Parent Handbook - MWR Fort Leonard Wood

If you need help with medication, please let us know. Each program has a current listing of
approved medications and basic care items.
DENTAL HYGIENE
We begin assisting children with dental hygiene when they are toddler age
and enrolled in full day programs. Children age two and above brush their
teeth after lunch. Please provide a labeled tube of toothpaste and a toothbrush
when your child first starts the program. Provide a new toothbrush at least every
three months thereafter. Dental hygiene is an important aspect of the child’s daily
routine.
ALLERGIES
You should inform the staff, or your FCC Provider, if your child has
any allergy or sensitivity to any food or drug. Food related allergies require a
physician’s statement indicating what your child is allergic to and what are
acceptable substitutes to ensure your child’s daily nutritional needs are met.
Special diets or religious prohibitions also require documentation.
FOOD SERVICE
Through our participation in the USDA CACFP, snacks
and meals are served at no cost to parents. The CDC offers
Parent’s Choice Infant Ready to Feed Formula with Lipids
and Iron; available for infants through 11 months old if
parents choose to participate. Parents should check with
their FCC Provider to see which infant formula they
provide. If you choose to have your child receive formula provided by the center, or your
provider, you must provide empty bottles labeled with your infant’s name and the date. Bottles
must have nipple covers. For obvious safety reasons, only plastic feeding bottles may be used.
If you choose to bring your own formula or breast milk, you must also mark the bottles with your
infant’s name and the date, and the bottles must also have nipple covers. If you choose to bring
your own formula/breast milk, you must prepare the bottles. This is a practice used in order to
eliminate cross contamination, error in amount served, and/or making other mistakes. Staff are
not authorized to mix bottles.
The CDC and your FCC Provider also offers commercially prepared infant food or ground
food prepared by our kitchen staff to all children who are not yet eating table food. The USDA
CACPF guidelines required that the CDC/FCC Provider provide all meal components
appropriate for the age of each infant in care, which includes at least one type of formula, iron
fortified dry rice cereal, as well as other meal components as they are introduced by the child’s
parents. You will be provided with an infant feeding plan that will explain what can be offered
and at what age. You will be required to initial by the items your child has already been
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