids Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:50:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.tameion.co.nz/plunketmc/?p=13 http://www.tameion.co.nz/plunketmc/?p=13#comments Thu, 14 Oct 2010 13:50:21 +0000 Morgan Carroll http://www.tameion.co.nz/plunketmc/?p=13

Your baby’s first teeth are important to help them speak and eat properly. They also guide the development on the second teeth. So it is important that the caregivers take care of their own teeth, as children can catch the bacteria that cause decay from their parents.

Falling asleep with a bottle of juice of milk in their mouth leave the teeth covered in sugar and fruit acids while they sleep. Sipping small amounts of fruit juice, fizzy drinks or sugary cordial drinks from a bottle or sipper cup throughout the day – this causes the teeth to be bathed in acids and sugar over a long time. So it is important for a caregiver/parent to check their child’s teeth regularly, and give the teeth a rest. Giving the child’s teeth a rest will allow the saliva to harden, protecting the teeth in between eating and drinking.

As a caregiver you are responsible for the health and safety of you child, your choices impact highly on your children. So if you smoke or drink and are choosing not to stop, as a caregiver you need to keep those as faraway from your children as possible. If you want to drink you keep it well away and out of reach  from your children as it can be seriously harmful to them. If you want to smoke you smoke outside and whatever you do do not smoke in the car whilst your child is in there too, as this could also be extremely harmful to you children, not just now but also later in life.

Tea, coffee or cola drinks should not be given to children as they reduce the amount of iron the body absorbs and can make children anaemic. So as a caregiver you need to ensure, in the best interest of your child, that they do get enough iron.

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