How Tummy Time Helps Babies Build Muscle for Rolling Over Tummy time plays a vital role in helping babies develop the muscles necessary for rolling over. By spending time on their stomachs, babies strengthen their neck, shoulders, arms, and core muscles, which are all crucial for rolling. Wond...
Many babies learn to crawl sometime between7 monthsand 10 months. But as every baby is unique, your little one might be on the move earlier or later than others. Some babies skip the crawling stage altogether. So, if you’re wondering when “should” babies crawl or what’s a normal c...
But the Gypsies have confounded predictions of theirdisappearance43as a distinct ethnic group, and their numbers haveburgeoned44. Today there are an estimated 8 to 12 million Gypsiesscattered45across Europe, making them the continent’s largest minority. The exact number is hard to pin down. Gyps...
Babies could not cry in primitive societies because their survival was at stake. Nor could these children squeal with exuberance like my neighbor’s children are doing at this very moment (and I love that sound), or sing at the top of their lungs in a high-pitched voice like my son ofte...
Insulation can also release dust and fibers into the air when it is being installed. Airborne fibers and dust can irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. This can affect anyone, although the effects are likely to be more serious in those with asthma or allergies. ...
This is the hard stuff of life and it is a blessing to have someone by your side through it all. Babies are adorable, yes, but they will also break you if you aren’t careful (no one ever wants to admit that, but everyone who has ever had a squalling newborn or endured a difficu...
Parent preference is a normal stage of development for babies, toddlers and preschoolers and it isn’t just about exerting control. At this stage, the frontal cortex is not yet fully developed and they can only manage to focus on one relationship at a time. So if you have been home all ...
My paws: the same old silent friends who stalk for prey, are filled with electricity. Tiny prickles streak up and down my limbs. I dare not look back now; dread has crept like wet cement around my heart and frozen my breath. I cannot stop, although my lungs are raging for clean air...
Other people are told that birthing people only have 24 hours to go into labor before they must be induced. Where did these opinions come from? Are they evidence-based? The concept of the 24-hour clock for Term PROM started in the 1950s and 1960s. Back then, babies were more likely ...
Plants doing mathematics is the latest belly laugh from the crackpot fingest of science. But scientists are human like the rest of us and therefore inclined to see what they want to see