Development
Learn how to support your baby as they grow and develop through milestones, including gross motor and fine motor development as well as communication skills.
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Development
How to Encourage Your Baby to Walk
Given a safe space to practice and lots of loving attention, learning to walk comes naturally for most babies.
Development
The C-Section Shelf: Does It Ever Go Away?
A C-section shelf is excess skin and fat that hangs over a C-section scar. You can make it smaller with diet and exercise or eliminate it with a tummy tuck.
Development
How to Help Teach Your Baby to Roll Over
Rolling over is a major baby milestone that you can help your baby reach with fun, encouragement, and of course, lots of tummy time.
Development
Developing Sensory Motor Skills in Children
Developing sensory skills in your child helps their cognitive growth and fine motor skills while building physical strength, balance, and coordination.
Development
Does Your Child Lack Personal Space Awareness?
Is your kid constantly touching others or standing too close? Your child may lack personal space awareness. Learn how to help your child grow body awareness.
Development
Reciprocal Conversation Skills and Your Child’s Development
Reciprocal conversation is communication between two people. Problems with these skills can have an effect on every area of a child’s life
Development
Developing Visual Motor Skills in Children
Combined with fine and gross motor skills, visual motor skills help children perform small and large tasks.
Development
12 Fun Hand-Eye Coordination Games for Kids
Encouraging your child to play and explore is one of the best things you can do to improve hand-eye coordination.
Development, Special Needs
Understanding Cognitive Developmental Delay in Children
Cognitive developmental delays occur when a child’s thinking and reasoning are significantly below the expected average. Learn the signs and best ways to help.
Development, Feeding and Eating
Developing Oral Motor Skills in Children
Oral motor skills develop throughout your child’s first two years of life. Wondering what to expect? Our list of skills by age will help keep you informed.
Development
Stages of Crawling: When and How They Happen
Your baby will learn to crawl in their own way and at their own pace. The crawling style your little one chooses will also influence when they start moving.
Development
How Black and White Images Help Babies Develop
While children's vision develops, you should expose them to black and white imagery with sharp outlines in their everyday environment.
Development, Fine and Gross Motor
Understanding Gross Motor Delay in Children
Receiving a gross motor delay diagnosis may seem overwhelming at first. However, treatments can help your child catch up to their peers.
Development
Asymmetrical Crawling in Babies: Should You Be Concerned?
Let’s take a closer look at asymmetrical crawling in babies and when you should contact a pediatrician or pediatric orthopedic doctor for more advice.
Development
Help! My Baby’s Teeth Are Coming Through In the Wrong Order
Noticing your baby’s teeth coming through in the wrong order can cause concern. Put your mind at ease with facts on your child’s tooth development.
Behavior, Development
Self Help Skills: Helping Your Child Achieve Independence
Self help skills are behaviors or activities performed by your child which lead to them developing more independence and autonomy.
Development, Parenting
Baby Jumper Age Ranges: The Right Ages to Start & Stop
Jumpers give parents and caregivers a safe place to put the baby for a few minutes while they take a much-needed break or get other things done.
Development, Parenting
Help! How Do I Keep a Pacifier in My Baby’s Mouth?
The tricky thing about using a nighttime pacifier is keeping it in your baby’s mouth so both of you can get a restful, deep sleep. Here's our solutions.
Development, Fine and Gross Motor
The 6 Baby Crawling Types Explained
Crawling is an exciting milestone, but did you know there are different baby crawling types that could be completely normal for your infant?
Fine and Gross Motor, Toys
Crawligator Tummy Time Support
The Crawligator is a safe and fun way to promote tummy time by supporting crawling mobility and helping develop gross motor skills.
Orientation and Mobility
Defined Spaces: How to Create Big and Small Playspaces for Children Who are Visually Impaired
A defined space is any area in which meaningful objects are kept in predictable, accessible, and easily detectable locations.
Orientation and Mobility
Southeastern Guide Dogs
Southeastern Guide Dogs places skilled companion dogs with children with vision loss and guide dogs with teens as young as fifteen.
Fine and Gross Motor, Product Reviews
Best Crawling Toys for Babies in 2022
The best crawling toys for babies not only serve as encouragement for crawling, but also provide entertainment and opportunities for exploration.
Development, Fine and Gross Motor
How To Encourage Crawling: 10 Creative Tips for Your Baby
Tummy time is one of the greatest forms of encouragement you can give to your baby as she learns how to crawl. Now learn what the other nine are.