Supporting Infant Oral Health & Development
At Bickiepegs, we are committed to raising awareness about the importance of early oral development. To support healthcare professionals, charities, and community initiatives, we offer free samples of our products to those working with infants and young children.
We welcome requests from:
- NHS professionals – Midwives, health visitors, paediatric dentists, speech therapists
- Charities & community programs – Supporting infant feeding, oral health, and parental education
- Health professionals & educators – Advocating for early oral development
Please reach out to us via our contact form for the free sample request.
Research and references
We also provide Health Professional Packs containing informational leaflets, opinion papers and posters for clinics and community settings. Please contact us for more information.
You can also access free resources below:
Dental Check by 1 Certificate #DCBy1
SMile4Life Monster Teeth poster
Articles on learning to drinking from an open cup
Choosing cups for your baby by NCT
The Doidy Cup is a suitable toddler training cup to help children learn drinking independently – Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
Aim to introduce cup drinking by 6 months – NHS: drinks and cups for babies; Drinking from a cup Scotland NHS
Open cup is also an alternative method for those who refuse bottles – Cup feeding as an alternative method
BDA The Association of British Dietitians Policy Statement Introducing a Cup to an Infant’s Diet.
Public Health England Oral Health Survey of three year old children 2013
National Oral Health Promotion Group Position Paper on the use of no spill design feeder trainer cup 2011.
Midwifery Digest 2006 Neonatal and Infancy Cup feeding revisited
The COMA weaning report clearly recommends that from 6 months of age infants should be introduced to drinking from a cup and the use of a bottle should be actively discouraged after the age of 1 year. (Weaning and The Weaning Diet. COMA 1994 Department of Health London HMSO)
Research on hard diet and jaw development
Earlier introduction to harder foods is significantly associated with better orthodontic outcomes – Relation between nutrition and jaw development
Hard foods are better for jaw development and overall jaw structure, contributing to stout jawlines – research from Institute of Tokyo
Change of feeding behaviour from hard to ultraprocessed soft food is associated weaker jaw performance
Jaw development, orthodontics and hard diets – on Scientific American
Articles on chewing skills practise, introduction of solids and new textures
Providing chewing practise for your children – from Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne
Learning to bite and chew is essential for development – Speech and Language Therapy
Around 6 months, you should move your baby from soft, pureed foods onto more solid, harder foods, helping them learn how to chew: NHS – your baby’s first solid foods
Chewing development with hard munchables from Kent NHS
Articles on Children’s Dental Health
Child Dental Health Survey 2013, England, Wales and Northern Ireland [NS] Publication date: March 19, 2015 Health and Social Care information centre.
The 2013 Children’s Dental Health (CDH) Survey, commissioned by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, is the fifth in a series of national children’s dental health surveys that have been carried out every ten years since 1973.
Award Winning Designs.
The Doidy Cup has an innovative design with its slanting rim greatly reduces spillage and helps the cup remain surprisingly stable into the bargain. The perfectly sized double handles also make it easy for babies and children to drink from.
The biscuits were the perfect size for little hands and most parents agreed that the Bickiepeg biscuit kept their baby happy for long enough to distract them from their sore gums.
I fully support and recommend the use of the Doidy cup. As a Nutritionist and specialist in Baby Led Weaning, I am always looking for products that support nutrition and health. The design of the Doidy cup fits this bill perfectly. It supports a baby’s oral development, encourages good motor skills and enables independence. I used the cup with both of my children and highly recommend its use from birth, through the weaning stage and beyond. ”
I particularly like Peggie for her unique shape that is not only cute & appealing but actually cleverly designed to ensure a large surface area is hitting the gum without activating the gag reflex.
100% would recommend this teether to new mums!
The versatility of the smart new Doidy weaning bowl is going to make it really handy – for both feeding at home and when out and about. I love the slanted high lip on one side which allows babies to scoop the food up and load it onto a spoon more easily – which helps encourage self-feeding, this makes it ideal for purees or soups. The fact that the bowl rolls up into a handy carry pouch makes it perfect for travel. And I found the strong suction base excellent for making the whole weaning process a bit less messy!
The Bickiepegs Finger Toothbrush is a great little product!
My verdict… My babies loved Bickiepegs – they prevented many a sleepless night!
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