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Health and safety

Get advice about keeping your child healthy and safe as they socialise more outside your home.

Health Visiting Service

The Health Visiting Service has collected together current information about the health and wellbeing of children aged 3 to 4.
Health and development

The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) website provides guides about various health and development issues.

Minor illness and knowing if it is serious

The Health Visiting Service has collected together current information about minor illnesses in children aged 3 to 4.

Dental health

Get advice about keeping your child's teeth healthy. The information includes fun videos for you to watch with your little one.

Other topics

The Health Visiting Service website covers a range of other topics including, diet and nutrition, toilet challenges and immunisations.

Dental health, diet and nutrition

Dental resources

The Community Dental Services website has resources to help you care for your child's teeth, including tips for brushing their teeth. The website also has a range of activities related to dental health.
Recipes and meal ideas

You'll find loads of great healthy meal ideas on the Start for Life website. Choose by age group and meal type, and then follow the recipe guides.
Healthy family recipes

Planning and cooking healthy family meals can seem like a big task. But with the simple recipes on the Henry website, you'll find it much easier to prepare quick, balanced meals.
Healthy weight, healthy nutrition

On the Institute of Health Visiting website, you'll find tips to promote healthy nutrition and weight in your toddler's diet. These include feeding your older child and encouraging children to eat vegetables.

Keeping your child safe

NSPCC advice and guidance

You'll find a range of advice on the NSPCC website to help keep your child safe as they grow up.

Talk PANTS

With the help of our friendly dinosaur Pantosaurus, Talk PANTS is a simple conversation to help keep your child safe from sexual abuse.

Parental controls

Get advice from the NSPCC website on setting up parental controls to help keep your child safe online.

Talking about difficult topics

How to start the conversations about 'difficult' subjects that you need to have if you want to keep your children safe.

Safety: home and away

The Health Visiting Service has collected together current information about safety for children aged 3 to 4.
Accidents to children

Under-5s are particularly at risk of being injured in home accidents. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) website provides advice about preventing accidents.
Accident prevention

The Child Accident Prevention Trust website has safety advice, including factsheets and flashcards you can download to help you keep your child safe.

Sleep

Sleep guidance

On the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) website, you'll find guides about sleep for older children and supporting sleep habits in children with additional needs.
Sleep problems in young children

Lots of young children find it difficult to settle down to sleep and will wake up during the night. Find out what you can do if it becomes a problem on the NHS website.