“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 ...

You might have heard about object permanence as a developmental milestone for babies. But what is it, exactly? Object permanence is the concept that an object exists even if you can't see it. For ...

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 ...

Preeclampsia can reduce blood flow to the fetus, restricting their food and oxygen supply. This, in turn, can affect development and may result in a low birth weight or preterm birth. In severe cases, ...

Eating for two doesn’t just nourish your growing baby—it might also shape their future food preferences. If you dream of a ...

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 ...

Thomas Bausman, 2, and his brother Jake, 10 months, are typical American babies. Every day, Thomas settles down to watch two hours of television, while Jake sits in front of the set for an hour, the ...

When you bring home a little bundle of joy, it’s sheer bliss…until the worry and uncertainty sets in, that is. Your brain becomes a flurry of questions—and late-night Googling: When do babies start ...

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 ...