Growth & Development

What should you expect as your child grows? Learn how to understand and deal with your child's changing body and mind from infancy through the teen years.

Growing Up

• A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years
• Breath-Holding Spells
• Colic
• Disciplining Your Toddler
• Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School
• Is Your Child Too Busy?
• Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
• PMS, Cramps, and Irregular Periods
• Signing Kids Up for Sports
• Talking to Your Child About Periods
• Talking to Your Child About Puberty
• Teething Tots
• Understanding Puberty
• When Your Baby’s Born Premature
• Your Child's Changing Voice
• Your Child's Development: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
• Your Child's Growth

Communication

• Becoming a Stepparent
• Bilingual Families
• Communication and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Communication and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Communication and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
• Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Communication and Your Newborn
• Delayed Speech or Language Development
• Disciplining Your Toddler
• Does My Toddler Have a Language Delay?

Feeding & Eating

• 3 Ways to Build Strong Bones
• Binge Eating Disorder
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Breastfeeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Out and About
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Pumping
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Safely Storing Breast Milk
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Sleep - Yours and Your Baby's
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Solids and Supplementing
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Supply and Demand
• Breastfeeding FAQs: Your Eating and Drinking Habits
• Breastfeeding vs. Formula Feeding
• Caffeine
• Calcium
• Carbohydrates and Sugar
• Egg Allergy
• Fats
• Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Feeding Your Newborn
• Fiber
• Fluoride and Water
• Food Allergies
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
• Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
• Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
• Iron
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Nut and Peanut Allergy
• Weaning Your Child

Growth

• A to Z: Failure to Thrive
• Body Mass Index (BMI) Charts
• Dwarfism
• Failure to Thrive
• Growing Pains
• Growth Charts
• Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
• Growth and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
• Your Baby's Growth: 1 Month
• Your Baby's Growth: 10 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 11 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 12 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 2 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 3 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 4 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 5 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 6 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 7 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 8 Months
• Your Baby's Growth: 9 Months
• Your Child's Development (Birth to 3 Years)
• Your Child's Development: 15 Months
• Your Child's Development: 2 Months
• Your Child's Development: 6 Months
• Your Child's Development: 9 Months
• Your Child's Development: Newborn
• Your Child’s Development: 1 Month
• Your Child’s Development: 1 Year (12 Months)
• Your Child’s Development: 2 Years (24 Months)
• Your Child’s Development: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
• Your Child’s Development: 3 Years
• Your Child’s Development: 3-5 Days
• Your Child’s Development: 4 Months
• Your Newborn's Growth

Learning & Play

• 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in Elementary School
• 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in Middle School
• 10 Ways to Help Your Teen Succeed in High School
• Choosing Safe Toys
• Choosing Safe Toys for School-Age Kids
• Choosing Safe Toys for Toddlers and Preschoolers
• Cooking With Preschoolers
• Encouraging Your Child's Sense of Humor
• Games for Preschoolers
• Games for Toddlers
• Gifted Education
• Group Games for School-Age Kids
• Help Your Child Get Organized
• Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
• Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Learning, Play, and Your Newborn
• Music and Your Preschooler
• Music and Your School-Age Child
• Music and Your Toddler
• Rainy Day Fun
• Reading Books to Babies
• Safe Exploring for Preschoolers
• Safe Exploring for Toddlers
• School-Age Readers
• Should Your Preschooler Play Sports?
• Smart Toys for Every Age
• Story Time for Preschoolers
• The Magic of Play: How It Inspires & Aids Early Development
• Toddler Reading Time
• Toddlers: Learning by Playing
• What's Funny to a Preschooler?
• What's Funny to a School-Age Child?
• What's Funny to a Toddler?

Medical Care

• Going to the Emergency Room
• How Can I Comfort My Baby During Shots?
• Immunization Schedule
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
• Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Medical Care and Your Newborn
• Occupational Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• School-Based Health Centers
• Speech-Language Therapy
• Talking to Your Child's Doctor
• Teaching Your Child How to Swallow Pills
• The Medical Home
• What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)?
• When and Where to Get Medical Care
• Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
• Your Child's Checkup: 1 Year (12 Months)
• Your Child's Checkup: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
• Your Child's Checkup: 10 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 11 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 12 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 13 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 14 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 15 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 16 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 17 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 18 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 19 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years (24 Months)
• Your Child's Checkup: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
• Your Child's Checkup: 20 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 21 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 6 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 7 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 8 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
• Your Child's Checkup: 9 Years
• Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
• Your Child's Checkups
• Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit

Movement

• In-toeing & Out-toeing in Toddlers
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn

Senses

• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 1 Month
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 10 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 11 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 12 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 2 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 3 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 4 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 5 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 6 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 7 Months
• Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 9 Months
• Your Baby's Vision, Hearing, and Other Senses: 8 Months
• Your Newborn's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses

Sleep

• All About Sleep
• Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
• Naps
• Night Terrors
• Nightmares
• Sleep Problems in Teens
• Sleep and Newborns
• Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
• Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
• Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
• Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
• Sleep and Your Preschooler
• Sleepwalking

Sexual Development

• About Abstinence
• About Birth Control: What Parents Need to Know
• About Condoms
• About Emergency Contraception
• About Implantable Contraception
• About Spermicide
• About Withdrawal
• About the Birth Control Patch
• About the Birth Control Pill
• About the Birth Control Ring
• About the Cervical Cap
• About the Diaphragm
• About the IUD
• Fertility Awareness
• How Can I Reassure My Daughter That She'll Get Her Period?
• Sexual Development
• Sexual Orientation
• Should Girls Who Aren't Sexually Active Be Vaccinated Against HPV?
• Talking to Your Kids About STDs
• The Birth Control Shot
• Understanding Early Sexual Development
• When Should My Daughter First Go to the Gynecologist?
• When Will a Girl's Period Start?