Archive for 'Development'
How to Cope With the Loss of a Pet
Why it’s important to take our children’s grief seriously. Loss of a Pet Does your child have a small pet? Then be prepared for the inevitable. When children loose a small pet like a hamster or [...]
Caring for Kids
Caring for Kids: The Complete Canadian Guide to Children’s Health is a comprehensive contemporary guide to health and wellness in children (ages 0-10), combining medically sound care with cutting edge research. With information culled from the [...]
Early Speech Difficulties
The early stages of your baby’s speech and language development. Early Speech Difficulties Speech development in babies really starts to pick up by the time they reach a year with babies babbling – that is, repeating [...]
Kids Less Active During Winter Months
Now that there are less daylight hours and it’s dark before dinnertime in much of the country, children are less active and their outdoor playtime is reduced. This is supported by a study done by the [...]
Limiting Kids’ TV Time a Challenge
A recent study out of the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, has shown just how difficult it is to curb the TV viewing time of young children. According to researchers, children who spend too much time [...]
A Child’s First Friends
Socializing is one of the most complex skills a child will learn. As parents, we can do a lot to help them develop these skills positively. Even as toddlers, friends play a special role in children’s [...]
When do Babies Take Their First Step?
Is there anything you can do to encourage your baby to take his first step – or is it all genetically predetermined? Baby’s first step is a developmental milestone that most parents never forget. But waiting [...]
Toilet Training
Is your child ready to be toilet trained? Toilet Training If there is one milestone every parent looks forward to, it’s when their child no longer requires diapers. But learning to use a toilet will not [...]
Language Development
The connection between music and a baby’s first words. Language Development Have you ever noticed that when you talk to an infant you naturally use a sing song voice? Well there’s good reason for this. Music [...]
Teething
What to expect as your baby grows those pearly whites. Teething Teething – it all begins with those bottom two middle teeth. As early as three or four months they’ll peak through the gums and by [...]
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