Supporting emotional connection between a premature baby and parent during the intensive care unit treatment effectively improves the baby’s brain development. The effects are clearly visible in the ...

When looking for toys that foster a child’s development, there are three things to remember—education, engagement and entertainment. “Educational toys benefit kids’ motor, sensory and problem-solving ...

Amy Bidgood is a Research Associate in the International Centre for Language and Communicative Development (LuCiD) at the University of Liverpool. The support of the Economic and Social Research ...

Parent and baby classes are increasingly popular, and the choice greater than ever. These days you can even take newborns on courses ranging from massage, yoga, music, and swimming, to “signing” ...

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Did you know that a baby’s brain starts making connections for speech and language while they’re still in the womb? It might not seem like it, but their brains are rapidly developing and using lots of ...

Having a newborn involves an irregular cycle of feeding, changing diapers and sleeping. As they begin to attune to the world around them, they'll express curiosity. This is where having forms of ...

The average weight for full-term babies is approximately 7 pounds, 5 ounces. However, a percentage of healthy, full-term babies are born under or over that average weight. As your baby grows, their ...

Scientists have performed an analysis of epigenetic marks on DNA to measure how much a baby's development in the womb is determined by the genes inherited from the parents, as compared with the mother ...