Development/Milestones Articles

More Look in any baby book, or on any parenting website, and you’ll find a milestone calendar – a list of developmental goals, both cognitive and physical, and the approximate age at ...

More Covered in drool? Your little one might be teething.  Most babies start teething around six months of age, but early bloomers may start as early as three months. Some won’t start ...

More Getting used to sitters is important for babies – and parents.The first time Jen Buchalter of Burlington, Ont., left her daughter with someone else, it was to go out for dinner wi...

More Babies don't learn from flash cards, says one expert, so spend your money on books instead.The child rhymes off the words with amazing speed and accuracy, never making a mistake. What ...

More We’ve all seen the magical videos: babies floating along underwater, eyes wide open, looking ethereal and calm as they wiggle a few short feet in the pool and pop their heads up out of...

More For some families, toilet training comes early.The stinky perils of diapers and potty training are something that we usually accept is part of raising a child.But a movement of dedicated par...

More Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Your child is probably not the next Mozart or even the next Justin Bieber. But don’t turn off the karaoke machine just yet. A musical environmen...

More Married couple Sandy and Sam Pirrera of Hamilton, Ont., love to travel. When they had their first child in 2009, they were determined a baby wouldn’t hamper their ability to globe trot...

More Question:My daughter was born five weeks early and she seems to reach all of her development milestones approximately five weeks later than the charts – all but one. She is nine and a ...

More Children achieve milestones at their own pace, so put away the calendarA new father entered the examining room anxiously clutching his baby in one arm and a book in the other. “The boo...