Booklet - Oral Health Care for your Children

Parents can work out a record of your child’s dietary habit by creating a similar table as below. You can then check if your child has been taken more than 6 meals a day. Dietary Record Time 9:00 Breakfast Food/Drink Milk Quantity 4 oz Time 9:30 Food/Drink Bread Quantity 1/4 piece Time 9:55 Food/Drink Biscuits Quantity 1 piece Remarks Award to child for saying “Good Morning”, given by mom Time 10:05 Food/Drink Fruit Quantity 1 slice Time 10:20 Food/Drink Candies Quantity 1 piece Remarks Award for picking up his toys Time 10:40 Food/Drink Water Chestnut water Quantity 1/2 glass Remarks Grandma worried about his internal heat Time 11:00 Food/Drink Bread Quantity 1/4 piece Remarks Mom worried that he would be hungry Time 11:35 Food/Drink Orange juice Quantity 1/2 glass Time 11:50 Food/Drink Sweet Biscuits Quantity 1/2 piece Time 12:00 Lunch Food/Drink Macaroni Quantity 1/2 bowl Meat & Vegetables Quantity A little Orange Quantity 1/3 piece Time 1:00 Food/Drink Soya milk Quantity 1/3 pack Time 1:45 Food/Drink Potato Chips Quantity 2 pieces Remarks Watching TV with mom Time 2:30 Food/Drink Ice-cream Quantity 1/2 cup Remarks Given by grandpa for pacifying the child’s tantrum Time 3:10 Tea Food/Drink Pineapple Bun Quantity 1/4 piece Lemon Tea Quantity 1/2 pack Time 5:05 Food/Drink Chocolate Quantity 2 pieces Remarks Given by grandma to stop him from going outside to play Time 6:30 Dinner Food/Drink Rice Quantity 1/2 bowl Chicken Quantity 2 pieces Tomato Quantity 1 piece Soup Quantity 1/3 bowl Time 7:15 Food/Drink Peanut butter biscuits Quantity 1 piece Remarks Award given by dad Time 8:00 Food/ Drink Apple Quantity 1/2 piece Remarks Helped in collecting chopsticks Time 9:25 Food/ Drink Milk Quantity 4 oz Remarks Mom worried that he would be hungry at night Your Child’s Dietary Record Time Food/ Drink Quantity Remarks Parents have to pay special attention to your child’s dietary habit as he/she grows. Avoid giving snacks to your child as an award, restrict the snacks to meal or tea times only. Remember not to feed your child more than 6 times a day. Protect your child’s health as well as his/her oral health