Food Safety for the Children

This document discusses various aspects of childcare, including the importance of feeding babies individually, ways to thaw frozen breast milk, ways to ensure a breastfeeding mother feels comfortable to feed in the center, how to ensure that the child is up to date with their immunization, what National quality framework is and how it links to an educator, ways to encourage oral health in babies and toddlers, websites to find information on food guidelines for children, ways to get information from families with different cultures, routines, and religion, definition of attachment theory, what SIDS stands for and its main cause, ways to minimize the risk of SIDS, where a center policy and procedure of SIDS can be accessed, ways to encourage social-emotional wellbeing and development in babies and toddlers, areas of brain development in babies and toddlers, and ways to encourage language development with babies and toddlers.

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FOOD SAFETY FOR THE CHILDREN
Name
Professor
Institution
Course
Date

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Early childhood education and care
1. Importance of feeding babies individually.
a) To ensure the growth and development of the child.
b) To ensure that the child has good health good nutrition should be provided.
c) Breastfeeding the baby prevents childhood obesity and reduces the risk of infection of SIDS
and allergy1.
2. Ways to thaw frozen breast milk
1 Anne , A. N., & Jostein , R. (2014). Young adults' intention to eat healthy food:
Extending the theory of planned behaviour. Psychology and Health, 56(4), 23-45.

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a) Place in a warm water bag for it to turn to a liquid.
b) Placing it in the refrigerator. Remove the milk from the freezer and let it sit in the
refrigerator2.
3. Ways to ensure a breastfeeding mothers feel comfortable to feed in the center.
a) Train the staff the skills to support and promote optimal infant and little child feeding.
d) Before she begins, allow her to sit at her area of interest
c) Providing her with all she might need to feed the baby comfortably3.
d) A nice chair for her to seat comfortably while breastfeeding.
e) The room where the mother feeds the babe should be neat and well arranged.
4. How to ensure that the child is up to date with their immunization
a) I should keep the immunization program as per the schedule for children to be alerted.
b) By reminding the parents on the dates of immunization of the baby4.
2 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.
3 Ministry of Health. (2014). Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Children and
Young People (Aged 2 –18 years). A background paper, 55(7), 23-34.
4 Anne , A. N., & Jostein , R. (2014). Young adults' intention to eat healthy food:
Extending the theory of planned behaviour. Psychology and Health, 56(4), 23-45.

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c) By oorganising seminars for the parents whose babies need immunization.
d) Observing the schedule on when to take the immunization. In that I will have ensured that
immunization is carried effectively.
e) I should involve the parents to take their children to hospital or health center to ensure they are
immunized.
f) I should also visit the community’s homesteads to see whether the immunization was taken
effectively.
5. What National quality framework is and how it links to an educator
It is a framework that creates a typical approach to the guideline and quality evaluation of
education and child care services. It also sets a national benchmark for improved and high
education and care services. It is an organization which meant for providing childhood
education and care. NQF provides a better stand for children’s knowledge and growth through
accepted institutional structure. NQF provides educators with improved abilities and experience.

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6. Learning outcome 1. It involves learners develop temperament of studying such as
commitment, persistence, reflexivity and creativity. It enables children develop different skills
and procedures which are hypothesis, investigating, experimentation and inquiry.
7. Ways to encourage oral health in babies and toddlers
Teaching the child good eating habits5.
Reminding them whenever they forget to brush their teeth.
Providing them with their own toothpaste and toothbrush and allowing them to do it their
own.
By singing songs that encourage them to oral health.
Offer rewards to encourage them.
Choose oral care products designed for kids
Enjoy dental check-ups6.
8. Websites which one can find information on the food guidelines for children.
5 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.
6 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.

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a) Nutrition Australia
http://www.nutritionaustralia.org/national/resource/australian-dietary-guidelines-recommended-daily-
intakes
b) About the Australian Dietary Guidelines
https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/guidelines/about-australian-dietary-guidelines
9. Ways on how to get information from families with different cultures, routines, and religion.
Introducing questionnaires for the families as they are carrying out with their programmes.
By contacting interviews in certain aspects in relation to culture and religion.
Through tallying and use of dialogues to answer various questions
Use of direct counting and getting information from different individuals.
By providing their children with learning materials to build love so as to share information.
By engaging in their cultures and religions to show unity and then involving those in
participation to your places of interest7.
By engaging the family in an activity or an awareness and later introducing a system of counting
like tallying
7 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.

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10. Definition of attachment theory
It is a theory thought to be a lasting psychosomatic correlation with a meaningful individual that
causes enjoyment while interacting and appeases in times of stress. The excellence of the
attachment has a serious result on growth.
Bowlby defines it as a concept concerned with the development of a person. He raises the claim
that the theory touches on the ability for an individual to form an emotional to another person
attached to another person gives the logic of stability and strength and security which is
important to take risks and develop as a personality. It is expressed as an idea gives many
expressions and can be well understood through checking on several expressions. It explains
children’s behavior as normative. This is shown clearly when a parent separates with the other
the child becomes upset but when the parent is back the child becomes happy and goes close to
the parent after reuniting8.
11. What SIDS stands for and what is its main cause.
SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It is the sudden and unexplained death of a
baby younger than one year. Most of its deaths are associated with sleep when mostly the baby
sleeps with the stomach. Although its cause is unknown, SIDS is connected with defects in the
8 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.

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infants’ brain that controls breathing and stimulation from sleep. SIDS can be brought by other
factors such as At-risk infants where the infant has a problem with genetic change or a brain
defect which puts the infant at risk of SIDS. Other factors that can cause SIDS are environmental
factors such as exposure to cigarette smoke9.
12. Two ways in which the risk of SIDS can be minimized.
a) Placing your baby on his or her back rather than on the stomach or side at every time.
b) Not overheating the baby, the baby should be worn sleep sack and should not cover the head.
13. Where a center policy and procedure of SIDS can be accessed (British Medical Association,
2015).
It is published annually in the newsletter and available as a handout. It can be accessed during
training or the time of application by the parent.
One can get it from a health center or any organization that is connected with the welfare of
child education and care.
14. Ways that encourage social-emotional wellbeing and development in babies and toddlers.
By providing guidance to them when problems arise and when they need help.
By being a good emotional role model for the children to admire them.
9 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.

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Purchasing books with social-emotional plots for children to label and explain the emotions of
the characters in the story10.
By using helpful orders of policy
By setting rules and expectations and highlighting warnings of potential consequences.
Through coaching children in order to avoid disruptive behaviors
15. Areas of brain development in babies and toddlers.
a) Physical and motor development controls over the muscles to encourage large motor talents.
b) Language development on speaking and language services.
c) Emotional and social development for emotions and social aids.
d) Visual and auditory development.
10 British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among
children and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.

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16. Ways that encourage language development with babies and toddlers.
Following the child’s lead by allowing the baby to express her/him
Tell the child stories with characters and a happy ending.
Enjoying music together since they love music and movement11
Not criticizing the child’s articulation or speech patterns.
References
11 World Health Organsation. (2016). Food and nutrition policy for schools. World Health
Organsation, 34(5), 1-77.

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Anne , A. N., & Jostein , R. (2014). Young adults' intention to eat healthy food: Extending the
theory of planned behaviour. Psychology and Health, 56(4), 23-45.
British Medical Association. (2015). Food for thought: promoting healthy diets among children
and young people. Food for thought, 45(5), 5-123.
Ministry of Health. (2014). Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Children and Young
People (Aged 2 –18 years). A background paper, 55(7), 23-34.
World Health Organsation. (2016). Food and nutrition policy for schools. World Health
Organsation, 34(5), 1-77.