by Sarah Richard-Preston | Feb 17, 2022 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
Becoming a parent for the first time can be a huge transition, from only having your own wants and needs to meet to having a baby dependent on you for everything. There are so many new things to get your head around such as feeding. changing and sleeping. Throw in...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Apr 9, 2015 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
Your baby is a little scientist If you’ve ever watched your baby encounter a new experience, you may have noticed the look on his face as he processed the fresh information and how it fits in with the core information with which he was born. Babies are constantly...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Feb 16, 2015 | Child Development, Movement for babies, Research
Rocking, bouncing and swinging activities stimulate your baby’s vestibular system You and a friend from your mother’s group are carrying your babies when you stop and talk to each other. As you stand there you both start to jiggle without even thinking....
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Aug 14, 2014 | Baby Music, Child Development, Parenting, Research
If I asked you to list the significant physical and language developmental milestones that your baby is progressing towards I’m sure that you could give me an answer without thinking twice… rolling, sitting, standing, walking…babbling, saying a few words,...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jul 17, 2014 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
When dropping my 2-year-old off at daycare the other day the educator asked her for a hug, then smiled and looked up at me. “Oh I’ve missed her,” she said, referring to the week before, which Miss 2 had off due to illness. “She and I have the...
by Sarah Richard-Preston | Jun 3, 2014 | Child Development, Parenting, Research
There’s much more going on inside your baby’s brain than you ever imagined possible! The new idea in brain research is that there’s a “big bang” in learning and it happens in the first 2000 days of life. What happens in those first 5...
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