“We just returned from a visit to our adorable granddaughter. We celebrated her first birthday and hated to get on the plane to come home. Our question is about how much a baby should be held. Either ...

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Co-authored with Alyssa Swift, M.S. In the current post, we are returning to our lab’s roots investigating the foundations of emotional development that occur in infancy. We know that infants have an ...

How do babies learn to talk? Across languages and cultures, parents simplify their speech significantly in response to babies' babbling and early speech—an exchange that appears fundamental to early ...

The development of your baby inside the womb progresses with your pregnancy journey, including the development of small features like eyelashes and eyebrows. These may appear to be small things, but ...

After birth, your baby’s digestive system undergoes significant changes to adjust to life outside the womb. This is more like their gut waking up. Knowing how this transition works can help you ...

Sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest to answer. How, for example, do you decide to wiggle your fingers? A lot is known about the muscles and neural structures involved—the puppet and the ...

Do you remember anything before the age of two? Few, if any, of us can. However, anyone with a child or who interacts with small children knows that babies can form memories. They can tell their ...