Use a teething ringAs well as soothing her tender gums, a teething ring can also help your child to practise using her developing jaw. Cold rings can be particularly useful for calming down hot, inflamed areas and the process of chewing should

Ready Steady Lunchbox by Lucy Broadhurst (Murdoch Books, £12.99) is packed full of recipes for even the fussiest eaters, this is perfect if you are stuck for school lunch-box ideas or if you’re a budding junior chef wanting to have some fun in the kitchen. There are also deliciou...

Count Dracula may have been created by Bram Stoker in 1897, but many believe he was based on Vlad the Impaler, who existed four centuries earlier. He was originally from Transylvania (now Romania and Hungary). Like Dracula, goulash hails from eastern Europe. It was first made in ...

There's a miscellany of roguish tenants in the apartment block where Auntie Iris (a chincilla) resides with her family. On the first floor, there's a grumpy clans of grizzly bears; on the second floor, there's a toothsome crocodile, and on the third floor, a crew of drooling wolv...

What to do Brush your child's teeth twice a day. No more, no less. Get into a toothbrushing routine. If necessary, withhold a fun thing (like a video) until teeth are brushed. Do it yourself until your child is old enough to tie his own shoelaces

-year-olds suffering from tooth decay, many parents are becoming aware that cutting down on sugary foods is not enough. “The only drinks that are healthy for teeth are milk and water,” says Dr Nigel Carter, chief executive of the British Dental Health Foundation

mouths when teething, so provide teething toys to chew on to relieve the pain.Biting is often a way of expressing frustration. Help give your child the words to express his feelings instead of using his teeth, such as, “You’re angry because you want

juice.7) All 20 milk teeth appear between six months and two-and-a-half years. The enamel on freshly erupted teeth is immature and especially vulnerable to fruit juice, fizzy and other drinks with high acidity. The best drink for babies is cooled, boiled

in the teeth), which is why dentists are so keen to prevent it. Although fruit sugar in juice is less harmful than added sugar it can still feed the plaque on teeth that can lead, over time, to dental decay and caries.But before you go rushing to pour those

Don’t get too excited if your four week old appears to be grinning at you – her smile is really just a reflex action, unrelated to anything she sees or hears. These ‘smiles’ normally occur during sleep.At around six weeks, this all changes and your baby should smile in response t...