How Babies Develop Language: Hearing and Moving Mouths Matters Your baby’s first word is a significant milestone. The day they utter “ma-ma’” “da-da”, or another important recognizable word, you begin to see the signs that your little one is now using spoken language to communicate, opening up a world of possibilities. This process of developing […]
From birth to 5 the brain of a child undergoes unprecedented structural and functional changes, the development of brain structures and interconnections between various parts of the brain that occurs during this period cannot be compared to any other life stage. At birth, the average baby’s brain is about a quarter of the size of […]
Birth to 6 months. Preventing Falls Do not leave your baby alone on elevated surfaces – e.g., tables, beds, sofas or chairs. Place your baby in a safe place when you cannot hold him/her, for example, in a bassinet, cot, playpen, on the floor, etc. Babies usually start crawling at six months. Always use safety […]
From Birth to Toddlerhood Infants grow and develop more rapidly than at any other time of life. This means that they have particularly high nutritional needs. Appropriate infant feeding practices and food choices are needed to support normal growth and optimal nutrition. Unsound infant feeding practices can result in nutrition and growth problems that may […]
Babies are not born with all the visual abilities they will need in life. This is largely due to immaturity of visual centers of the brain, which continue to develop in the postnatal period as the child receives exposure to various visual stimuli. Pursuant to report on normative vision published by American Optometric Association and […]
Before we delve into a discussion of sleep training methods with their “pros” and “cons”, here is a helpful reminder about ABCs of sleep. The safest sleep for infants is Alone, on their Back, and in the Crib. This is a standard recommendation given to parents of a newborn child across the United States, the […]
Apgar scoring system was developed by Virginia Apgar, a physician and anesthesiologist, in 1952. The purpose of this scoring system was to evaluate the condition of a newborn child at birth. According to the Apgar system, infants are evaluated based on five variables: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color. A numerical […]
According to American Academy of Neurology, concussion is a biomechanically induced clinical syndrome related to alterations in brain function. The injury can be caused by a direct blow to the head, face, or neck or by a blow elsewhere to the body with force transmitted to the head. Loss of consciousness occurs in only 8%-19% […]