13 Things For Parents To Know About Infant Sleep

13 Things For Parents To Know About Infant Sleep

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Ways to Prevent Poisoning At Home: For Young Children

Ways to Prevent Poisoning At Home: For Young Children

If your child is mobile, it’s time to think about making your home as safe as possible. Today, we’ll focus specifically on preventing accidental poisoning at home. In other words, we’ll discuss how to keep dangerous chemicals out of their mouths and bodies. I’ll focus mostly on adults modifying their behavior as well as a…

Time and Space to Move: Encouraging Infant Gross Motor Development

Time and Space to Move: Encouraging Infant Gross Motor Development

Last week, we reviewed some elements of language development (https://www.mayapeds.com/promote-early-literacy-even-without-books/ ). Today, we’ll discuss some gross motor development and the one key activity all babies can benefit from: time on the floor or other open area. We’ll review some basic development and see why and how free time on the floor is so helpful. Next,…