Category: Learn & Play

Eight to 10 months can be an exciting period when your baby starts making sense of his or her world, showing just how far along he or she has come since starting to explore their environment for themselves. You have successfully traversed through this crucial first stage in their lives — early infancy stage! Congratulations…

Babies are born scientists. From birth, they begin taking in information and exploring their environment. Numerous studies demonstrate their remarkable development over their first three years; experiences and interactions during those crucial early months having lasting impacts on thought processes, feelings and overall well-being of these youngsters. There are fun activities you can engage your…

Your grocery trips with baby aren’t only beneficial to feeding you all; they also promote cognitive development! Just play I Spy: “On our left we have green broccoli; can you spot it?” and start creating new links between cognition and real world objects. As odd as it may seem to play tour guide to an…

Babies require adult care who understand their needs, yet it would not serve their wellbeing to have ALL aspects of life revolve around them. Human babies were designed to learn by engaging with loved ones and experiencing life within families and communities. That means the key to supporting their brain development for babies is having…

As I carried a large plastic bin filled to its capacity with water through my hallway, drops splashed around my feet. Making mental note to clean them up when returning through later–making another mental note–I continued toward a towel I’d set out in my kitchen floor as my destination. I had prepared myself for some…

At story time, many parents find themselves reaching for yet another book they have already read numerous times to their child – something which helps with development but sometimes becomes tiresome and boring for both parties involved. How can storytime stay exciting once again? Here are five strategies to make reading enjoyable: For both of…

Entertaining babies and toddlers requires much creativity. Children tend to move from plaything to plaything quickly, forcing us to constantly come up with fresh plans. As parents, it can be exhausting allowing our kids to play with whatever comes their way – I know because that was me before becoming a pediatrician! When my boys…

On the day two pink lines appeared before me, I felt my world stop moving forward. An otherwise ordinary Tuesday became suddenly enveloped by waves of joy, fear, and family phone calls from far and wide. My brain buzzed with anticipation for when my husband came home after working a 14-hour shift; eventually he arrived…