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Your Newborn’s Growth
A newborn's growth and development is measured from the moment of birth. Find out if your baby's size is normal, and what to expect as your baby grows.
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Your Child’s Development: 4 Months
Doctors use certain milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby might be doing this month.
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Your Child’s Development: 3-5 Days
Doctors use certain milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby may be doing.
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Your Child’s Development: 1 Year (12 Months)
Doctors use milestones to tell if a toddler is developing as expected. Here are some things your little one might be doing this month.
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Your Child’s Growth
From the moment parents greet their newborn, they watch the baby's progress eagerly. But how can they tell if their child is growing properly?
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Your Child’s Development: Newborn
Doctors use milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby may be doing this month.
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Your Child’s Development: 9 Months
Doctors use certain milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby might be doing this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 4 Months
Your baby is growing in many ways. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 3 Months
This month, your baby will continue to grow quickly. Find out what to expect.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 5 Months
Babies this age are growing in many ways. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 6 Months
Babies this age are growing in many ways. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 7 Months
Your baby continues to grow in many ways. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 8 Months
Your baby is growing by leaps and bounds, and may even be crawling or cruising. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 9 Months
Your baby is growing by leaps and bounds. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Child’s Development: 1 Month
Doctors use milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby may be doing this month.
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Your Child’s Development: 2 Months
Doctors use certain milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here's what your baby may do this month.
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Your Child’s Development: 6 Months
Doctors use milestones to tell if a baby is developing as expected. Here are some things your baby might be doing this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 2 Months
Your baby continues to grow at a rapid pace. Here's what to expect this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 12 Months
Your baby is almost a toddler! Here's what to expect with your little one's growth and weight this month.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 11 Months
Your baby continues to grow quickly. All this activity and the foods your baby eats affect growth and weight.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 10 Months
Your baby continues to grow quickly. All this activity and the foods your baby eats affect growth and weight.
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Your Baby’s Growth: 1 Month
Put away those newborn clothes. This month your baby will grow at a surprising rate!
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When Your Baby’s Born Premature
Premature infants, known as preemies, come into the world a few weeks earlier than full-term infants. They can have special needs that make their care different from that of other babies.
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What to Do When Babies Cry
During the first 3 months of life, babies cry more than at any other time. Here's how to soothe them.
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Is My Baby Ready for Shoes?
Find out what the experts have to say.
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Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
During the third year of life, toddlers are extremely active and mobile, and are learning in very physical ways.
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Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
You're in for a year of changes! Midway through this year, most babies are walking and starting to lose that "baby" look.
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Growth Charts
Doctors use growth charts to figure out whether kids' height and weight measurements are "normal" and whether they're developing on track. Here are some facts about growth charts.
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Bathing Your Baby
Baths do more than keep your baby clean. They also give you a chance to bond. With a little planning and practice, both you and your baby will look forward to bath time.
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Getting to Know Your Newborn
When you first meet your newborn, you may be surprised by what you see. Here's what to expect.
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A Guide for First-Time Parents
If you're a new parent, get the basics in this guide about burping, bathing, bonding, and other baby-care concerns.
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Failure to Thrive
Most kids grow well but some have ”failure to thrive.” This means they don't gain weight as expected and may not grow as tall as they should.
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A to Z: Failure to Thrive
Failure to thrive refers to a child's inability to gain weight and grow as expected for kids of the same age and gender. Most diagnoses are made in the first few years of life.