Archive for 'Development'
Returning to Work and Dealing With Separation Anxiety
Preparing your baby for your return to the workforce. Work and Separation Wouldn’t you know it? Just as parents are ready to return to the workforce full-time, baby’s hit a developmental milestone that makes that so [...]
Newborn Sleep Patterns and Habits
Why your newborn baby just can’t sleep through the night. Newborn Sleep Patterns Parents are often surprised how much their newborn babies sleep, often as much as 16 hours a day in the first months. While [...]
How to Encourage a Baby’s First Words
Waiting for the sweet sound of your baby’s first words? What to do when your baby’s speech doesn’t seem to be progressing. A baby’s first words are a milestone in a child’s life that every parent [...]
Children’s Brain Development in their First Three Years
Did you know that all those hugs and cuddles that you give your baby are actually helping to make her smarter? Studies show that the love and nurturing we give our infants does more than create [...]
Why Babies Cling and Have Separation Anxiety
Does your baby balk at the sight of a new face, or even a familiar one like grandma or grandpa? Don’t worry, it’s just a phase that will pass in time. At around eight months of [...]
Children who were Breastfed Score Higher on Cognitive Tests
Children who were breastfed appear to score higher on tests measuring their vocabulary and reasoning skills, according to a study out of the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, England. Researchers [...]
What do Newborn Babies Look Like?
Cone shaped heads, wrinkles and blue gray skin. There’s reason why your newborn may look more alien than human at birth. When babies are first born, they’re hardly the picture of infant beauty portrayed in advertising. [...]
When Do Children Outgrow Napping?
Is your toddler or preschooler refusing to take a nap? It’s probably a sign that your little one no longer needs the extra sleep. Most toddlers and many preschool children have at least one nap a [...]
Signs a Child is Ready for Potty Training
If you’re the parent of a toddler, the good news is, your diaper days will soon be over. The bad news is, it won’t happen overnight. Sometime after the age of two, children will start to [...]
Does Teething in Infants Cause Pain and Illness?
Is your child suffering from teething pain and discomfort? Or is teething pain just an old-time medical myth? Sometime between four and six months of age, most babies get their first tooth, and they’ll keep getting [...]
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