Cavan County Childcare Committee

Cavan County Childcare Committee have numerous articles on parenting issues/concerns such as play, safe sleep, bed wetting, internet safety, behaviour management etc…We also have links to other websites which are useful to you and cover topics such as car safety, healthy eating etc..

Parents Supporting Children's Development Through Play

Play should have meaning and purpose for the child (as well as being enjoyable) and help them to make sense of their world. It is essential for children to be given freedom of choice but the value of this depends on the choices available and adults' support and potential for developing play opportunities. Adults should be on hand to create opportunities to enable children to extend their play and encourage them in their learning experiences.

Preparing your Child for School

This section helps parents to understand how to prepare your child for school.

Safe Sleep

This leaflet gives a best practice guide for Childcare providers on safe sleeping for children in their services, it is also useful for parents.

Child safety on the Internet

Children today are growing up with many technologies that were not around in their parent’s time, the mobile phone, games console and the internet. Find out the facts and figures and what you need to do as a parent.

Bedwetting by Dr. Nick van der Spek

Dr Nick Van Der Spek wrote an article on bedwetting for Cavan County Childcare Committee, find out more here.

Preparation of Bottle Feeds In Creches
Why is it not recommended that child day-care facilities prepare feeds for the
infants in their care?
Most child day-care facilities are domestic environments and are not appropriate places for the
preparation of large numbers of feeds on a daily basis. Similarly, even purpose built premises do
not always have suitable areas. Given the number of infants that can be present in child day-care
facilities, there is potential for mistakes being made if feeds had to be made up from scratch, e.g.
wrong powdered infant formula given to an infant. The practicality of making up multiple fresh
feeds in a busy hands-on child-care environment must also be considered. These considerations
have to be offset against the risks of temperature abuse of pre-prepared feeds during transport
from the home. The procedure that is recommended is designed to minimise these risks to an
extent where on balance, the careful transport of pre-prepared feeds by parents is the more
practical and safer option. for further information on how to prepare your babys bottle download here

www.rsa.ie/childsafetyincars

Every year too many children are killed or seriously injured on our roads – often because they are not properly restrained when travelling in a car.

The law has been changed to afford children greater protection when travelling in cars. Under the new EU law all children under the age of 11/12 must be in an appropriate child car seat. No exceptions, no excuses. It’s your responsibility as a parent, grandparent or guardian to ensure that the child car seat you buy is not just appropriate for their age, height and weight but that it also conforms to EU safety standards. Understand the new law and give your child the best protection possible by clicking into the website above.

www.healthinfo.ie

Information on the following topics is available on this website

Childrens food Pyramid

Food for young children

Healthy Eating for young children

PVC parent Information leaflet

Pneumoccocal vaccine leaflet

New immunization schedule poster

Child Safety DVD

Stay Safe 5 – 11years

Busy Bodies Booklet

Fire safety

Safe sleeping

It will also give you information and advice on breastfeeding.

www.littlesteps.eu

This websites give you tips on how to pack a healthy lunch, gives you healthy meal suggestions and recipes and supports you to get active.

www.meningitis-trust.ie

The Meningitis Trust supports everyone who has been touched by meningitis and the Trust’s services and support are a lifeline to help them rebuild their lives. It also raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of meningitis and associated septicaemia.

www.playandmusic.ie

Gymboree Play & Music has been fostering creativity and confidence in children ages 0-5 for over 30 years.

www.bordbia.ie/aboutfoods/nutrition

This web site has information and advice for babies, toddlers and women on the following;

First foods for your baby

Iron Nutrition for infants and young children

Nutrition for two to fives

Nutrition for pregnancy

Iron for Women

www.consumerconnect.ie

This agency has a booklet on toy safety and it explains

• The manufacturers responsibility to make safe products;
• Gives basic guidelines about how to buy safe products and
• Provides a checklist for the next time you buy a product for your child.

www.nsc.org

The National Safety Council saves lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the roads, through leadership, research, education and advocacy. This web site has many facts sheets including, baby proofing your home, child safety on the farm, setting up your child’s swing seat, home fire prevention and many more

www.nda.ie

NDA is the lead state agency on disability issues and universal design, providing independent expert advice to the Government on policy and practice.

www.ndc.ie/dairyden

The National Dairy Council has a Dairy Den, which is a FREE club for mothers of very young children. The national dairy council has numerous leaflets, beginning with our Guide to Weaning, followed by a Guide to Nutrition for Toddlers and a Guide to Nutrition for School-aged Children just before your child’s fifth birthday.

www.isida.ie

.S.I.D.A. offers support to families bereaved by the sudden unexpected and often unexplained death of an infant or young child and to others affected by it. The Association offers information on Sudden Infant Death to families, professionals, the media and the public, and promotes research into the causes and prevention of Sudden Infant Death.

www.enableireland.ie

Enable Ireland provides free services to over 3,500 children and adults with disabilities and their families from 15 locations and in local communities countrywide. Covering childhood to adulthood our expert teams work with the individual and their family on a plan for each life stage.

Our services for children and their families cover all aspects of a child's physical, educational, and social development from early infancy through adolescence. For adults we offer a range of services covering personal development, independent living, supported employment, social and leisure activities.

The demand for our services continues to increase throughout Ireland. We have set ourselves the challenging goal of meeting these needs by providing a full range of high quality services, and expanding into local communities.

Cavan Branch

Enable Ireland Cavan

Cavan Enterprise Ctr

Killygarry

Cavan

Phone: 049 9326990

Fax: 049 4326991

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