Brain Development, Development, Newborn Information
This website features an interactive “baby brain map” showing your baby’s brain development from the womb to 36 months of age. Information about social-emotional development, cognition, and learning is provided based on your child’s...
Development, Newborn Information
This article summarizes how newborns learn through interaction and play time. It reviews signs indicating when baby is active and ready to play, and when she may be overstimulated. It also suggests toys and ideas that parents can use to help their newborns...
Development, Newborn Information
This website was designed to explain a period referred to as “P.U.R.P.L.E. crying.” Infants beetween two weeks and 3-4 months of age may experience colic or cry more frequently. This is a normal stage of development, and this website offers ways to soothe...
Brain Development, Development, Media and Children, Newborn Information
Dmitri Christakis, a pediatrician, researcher, and parent, discusses the effects of highly stimulating and fast paced media on the developing attention span. He argues that parents need to have “real time play” with their children in order to cognitively...
Development, Newborn Information
We created this document to explain why crying is a normal part of development for babies. It presents information about an infant’s basic needs, colic, the characteristics of “P.U.R.P.L.E.” crying, the 5 S’s for soothing crying babies, and Dr....
