Parenting Blog

Information and inspiration for parents and caregivers of babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

The Father's Day gifts you give

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Don’t worry about finding the perfect gift for dad. Focus on the important gifts that dads give to their young children. Read More

Podcast: Reading, Language and Early Literacy

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Learn how you can help your baby or toddler develop a love of books and the skills they’ll need to learn to read.

Playtime is serious business for young children

Playtime is serious business for kids

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Play is a natural and important way young children discover and learn. Parents and caring adults can do their part by getting in the game.

Is my 1-year-old’s behavior naughty or normal?

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Getting into things, unrolling the toilet paper and dropping food on the floor are part of how your baby makes sense of the world.

Picky eaters - toddler not wanting to eat food

Babies and toddlers can be fussy or picky eaters. Sometimes it’s more serious.

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Children with pediatric feeding disorders are more than fussy babies or picky eaters. But it can be very hard for parents to recognize the difference.

Hug your baby early and often. It’s good for the brain.

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It makes sense, but now there’s research that the more gentle touching the better for a baby’s brain.

Pay attention to your child’s development

infants

Every child develops at their own pace, but there are certain milestones they should reach from birth to 5 years old.

Reading with your child builds more than just words

early learning

Reading together helps young children develop important life skills as well as language and literacy.

FaceTime can help babies connect with long-distance relatives

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Video chat is an exception to pediatricians’ “no screens for babies” recommendation because it enables responsive, back-and-forth…

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