Baby's development and growth
Baby is growing by the second and keeping track of all the changes they're going through can be tricky. Here's some info about baby's development & growth.
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Top 10 easy and healthy homemade snacks for your toddler
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Is your baby ready for solids? Top 7 signs to look for
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
USDA guidelines on food allergies: What they mean for your baby
Life as a new parent | LGBTQIA families
Explaining gender and orientation to your child
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Raising a gender creative kid
Social and emotional development
How to support our LGBTQ+ kids
Social and emotional development
11 fun and easy ways to share quality time with your kids
Your body after baby | Mental health
5 ways your whole family can find some calm
Social and emotional development
The early days: connecting with baby
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
2 weeks old
Raising baby
A new mom finds some everyday magic: How a children’s book character taught me patience
Social and emotional development
Clingy behaviors in toddlers
Baby milestones
Helping baby reach milestones
Social and emotional development
Common fears in the toddler years
Raising baby
Toddlers and grown-up parties
Social and emotional development
Talking to your toddler about street safety
Social and emotional development
Surviving cooking with kids
Social and emotional development
How will I introduce the idea of a sibling to a toddler?
Social and emotional development
Helping your toddler make friends
Language and communication development
Pre-reading skills in the third year
Language and communication development
Teaching your toddler their own strength
Physical development
How much exercise do toddlers need?
Raising baby | Baby activities
Do they have to listen to kids’ music?
Social and emotional development
Your toddler’s problem-solving skills in the third year
Social and emotional development
Is there any truth to the “terrible twos?”
Raising baby
Your toddler’s unique dress sense
Baby's health and wellness
Introducing your toddler to hand-washing
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Getting along with your toddler’s friends’ parents
Language and communication development
Your toddler and body language
Social and emotional development
Talking to your toddler about the differences between people
Raising baby | Baby activities
Hiking with your toddler
Social and emotional development
5 tips for dealing with a temper tantrum
Raising baby | Baby activities
Learning toys for your one-and-a-half year-old
Language and communication development
Expanding your toddler’s vocabulary
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Dealing with other people parenting your kids
Social and emotional development
Your toddler’s understanding of time
Physical development
The case for bare feet in early walking
Physical development
Is your toddler ready to hold a crayon yet?
Social and emotional development
Why do babies like lullabies so much?
Social and emotional development
Craft kits for traveling
Social and emotional development
Do children need role models besides their parents?
Social and emotional development
Bonding with your baby as a non-genetic parent
Social and emotional development
Baby’s new favorite word: “no”
Social and emotional development
Fostering your child’s self-esteem
Physical development
Why do babies love throwing things on the ground?
Physical development
A toddler walking timeline
Baby milestones
5 times you wish you’d had your camera
Social and emotional development
Why do babies laugh so much?
Physical development
Stages of crawling
Language and communication development
What are some common first words?
Social and emotional development
Benefits of reading to your baby
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Let’s talk about prepared baby food
Baby milestones
When can I move baby to the big tub?
Raising baby | Baby activities
Why do babies need to stay active?
Baby milestones
Smiling and newborns
Baby milestones
Your newborn’s hearing in the first month
Raising baby | Baby activities
8 must-packs for an outing with your newborn
Raising baby
Washing your newborn with a sponge
Baby's health and wellness
Making immunization visits less stressful
Raising baby
Spoiling your newborn
Life as a new parent | Going back to work after baby
Practical tips for how to juggle working from home and caring for a young child
Social and emotional development
What is the line between toddler and baby?
Language and communication development
What is elimination communication?
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
Why do some newborns lose weight?
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Handling a swearing toddler
Social and emotional development
Your toddler’s understanding of space and time
Social and emotional development
Expecting: telling your kids about a new addition
Language and communication development
Best books for babies
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Help! My baby won’t self-feed
Language and communication development
Repeat after me, or on second thought, don’t: Teach your children well, but maybe not to swear just yet
Your body after baby | Mental health
Breaking the cycle of anxiety: How I model healthy habits for my own children so they won’t worry like I do
Raising baby
Boys will be boys: What it might mean to raise my son to be a good man, and brother, and person
Social and emotional development
Why it’s important for toddlers to make mistakes
Social and emotional development
Handling questions you don’t know the answer to
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
When should you switch Baby to a sippy cup?
Language and communication development
Learning to talk in a multilingual household
Social and emotional development
Handling public events like a pro (with a toddler in tow!)
Social and emotional development
Celebrate Pride all year long with these inclusive LGBTQ children’s books
Baby milestones
2 years 6 months
Social and emotional development
The Ovia Bookshelf: Celebrating Black children in literature
Social and emotional development
How to talk to your child about race and racism
Raising baby | Baby activities
Activities for mixed-age parties
Social and emotional development
The guest list for your toddler’s third birthday party
Social and emotional development
Other kids on the playground
Social and emotional development
Helping your shy toddler make friends
Social and emotional development
How much socialization should an almost-two-year-old get?
Language and communication development
Should I make my child hug relatives?
Social and emotional development
A parent’s guide to making friends at the playground
Social and emotional development
When your toddler is afraid around a relative
Life as a new parent | Relationship with friends and family
Helping your toddler bond with grandparents and other relatives
Social and emotional development
Birthday party etiquette
Social and emotional development
Talking to your child about public vs. private behavior
Social and emotional development
Playdate etiquette
Physical development
Growth spurts through childhood
Social and emotional development
When do babies start to recognize people?
Baby milestones
When can I start introducing toys?
