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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
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March 24, 2021
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Kia ora, this week how the COVID-19 Alert level Guidelines impact our early learning services. Also, new National Guidelines for tongue-tie will ensure a more consistent approach to assessment and treatment in babies.
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How COVID-19 Alert Levels affect early learning services
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It's been a year since our government introduced the four-stage COVID-19 Alert System, and although we've spent a lot of time at Alert Level 1, the pandemic continues to have an unpredictable effect on life as we know it.
To ensure you're clear about how the different Alert Levels affect child care, here's a rundown.
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New guidelines to help babies with tongue-tie
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Tongue-twisters like 'Red leather, yellow leather' are a fun game for school children, but tongue-tie at birth can be a more serious matter.
Each year, about five to 10 per cent of Kiwi babies are born with tongue-tie, and although at least half can still breastfeed normally, around two to five per cent may have difficulty.
Surgery can be performed to free up tongue movement, but until recently, there's been a lack of consistent information about the risks and benefits of this, and concerns around inconsistent and inequitable access to treatment.
In response, the Ministry of Health has released new guidelines which ensure that babies born with tongue-tie will be assessed and treated consistently.
Here, we talk tongue-tie in more detail.
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