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For many new parents, the birth of their baby is the start of a race to developmental milestones. They compare their kids with those of friends, bragging about or envying the milestones achieved or yet to be conquered. Most kids will reach their...
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Your baby is growing by leaps and bounds. Even after just a few months, he or she is doing enough amazing things to keep you glued behind the video camera. But is your baby hitting developmental milestones ahead or behind of his or her peers?...
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By now, your baby is happily crawling or scooting across the room, sometimes at speeds that make leaving delicate objects on the floor a dangerous idea. Your baby may even have taken some tentative steps. But if your infant still hasn’t crawled or...
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Before you delve into Bundoo’s coverage of developmental milestones, I think it’s important to mention a few things. First, reading “week by week” milestone books for your baby’s first year is a bit like reading “week by week” pregnancy books. They...
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Latino children are less likely to be diagnosed with autism than white children—and when they are diagnosed, they are significantly older, according to a study in the September 2013 issue of Pediatrics. Lead study author Katharine Zuckerman, MD,...
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With all the options available for autism treatment, it can be hard to know where to turn. While there is no proven cure for autism, most experts agree that treatment should start early and should include structured, intensive therapy (25 hours per...
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In the first year of life, the physical milestones are the most obvious and exciting. As babies grow from newborns to toddlers, their physical capabilities are advancing in leaps and bounds. Your baby’s muscles are strengthening quickly, and...
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Toddler
The first six months after your child’s first birthday is a time of rapid and remarkable emotional development. At this age, your toddler is beginning to experience a huge range of emotions in response to more specific events and thoughts. The...
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One of the great miracles of parenting is watching your baby slowly emerge into toddlerhood and then childhood. Every new skill is a triumph, and each thought and feeling is experienced as a new, exciting and sometimes frustrating new sensation. By...
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Don’t be surprised if it seems like your baby is making huge leaps forward in the months leading up to the first birthday. While developmentally normal babies are always progressing quickly, the changes in this period are especially obvious....
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The first six months after your child’s first birthday is a time of rapid and remarkable emotional development. At this age, your toddler is beginning to experience a huge range of emotions in response to more specific events and thoughts. The...
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Between the ages of 16 and 19 months, babies continue to hone the skills they first started acquiring a few months earlier — walking then running, picking up objects, and climbing onto chairs and other furniture (make sure you’ve...
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As a toddler approaches 2 years old, they will become increasingly confident and assured in motor skills — walking, running, throwing and kicking balls, and picking up and rearranging pretty much everything in your residence that isn’t nailed...
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Despite measures to eliminate lead from the environment, babies and young children continue to be exposed to this toxic material. This puts children at risk for potential serious and lifelong complications. Exposure to lead can cause serious damage...
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Is your child hitting all their milestones on time—and so what if they aren’t? What would that mean? As a parent, worrying about developmental milestones can make you a little nuts, because it’s only natural that kids all develop at different rates...
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The thought that your child may have autism can cause apprehension in any parent, especially since current research shows that autism is on the rise. Parents are often the first to sense a problem with their child’s development, so it’s important...
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When a child does not pass an autism screening, or any time a parent expresses concerns about autism, the next step should be referral for a formal evaluation to confirm or rule out autism. Diagnosing autism, however, can be a complex process that...
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According to 2020 estimates by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 44 children have been identified as having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism is a lifelong developmental disability involving deficits in...
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In the first year of life, your baby’s brain develops much faster than his or her body. Every day, your child is learning new things, making connections, and figuring out how the world works. Your baby is constantly looking around, trying to...
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Despite the huge changes your baby has undergone since birth, development is still happening in very fundamental ways by 5-7 months. Emotionally, your child is learning to express the most simple of feelings — hunger, frustration, joy — but complex...
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As they approach their second birthdays, toddlers are increasingly able to verbalize their emotions and wants, which makes the job of parenting a lot easier, since you don’t have to frantically guess what your child is so upset about! But...
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Although it might not seem like it, your baby is a cognitive sponge from birth. Beginning immediately, babies are soaking up information about this strange new world and the people in it. Your baby is constantly watching you, listening to what you...
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Your 5- to 7-month-old is just beginning to discover his or her own body, but these little developments add up to a big change. At this age, your baby is still learning to control voluntary muscles, which requires a great deal of coordination....
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Parenting
Parental stress affects children of all ages. In fact, studies have shown that parents’ stress can put children at risk for behavioral, emotional, and learning problems, as well as health issues such as asthma. One recent study demonstrated that...
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Music is a language shared and understood by all ages — and more recently, it is being used to help toddlers with developmental delays. Music therapy is the use of music to help toddlers in their growth and development, including toddlers with...
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Lead poisoning is one of the most common preventable diseases of childhood. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are at least 4 million U.S. households with young children exposed to lead, and as many as 500,000...
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A new version of the popular autism screening tool, the M-CHAT, has been released. The new screening tool, the M-CHAT-R, or the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers-Revised, is an updated questionnaire that evaluates the risk of possible...
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Many adults are familiar with the term hypothyroidism, meaning that the thyroid gland fails to secrete it’s hormones in appropriate amounts. But not everyone knows that newborns can be born with low thyroid hormone, a condition referred to as...
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Finding out your child has autism can be emotionally trying and overwhelming. After diagnosis, parents are likely filled with uncertainty and may wonder what to do next. The tips below are a starting point to help guide you in the right direction...
