Emotional - Social - Baby Care Journals

Dealing with Baby’s Separation Anxiety

Care, Dads, Development, Emotional - Social, Moms, Nanny / June 15, 2012

The second half of a baby’s first year is a time of much joy and relief for new parents. The baby becomes more regular in her patterns, she begins to learn how to communicate her needs, and she no longer cries for seemingly no reason. But even though things tend to be relatively smooth in

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Helping Your Baby Develop in Months Nine through Twelve

Cognitive, Crawling - Walking, Development, Emotional - Social, Learning, Milestones, Motor Skills / May 24, 2012

When a baby gets around the eight-month-old mark, lots of things happen all at once. The days when your baby was an entirely dependent newborn are now a distant memory, and your baby is beginning to look and act more like an actual child, with a fast-developing personality, a growing ability to play and entertain

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The Next Three Months: Baby Milestones in Months 4-6

Activities, Bonding, Development, Emotional - Social, Learning, Misc, Motor Skills, Newborns, Teething / March 15, 2012

The first three months of a baby’s life are often referred to as the “fourth trimester” because the baby is still intensely dependent, has only rudimentary communication abilities, and does not seem fully engaged with the surrounding world. All of this comes to an end in the next three months, which is when babies really

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What Does It Mean If My Baby Has Tongue-Tie?

Dads, Development, Emotional - Social, Feeding, General Health, Health, Language Skills, Learning, Moms, Motor Skills, Newborns / February 3, 2012

There is a visible string of tissue underneath your baby’s tongue that is attached to the floor of his mouth and is called the frenulum. Babies who have tongue-tie have a frenulum that is too short causing problems with the mobility of their tongue. The medical term for tongue-tie is ankyloglossia.

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