Hands-on meals

Article Abstract:

Children should be allowed to eat by themselves to help them develop a comfortable attitude toward eating. They can be allowed to finger and play with their food while they have not refined their motor skills. As they grow older, they will learn to use utensils and eat properly.

Psychological aspects, Children, Food and nutrition, Food habits

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Too sick for day care?

Article Abstract:

Parents often have trouble deciding whether to miss work to keep a child with a minor illness out of day care. Symptoms that require keeping a child home or visiting the physician are listed, and a timetable for returning to day care after certain illnesses is included.

Health aspects, Care and treatment, Sick children, Day care centers

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Making it through the night

Article Abstract:

Most children learn to differentiate between day and night by the time they are four or five months old, and parents should find their infants sleeping longer at night by this time. Tips on getting babies to sleep include giving long bedtime feedings.

Column, Infants, Sleep

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