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Autism screening is a valuable tool experts use to determine if a child is following typical development patterns and whether or not further testing for autism should be done. It’s important for parents to be informed about autism screening to know...
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Although your baby has spent most of the past month sleeping, he or she has been doing a lot of hard work growing and changing. The first few weeks — really, the first few years — of life are marked by incredible development and learning for...
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We all perceive and understand the world through our senses: smell, touch, sight, taste, sound, and movement—but not everybody experiences the world in the same way. For example, some people may love the sensation of sand beneath their feet, while...
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There are very few reasons a mother cannot breastfeed her infant if she desires. Whenever possible, breastfeeding is recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as the preferred exclusive feeding method for the first six months of life...
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Parenting
Most parents who are facing divorce worry about how to approach the topic with their toddler and how it will affect their toddler’s development. Because toddlers are just starting to understand the world and social relationships, divorce can have a...
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Angelman Syndrome (AS) is a rare neurologic disorder that causes developmental delays, seizures, and abnormal movements. People who have the syndrome tend to laugh and smile frequently, but they usually have delayed speech. The condition is also...
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Although your baby has spent most of the past month sleeping, he or she has been doing a lot of hard work growing and changing. The first few weeks — really, the first few years — of life are marked by incredible development and learning for...
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It used to be the norm for toddlers to get tubes in their ears when they suffered frequent ear infections. Tubes, also called tympanostomy tubes, allow fluid that had built up behind the ear drum to drain, relieving pain and allowing a child to...
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Here’s the good news: by five months of age, babies have usually hit their stride and typically sleep between six and eight hours a night. Of course this isn’t true for all babies — some are still waking up every few hours, and others have been...
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Young children often show an interest in hair as they explore new textures. It’s common for children to go through a developmental stage of playing with their own hair or their caregiver’s hair. For a few children, however, hair becomes an...
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Hypotonia, sometimes referred to as floppy infant syndrome, is a condition characterized by the loss of muscle tone. Instead of the normal resistance you would feel when pressing on a muscle, the muscles of children with hypotonia feel soft and...
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Parenting
If you are a parent of more than one child, at times it may seem like your older child does all the talking for your younger child. Parents may think this means a younger sibling’s language will be slower to develop, however, research tells us this...
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Picture your evening: Grandma comes over to babysit, and as you head out the door, your normally even-tempered baby starts crying inconsolably, even though Grandma stops by a few times each week. The same thing starts to happen at daycare drop-off...
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Here’s the good news: by five months of age, babies have usually hit their stride and typically sleep between six and eight hours a night. Of course this isn’t true for all babies — some are still waking up every few hours, and others have been...
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There are many stages of feeding that toddlers go through. Some are still on baby food, while others eat table food with a limited variety. Some parents say their toddlers won’t eat what they eat, and others say they are afraid to offer table food...
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Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a controversial chemical used to make hard plastics (known as polycarbonate) and to line metal-based food and beverage containers, where it helps prevent rust and increases shelf life. BPA can be transferred to the food in...
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Turner syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal condition that affects 1 in 2,500 newborn females. About half are diagnosed by a pediatrician within the first few months of life because of characteristic physical features. The other half are usually...
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You’ve dressed your toddler to get out the door on a busy morning. You turn around and you now see a naked body. Your child wants to be naked nearly all the time. Is this a problem? Should you do something about it? The toddler years are an...
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What is Cerebral palsy? Cerebral palsy (CP) is a disorder affecting a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. Cerebral refers to the brain, and palsy refers to a weakness or problem using the muscles. CP is caused by damage to...
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Many people think that strokes only affect the elderly. Stroke, however, can and does occur in children. In fact, statistics show that up to 13 children out of every 100,000 have suffered from the neurological event. Boys are slightly more likely...
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Fears and phobias are common among the young. These fears will change along with their developmental stages. In other words, most fears are age or stage specific. Generally speaking, most fears and phobias are mild in nature and fade as the child...
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Selective mutism is when a child does not speak in certain situations or settings (like at school) but is comfortable speaking in others (like at home). It often starts before a child is 5 years old and is first noticed when the child starts...
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If your child is having communication issues, it’s only natural to wonder: “Is it autism or could it be something else?” Instead of autism, some children are being diagnosed with social communication disorder. Social communication disorder (SCD) is...
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One of the possible symptoms of autism spectrum disorder is an unusual sensitivity to external sensory factors such as sound, smell, taste, and/or touch. Some children with autism react unusually to these types of sensory inputs. They may be...
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Clubfoot is a common foot deformity among infants; it is usually identified right after birth. The term “clubfoot” refers to the way the foot is positioned at a sharp angle to the leg, resembling the head of a golf club, and can be due to a range...
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Parenting
Parenting requires us to juggle the demands of everyday adult life along with everything related to raising children. From the mundane like completing household chores and homework help, to figuring out if your child is making friends or getting...
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Scoliosis is a medical condition most commonly diagnosed in adolescence that causes a young person’s spine to become curved. While many people may have a slight curve to their spines, curves greater than 25-50 degrees often require medical...
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Did your daughter skip her ABCs and go straight to reading full sentences? Does your son play Chopin on the piano instead of “chopsticks?” Must be time to call Mensa. According to the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), about 6 percent...
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Achondroplasia is a rare genetic disorder affecting one out of every 26,000-40,000 babies. There are more than 250,000 people worldwide afflicted with this disease. If a baby has achondroplasia, it will usually be evident at birth. Many patients...