Author: admin

At What Age Can Babies Understand What Others Are Thinking?

admin

A new study shows that babies as young as 19 months can guess what other people are thinking! Scientists previously believed that the ability understand what others think developed at a later age.

Researchers from UCLA studied a group of around 90 children from three different communities, in rural China, the Fiji islands, and Ecuador. The youths ranged in age from 19 months to about 5 years.

Read More

Early Signs of Autism Detected in Six-Month-Old Babies

admin
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is the name for a range of developmental disturbances leading to difficulties with social interaction, communication, and repetitive, restricted patterns of behavior. In the United States, there are 10 times as many diagnoses of autism as there were 40 years ago, with one in 88 American children now being diagnosed with ASD. ASD can typically be recognized before a child’s third birthday, and some signs can appear in the child’s first or second year of life. Presently, however, a reliable diagnosis can only be made when a child Read More

Feeding Your One-Year-Old

admin
If you are the parent of a one-year-old, you just finished watching your baby’s weight triple since her birth! But suddenly, your growing baby may not want to eat quite as much as she’s accustomed to eating. If that happens, it’s no cause for concern; toddlers gain weight more slowly, so they don’t need to eat quite as much. If you suddenly find that your child routinely picks at her food, you Read More

How to Tell if Your Baby Has an Ear Infection (and What to Do to Prevent Ear Infections)

admin
Other than well-baby visits, ear infections are the most common reason why parents take their infants to the pediatrician. Ear infections account for nearly half of all antibiotic prescriptions for young children. Ear infections are justifiably a source of great concern for parents. But there are things that can be done to prevent them, and to know if a visit to the doctor is truly warranted, or if your baby may be dealing with a lesser, harmless ailment. The ear structure is divided into three sections: outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. Most infections in babies and young children occur in the Read More

What Your Newborn Will Look Like

admin
New parents who do not have much experience around newborns are often surprised by to find that their babies are not the charming, camera-ready cuties they had been expecting. Of course, newborns are very lovable and most new parents are enamored from the moment they lay eyes on their little sons or daughters, but it takes several days, even weeks in some cases, for a newborn’s appearance to begin to Read More

3 Reasons to Buy Green Baby Toys

admin
American consumers are increasingly being informed of the dangers of toxic chemicals often found in plastics, including baby bottles, as well as chemicals that contaminate the foods we eat, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. These chemicals are also found in many baby toys. Plastics used to make toys can Read More