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  • Pregnant for the Holidays: To Toast or Not to Toast?

    With the holidays rapidly approaching, the age old question raises itself along with the clink of glasses -- can I join in the festivities with family and friends by having an alcoholic drink to celebrate. Maybe just one?

  • Playing with Your Seven-Month-Old Baby

    The games you play with your baby help her brain to develop just as the food she eats helps her body grow. Need ideas for your now upright and almost mobile little one? Read on!

  • Your Twelve Month Old

    Happy birthday, baby! That little, snuggly newborn has turned into a totally animated, toddling ball of energy, learning from the world around her! What will she discover this month? Read on...

  • Your Eleven Month Old

    She's interested in everything! Increased mobility makes exploration easier. Recognizing more pictures in books makes reading more interesting. Better memory makes games more fun, especially pointing games. What milestones might your little one reach this month? Read on...

  • Your Ten Month Old

    Your little one seems to be heading on warp speed to his first birthday! New skills, new words, and new moves towards independence all weigh in heavily this month. Check out the milestones!

  • Your Nine Month Old

    Nine months is an especially delightful age. Your baby is active, playful, excited about learning, cuddly and affectionate. His gestures, expressions and babbles tell that you are the most important person in his life. What milestones might your little one reach. Read on!

  • Your Eight Month Old

    Curiosity is the focus this month. In the sake of discovery your little one may empty drawers, unroll paper towels, tear up magazines, unfold laundry... Besides a topsy-turvy house, what else can you expect this month?

  • Your Seven Month Old

    Now that your baby can sit unsupported, a whole new world is open. And she embraces it with delight! What milestones might you see this month? Read on...

  • Your Six Month Old

    She's in a pretty good mood most of the time, interested in her world and is working on expressing her sense of humor -- in grins, giggle and belly laughs. What milestones can you expect this month? Read on!

  • Your Five Month Old

    five months oldA five-month-old checks things out three ways.

  • Pregnant for the Holidays: To Toast or Not to Toast?

    With the holidays rapidly approaching, the age old question raises itself along with the clink of glasses -- can I join in the festivities with family and friends by having an alcoholic drink to celebrate. Maybe just one?

  • The First Signs of Intelligent Life: Awaken Your Baby's Inner Resources

    by Joseph Garcia

    Communication is one of the first challenges babies encounter. When children begin to communicate, they attempt to arrange in their minds the world around them and begin to understand and react to situations. The child observes and experiments with life to gain knowledge and confidence. Communication plays a critical role in helping the child interact with the world and become socially engaged.

  • Playing with Your Seven-Month-Old Baby

    The games you play with your baby help her brain to develop just as the food she eats helps her body grow. Need ideas for your now upright and almost mobile little one? Read on!

  • Asleep All Day, Up All Night

    Our beautiful baby daughter is five days old, and we are exhilarated, but exhausted. She seems to be asleep all day long (unless she is eating), and then as soon as we want to go to bed, she's awake -- ALL NIGHT LONG! Do you have anything you can suggest?

  • White Mud

    Finally, your child can play with toilet paper without wreaking havoc on the plumbing!

  • Your Newborn

    Your baby is here! What should he be doing? What can you do to help him along the way? Read on to find out what's normal and get play time tips.

  • Building Baby's Brain: Learning Language

    Babies are born with billions of brain cells, including millions that will control language. During the first years of life, the brain cells connect with other cells to form complex pathways. When babies hear their native language spoken, the language connections become stronger.

  • Your Four Month Old

    Your four month old has entered the interactive stage and interact she does with her whole body! What else will she accomplish this month? Read on and find out!

  • The Eleventh Month of Fatherhood

    In your eleventh month of fatherhood it is probably hard to remember what life was like without your baby! Your life as a family and a father is the center of all your decisions and day to day activity. Your baby continues to grow into the world around him.

  • Your Seven Month Old

    Now that your baby can sit unsupported, a whole new world is open. And she embraces it with delight! What milestones might you see this month? Read on...