The first 1,000 days from conception into toddlerhood are an opportunity in a child's life too important to miss, delegates at the seminar on toddler eating habits were told on the first morning of Childcare Expo, Midlands Independent dietician and public-health nutritionist Kathy Crowbrough and Nutricia's early life nutrition science…

Study claims providing repeated opportunities to taste small quantities can increase vegetable acceptance in infancy and greater dietary diversity in later childhood Enjoyment represents an important predictor of children's fruit and vegetable consumption and the naturally sweet tastes of fruit lead to relatively ready acceptance, but now researchers recently have…

By Charlotte Collis of Totalnannies, Specialist Recruiter At Totalnannies, most weeks we speak with parents troubled about their child's behaviour. This may be aggressive, defiant, challenging or in other ways concerning. All children display unwanted behaviour at times, but when it is ongoing, severe and impacts negatively within the home,…

Activities to do with children for Nannies and Nanny Agencies

Totalnannies brings you a new series of three articles from toy manufacturer VTech's clinical psychologist Angharad Rudkin. In this first piece Dr Rudkin explains how being sociable comes naturally to kids and how those who care for them can help them develop peer relationships Babies are born to socialise. From…

British Red Cross first aid trainer Anna Bishop examines some common injuries that pre-schoolers may encounter and provides childcarers with some first aid advice. The Red Cross provides paediatric first aid training courses designed for people caring for children in any setting; the course equips you with the skills and…

New on-demand on-screen fitness service iDEA is described by its developers as Netflix for the children's educational activity market and has already begun to make a real mark on both the business and home markets. iDEA is a unique new service for the schools, leisure and hotels sectors nationwide that…

Diet and nutrition is a major issue among pre-school children. Obesity figures are widely quoted for older children but disturbingly more than 20% of children are overweight by the time they reach the age of 5. Increasing numbers of young children experience poor dental health and Type II diabetes, while…

While both food allergies and asthma are relatively common among children too few of those responsible for childcare are aware of the links between asthma and allergies and how dangerous these can be. Dr Hilary Jones, on behalf of the charity Haydn's Wish explains