Social and emotional development
Building social skills without daycare
Baby's health and wellness | Baby check ups
Making immunization visits less stressful
Social and emotional development
Talking to your toddler about the connection between meat and animals
Social and emotional development
Toddlers and pre-math
Baby's first year | Twins and multiples
The realities of multiples’ dynamics
Opportunities to encourage your toddler’s growing sense of independence
Potty training
Hiding while pooping: A step towards potty training
Baby's first year | Twins and multiples
Making sure you and your partner bond with each of your multiples
Social and emotional development
Fear and anger in toddlers
Language and communication development
Does your toddler mumble?
Social and emotional development
The development of toddlers’ self-control
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
11 weeks old
6 things your baby’s cries might mean
Social and emotional development
Socialization in the fourth year
Social and emotional development
Socialization in the third year
Raising baby
Should my toddler be dressing themselves?
Social and emotional development
Slaying the monster in the closet: Dealing with your toddler’s irrational fears
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Modifying behavior without being mean
Raising baby | Baby activities
Does my toddler need more exercise?
Social and emotional development
Can toddlers multitask?
Raising baby | Baby activities
Art supplies and your almost-three-year-old
Social and emotional development
Activities for your toddler’s third birthday
Social and emotional development
Communicating your toddler’s boundaries to relatives
Raising baby | Baby activities
Monitoring your toddler’s screentime
Physical development
The evolution of a toddler’s pencil grip
Social and emotional development
Letting your toddler win
Social and emotional development
Toddler friendships when you’re not friends with the parents
Potty training
What if I started potty training too early?
Language and communication development
Your toddler’s grasp on grammar
Social and emotional development
When you and your toddler don’t see eye-to-eye
When, how, and why I started working on numbers with my son
Language and communication development
Crib talk and your toddler
Physical development
Toddlers who look older than they are
Language and communication development
When do toddlers start to speak in sentences?
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
9 weeks old
Baby's first year | Baby growth month by month
8 weeks old
Social and emotional development
Making your own family’s traditions
What to do when baby figures out how to take off their diaper
It takes a village: How community programs can enrich your baby’s life
Life as a new parent | Relationship with friends and family
“So, what does it do?”: helping family and friends bond with your baby
Raising baby | Baby safety
Why does my newborn have a soft spot?
Your newborn’s vision in the first month
Baby's health and wellness | Baby Sleep Health
Tips to encourage uninterrupted sleep in your newborn
Your newborn’s reflexes
Baby's first year | Baby poop and pee
Newborn poo: a quick and dirty guide
Social and emotional development
Helping siblings bond and cut down on conflict
Social and emotional development
Building quality time into your everyday routines
Baby milestones
3 years
Language and communication development
Easy read-aloud techniques to help boost language development
Physical development
Staying active with your toddler
Raising baby | Baby activities
When can children start playing sports?
Social and emotional development
Five ways to help young children bond with a new baby
Raising baby
Potty training: What to do when regression hits
Social and emotional development
Just shyness, or a problem with socialization?
Language and communication development
Answering the big questions
Raising baby
Your toddler’s sense of style
Social and emotional development
I don’t like my toddler’s friends
Social and emotional development
Educating your child about the internet
Raising baby
Potty training pitfalls
When will my toddler be able to run for office? A skills breakdown
Talking to your toddler about trying new things
Baby milestones
2 years 8 months
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Teaching your toddler to play nicely with younger children
Potty training
Potty training resistance
Social and emotional development
Teaching toddlers about animals’ feelings
The benefits of letting toddlers climb
Baby milestones
2 years 7 months
Social and emotional development
Setting up your toddler’s world for independence
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Why is my toddler so stubborn?
Baby's health and wellness | Baby nutrition and eating
Table manners for toddlers
Life as a new parent
A toddler self-dressing timeline
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Raising a confident child
Social and emotional development
When to step in to toddler arguments
Social and emotional development
Introducing your toddler to new social situations
Physical development
How can I get my child to stop running?
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Talking to your child about a new sibling-to-be
Social and emotional development
The importance of playing with your toddler
The right kinds of books for two-and-a-half-year-olds
Raising baby
Encouraging your toddler’s imagination: Beyond pretend play
Raising baby | Baby activities
Toddlers who love scary things
Social and emotional development
Toddlers who resist independence
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Practical skills to teach your almost-three-year-old
Social and emotional development
Birthday gifts for your toddler’s peers
Life as a new parent | Starting school
Socializing to prepare for preschool
Life as a new parent | Relationship with friends and family
When your child and your friend’s child don’t get along
Teaching a child to groom
Baby milestones
2 years 1 month
Life as a new parent | Traveling with a baby
Traveling with your toddler
Physical development
When will my toddler learn to jump?
Raising baby | Baby safety
When to teach your toddler about “strange behaivor”
Social and emotional development
Talking to your toddler about tough stuff
Raising baby | Parenting styles
How to win an argument with your toddler
Raising baby | Parenting styles
Help! My partner and I have different parenting styles
Social and emotional development
Your toddler’s growing understanding of ownership and sharing
Baby milestones
When should children dress themselves?
Potty training
The pros and cons of training pants
Social and emotional development
A toddler’s first lie
Raising baby | Baby activities
Teaching your toddler to play nicely with other children
Social and emotional development
Toddlers and repeated stories
6 reasons why the toddler years are the best years
Social and emotional development
A toddler’s growing sense of independence
Language and communication development
Dinner conversation and your toddler
