A study shows that maternal stress one year after birth has the strongest impact on early development, highlighting the need ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Wendy Estrellado-Cruz about how sleep supports a baby’s growth and development.

Simple, innovative solutions like UNICEF's new Mother-Infant MUAC tape can save countless lives and build healthier futures.

CU Boulder researcher Emily Yeo finds that some babies may benefit from more support and resources so they can grow up to lead long, happy and healthy lives In an ideal world, every baby would be born ...

The human brain undergoes significant development during the final prenatal months and through the first year of life. And while scientists have begun to map the developmental trajectories of this ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of advanced systems that can move around in their ...

Infant sleep patterns and emotional regulation are important for healthy development, but it is challenging to get real-time insights into infant behavior. Researchers at the University of Illinois ...

What helps families understand whether an early childhood program truly offers the safety and support young children need?

When we read, it's very easy for us to tell individual words apart: In written language, spaces are used to separate words from one another. But this is not the case with spoken language – speech is a ...

One of these is Grunting baby syndrome. Grunting baby syndrome - the medical term is Infant Dyschezia - occurs when your infant is having a poo. They may strain and make noises that suggest they're ...

When looking for toys that foster a child’s development, there are three things to remember—education, engagement and entertainment. “Educational toys benefit kids’ motor, sensory and problem-solving ...