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Avoiding the ‘terrible twos’ during lockdown

Thursday, May 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Happy babies can get through the ‘terrible twos’ with minimal behavioural problems if they are supported by a flexible method of parenting, a leading Cambridge academic told Nursery World.

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Firefighters across England are working with councils to tackle childhood obesity and cut sudden infant deaths.

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| Nursery World

New guidance recommends parents be informed of the link between sudden infant death syndrome and co-sleeping with a child up until their first birthday.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

BookTrust names its best book to share with young children

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Thursday, April 27, 2023

| Nursery World

‘Can you Tickle A Tiger’? has been named the best new book for sharing with young children by BookTrust.

Hundreds of thousands of babies to receive a free copy of 'Who's Hiding on the Farm?'

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Up to 580,000 babies are to receive a copy of Axel Scheffler’s ‘Who’s Hiding on the Farm’ under BookTrust’s flagship Bookstart Baby programme, which aims to get families reading to their children early on.

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic have experienced lower rates of infection and fewer allergies, reveals new research.

Breakthrough test promises faster diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A new test diagnosing pre-eclampsia in 15 minutes has been developed by doctors at a London hospital.

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Five areas in England will use the lottery money to pilot initiatives to improve children’s outcomes.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

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Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

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Wednesday, October 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Children who spend some time in formal childcare are less likely to have behavioural problems than those that are cared for solely at home, according to new research.

Domestic abuse 'most common' in pregnancy and before baby reaches the age of two

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Forty percent of parents who have experienced domestic abuse said it occurred during pregnancy, or before their baby reached age two, new research by The For Baby’s Sake Trust has revealed.

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

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Wednesday, April 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Dedicated mental health ‘hubs’ for new, expectant and bereaved mums are being set up across England as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to increase access to psychological support for women.

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

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Monday, October 25, 2021

| Nursery World

Up to 1.5 million children are at risk of speech and language delay, which is why their support needs to be at the heart of this week’s Spending Review, says Carol Payne, interim chief executive of I CAN, the children's communication charity

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021

| Nursery World

According to new research from a group of charities, many routine health visitor checks continue to be over the phone, drop-in clinics are no longer operating in some areas and baby and toddler groups have either stopped running or are hard to access.

Appeal for adoptive families after rates drop

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Families are urged to consider adopting a child after recent figures revealed a big drop in the rate, despite rising numbers of children in care.

Parents and childcare settings warned to keep waterbeads away from young children

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Parents and early years settings are being warned to keep water beads out of sight and reach of young children as their pose a ‘serious’ choking risk and can cause intestinal blockages.

Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Just over 70 per cent of dads have had to cut their paternity leave short as they couldn’t afford to stay off work that long, finds new research.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

More than a third of low-income families struggling to access 'lifeline' early years support

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds that 35 per cent of lower income parents with children from birth to age five have struggled to access child development and parenting support in children’s centres and family hubs across England.

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

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Friday, August 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The DfE’s latest survey of parents reveals an increasing number want childcare to be made more affordable as families, particularly those on lower incomes, continue to find it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to meet the cost.

Early Intervention Foundation to work with 20 best practice areas

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation has named the 20 'pioneering places' it will work closely with to provide 'real-life', practical answers about how to deliver early intervention to the best effect.

Childcare a deciding factor for new mums returning to work

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Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The quality and cost of childcare are main concerns for new mothers when deciding whether to return to work, shows new research.

Lack of support stops new fathers bonding with baby

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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

| Nursery World

A new study suggests first-time fathers are being held back from raising their children.

Coronavirus: Parents of sick babies unable to stay with them in hospital due to Covid rules

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

| Nursery World

More than one in seven parents were not able to be with their baby at all during their stay on a neonatal unit due to tough Covid-19 restrictions, a charity that supports premature and sick babies has found.

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Avoiding the ‘terrible twos’ during lockdown

Firefighters battle childhood obesity and cot death

Cot-death advice updated to reflect risk of co-sleeping with babies

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

BookTrust names its best book to share with young children

Hundreds of thousands of babies to receive a free copy of 'Who's Hiding on the Farm?'

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

Breakthrough test promises faster diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

Domestic abuse 'most common' in pregnancy and before baby reaches the age of two

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

'Funding for children's speech and language has been sorely lacking'

Parents still struggling to access 'essential' services

Appeal for adoptive families after rates drop

Parents and childcare settings warned to keep waterbeads away from young children

Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

More than a third of low-income families struggling to access 'lifeline' early years support

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

Early Intervention Foundation to work with 20 best practice areas

Childcare a deciding factor for new mums returning to work

Lack of support stops new fathers bonding with baby

Coronavirus: Parents of sick babies unable to stay with them in hospital due to Covid rules

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