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 ...

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...

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, ...

When my son Edwin was about three months old, he started talking. Not with real words of course, or any language that is understandable, but when I talked to him, he suddenly started responding by ...

What goes in must come out. Although they’re not always fun (or fragrant) to clean up, full diapers are one of the best signs that a baby’s digestive system is doing its job and the efforts to feed ...

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 ...

Babies with fetal alcohol syndrome do not appear to cry in a specific way. They can be irritable or jittery, but the most noticeable sign of the condition will be the shape of the baby’s face. Fetal ...

Bassinets are incredibly convenient—they provide a safe sleep space for your baby right next to you, making tending to them in the middle of the night a little easier. Plus, the American Academy of ...

Tiny people giggle at everything from tickling to peek-a-boo to silly faces. But do they really have a sense of humor?

Your baby could start with blue eyes and be completely different by age 1. The first photos of your newborn might capture their sweet baby blues peeking out from under sleepy lids. But by their first ...

A baby whose mom begged her to say “mama” turned her down in such a cute way. “You are 1 now, you've said everybody’s name but mine,” TikTok user “iamprettiibrown” said to her baby in a video with ...