Food Safety for the Children

Running Head: CHILDCARE
FOOD SAFETY FOR THE CHILDREN
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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.