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  • Baby's Development: The First Year

    This year is an exciting period of "firsts" -- first smile, first laugh, first successful grasp, first word, first step...

  • The Eyes Have It

    As your baby approaches her first birthday, she will increasingly use her eyes to send you messages and to check in with you to ensure that her messages are being received.

  • Imaginary Friends

    Your three-year-old has taken to chatting it up with his new friend -- his new imaginary friend, that is. But after a couple of weeks, you begin to wonder if this is getting out of hand.

  • Healthy Defiance in Toddlers

    Don't assume you're raising a diva just because your toddler gives you a withering stare or stomps out of the room when you ask her to pick up her toys.

  • Is Kourtney Kardashian Strange for Co-Sleeping with Her Toddler?

    On the premiere of "Kourtney & Kim Take New York" Sunday night, it was revealed that Kourtney co-sleeps with her toddler, Mason (who is just adorable), while her baby daddy sleeps in another room. This is not so unusual, nor, do we think, such a crazy thing.

  • Is Your Baby Jealous During the Holidays?

    If you didn't know better, you'd swear your normally happy and contented three-month-old was jealous of all the attention these intruders (a.k.a holiday guests) are demanding of you. But a three-month-old is far too young for jealousy -- right?

  • Top Ten Tummy Time Tips

    Tummy time strengthens baby's core muscle, but it may not be all sunshine and smiles. Is your baby offended? Are your nerves frazzled? Here are a few tricks that may make tummy time more enjoyable for you both.

  • Breaking Down Myths About Autism

    There's a popular myth -- one of several surrounding autism -- that you can't diagnose this disease until a child is well into childhood. In reality, the signs are evident as early as 18 months of age, or sometimes even sooner. The signs often show up early in a baby's life: He doesn't babble or coo like other infants. Later, he may fail to gesture, point or make eye contact.

  • Just Say NO! to BPA

    BPA and other endocrine disrupting chemicals are linked to infertility, cancers and malformations. Want to reduce your exposure? These six simple steps will help!

  • Why Kids Misbehave

    When children misbehave, our gut reaction is to do whatever we can to stop it and stop it fast! There are big problems with this approach. Instead of reacting, have your response focus on the core issue and teach the child how to resolve that core issue through positive behavior.

  • Baby's Development: The First Year

    This year is an exciting period of "firsts" -- first smile, first laugh, first successful grasp, first word, first step...

  • Is Kourtney Kardashian Strange for Co-Sleeping with Her Toddler?

    On the premiere of "Kourtney & Kim Take New York" Sunday night, it was revealed that Kourtney co-sleeps with her toddler, Mason (who is just adorable), while her baby daddy sleeps in another room. This is not so unusual, nor, do we think, such a crazy thing.

  • Boys, Girls...Different from Birth?

    Teachers, pediatricians, and veteran parents alike will tell you that boys and girls play differently, speak differently, and react emotionally to situations differently. But the question remains...why?

  • Just Say NO! to BPA

    BPA and other endocrine disrupting chemicals are linked to infertility, cancers and malformations. Want to reduce your exposure? These six simple steps will help!

  • Building Baby's Brain: What Parents Can Do

    Until recently we believed that there wasn't much we could do to help the brain develop. Most people believed that a child's genes determined a basic level of intelligence, and little could be done to change it after birth. Now we know that the brain does a lot of developing after birth.

  • Tips on Getting Kids to Bed (and Keeping Them in Bed)

    What can you do to peacefully get your kids to go to bed at their scheduled bedtime?  And what can you do to help them stay tucked in bed?

  • Toddler Tantrums and Meltdowns

    Tantrums are sure to be in the top of parents' list of "obnoxious kid behaviors" and when your kid uses this routine in public it's just plain humiliating.

  • The Ninth Month: Fears and Insecurities

    Does your baby "give you the raspberries?" That is, does he sputter with his tongue and lips? This is sometimes an indication that he has eaten enough food at that particular feeding. Watch carefully for signals of "I've had enough."

  • When Kids Can't Have What They Want

    How to respond when the wants of parents and children differ is one of The Big Questions of parenting. Things usually go well when parents and kids want the same things -- problems start when they don't!

  • Building Baby's Brain: What Child Care Can Do

    Where a child receives care is less important than the quality of care she receives. Lots of research has examined the necessary conditions in children's care arrangements, whether by parents or child-care providers, that help children grow up healthy and happy.