Baby Development
Motor Development in the First Year
The first year of a baby’s life is full of wondrous changes. As the months pass, our little babies transform into mobile, chatty and willful little toddlers with their personal...
Hand-Eye Coordination
After discovering their hands, babies need to learn that they can activate them, make use of them and coordinate their movement to reach what they want. Read full article to...
Fine Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills Fine motor skills are related to the hand, palm and finger muscles as well as to the muscles surrounding the mouth and eyes. As baby grows, it...
Language & Communication 18 - 24 m
A World of Words These six months are marked by rapid development of your baby’s vocabulary and his grammatical ability to form basic sentences. New words every day, two-word sentences...
Language & Communication 12 - 18 m
Language: An Opening into your Child’s Inner World By your baby’s first birthday, she is usually able to say at least one clearly identifiable word and to understand quite a...
Language & Communication 9 - 12 m
Baby’s First Words As your baby approaches his first birthday, words become a more substantial part of his developing world of understanding. His first word is just around the corner,...
Playing with Your Baby
Playtime is not only a whole lot of fun for parent and baby, it is a time when baby learns, grows and develops through exploration, interaction and bonding. Read full...
Language & Communication 6 - 9 m
Baby Talk Your baby's expressive verbal language skills develop quite dramatically during this period, making communication that much more fun and rewarding. Adorable Intonations Baby connects several syllables of different...
Language & Communication 3 - 6 m
The Foundations of Speech At three months, your baby takes “baby steps” toward comprehending and expressing words. You will doubtless thoroughly enjoy hearing him prattle away in a symphony rich...
Language & Communication 1 - 3 m
Cooing, Babbling and More Welcome to the adorable “cooing” stage! Enjoy as your baby’s soft involuntary gurgles slowly transform into intentional cooing and smiles and laughter enrich her communication. The...
Sensory Regulation in Babies
Sensory regulation, the way we process and react to stimulation received through our senses, plays a central role in baby’s cognitive, social and motor development. Parents play an important part...
Language & Communication 0 - 1 m
The Language of Crying The very first stage in language development is the "crying stage". Your newborn's only means of communication when he is just born is crying, a fact...