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Milestones & Development10

Every wobbly first step and garbled first word explained. Here’s what your baby’s up to at each stage, and why the timeline is way more flexible than the books make it sound.

Choosing the Perfect Care for Your Kids A woman crouches in a field and smiles while holding a standing baby wearing a pink bow headband.Milestones & Development

Choosing the Perfect Care for Your Kids

Whether you're heading back to work or need an extra hand now and then, finding…
Amy MorrisonMarch 13, 2025
Helpful Potty Training Gear: What Do You Actually Need? A toddler in a striped onesie sits on a small blue plastic potty chair on a white rug.Baby Gear & ProductsMilestones & DevelopmentToddlers & Beyond

Helpful Potty Training Gear: What Do You Actually Need?

Before I became a parent, I had no idea how much time I’d spend thinking…
Kayla YoungJanuary 31, 2024
11 Weird Facts About Babies Swaddled baby held by an adult, with a thought bubble that reads: I don't have kneecaps.Milestones & Development

11 Weird Facts About Babies

I’m going to throw something out there that might be unpopular, but I’m of the…
Amy MorrisonMarch 22, 2019
Newborn Vision – GIF Lets You See What Your Baby Sees A close-up of a wide-eyed newborn baby in a white shirt, being held and having their hand grasped by an adult.Milestones & Development

Newborn Vision – GIF Lets You See What Your Baby Sees

The average newborn baby can see objects around them about as well as you can…
Amy MorrisonDecember 15, 2018
3 Under Appreciated Baby Milestones I’m Dying to Reach A blue pacifier rests on a star-patterned blanket near a baby’s reaching hand.Milestones & Development

3 Under Appreciated Baby Milestones I’m Dying to Reach

When your baby does anything new for the first time, it’s an exciting moment for…
Jennifer CravenDecember 8, 2017
Graph Proves What We’ve Known All Along: Newborns are Shit Sleepers Swaddled infant next to a data graph titled Months 3 to 17 of my child's life showing sleep and breastfeeding patterns.Milestones & Development

Graph Proves What We’ve Known All Along: Newborns are Shit Sleepers

I don’t know about you, but when I had my first, I spent a lot…
Emily RamirezSeptember 15, 2017
Does Your Baby Need Tummy Time? Smiling baby lying on their stomach during tummy time, resting their chin on their hands.BabyMilestones & Development

Does Your Baby Need Tummy Time?

Tummy time is a tricky subject to navigate as a parent. It sounds like an…
Heather DixonMarch 23, 2017
10 Reasons Your Newborn Baby Cries An infant in a light blue onesie lying on a gray textured blanket with eyes closed and mouth open, crying.BabyMilestones & Development

10 Reasons Your Newborn Baby Cries

Everybody knows that babies cry. And while a baby crying has been stressing parents out…
Nicole JohnsonMay 3, 2015
Why Your Child Should Learn Sign Language A father and young child wearing glasses practice baby sign language together while sitting on a bright couch with a book open between them at home.Milestones & Development

Why Your Child Should Learn Sign Language

A common misconception among people who are skeptical about teaching a baby sign language is…
Shira FogelSeptember 3, 2014
What Do Baby Percentiles and Growth Charts Mean? A healthcare professional uses a measuring tape to check a baby's head circumference while a woman holds the child.Milestones & Development

What Do Baby Percentiles and Growth Charts Mean?

Percentiles are a clinical measure your pediatrician uses to plot your child’s overall physical growth…
Amy MorrisonJanuary 28, 2014

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