Articles Tagged ‘Child Development’
What an exciting and challenging time! If this is your first baby, you will embark on the reality of parenthood with virtually no experience and a thousand questions. After the first few months, the basics and rhythm of baby care will be second nature. More importantly, whether this is your first baby or your fifth, soon you will really get to know this unique new individual who has joined your family with a lusty howl. Life will progress, expanded by the joy and the ever-evolving experiences of parenthood. Every child develops at his own pace, reaching some milestones faster than the norm and others more slowly. But individual differences aside, it's safe to say that the first two to three months of life are a special time, during which babies undergo an important transition from the complete dependence of fetal life to more independent life in the outside environment. Because the baby's body systems need to mature, he will be completely dependent on you to meet all his needs, vir...