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What does saliva do? Saliva (spit) helps us to: clean our mouths taste food and drink get food ready for swallowing and digesting Why does my child drool? Young children and some older children may drool a lot. They do not start to control drooling until they can: keep their head upright keep their...

Why do some children struggle to move on to lumpy food? There are a number of reasons why children struggle to accept lumpy or textured food. These include: Development This means they are just not ready. Children need to be offered food which is appropriate for their level of general development....

Children love singing and it helps them to learn words and link words with actions.  

Has your child just started stammering? Or has your child been stammering for a while, but starting to struggle a little bit more? There are lots of things that you can do to help your child carry on talking confidently and help them reduce the struggle of talking. The most important thing is that...

Has your child just started stammering? Or has your child been stammering for a while, but starting to struggle a little bit more? There are lots of things that you can do to help your child carry on talking confidently and help them reduce the struggle of talking. The most important thing is that...

Following surgery there are a number of things that may limit or slow your child’s speed of recovery. These are: General anaesthetic A general anaesthetic can cause the lungs to become drier than normal making it difficult to clear secretions. These secretions could lead to small areas of lung...

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