SHORT ANSWER: Experts estimate babies cost $20,000-$50,000 in their first year. But that number can vary based on your healthcare costs and the equipment you purchase. Welcoming a baby is ...

Sometimes the simplest questions are the hardest to answer. How, for example, do you decide to wiggle your fingers? A lot is known about the muscles and neural structures involved—the puppet and the ...

There are some milestones that strike like a lightning bolt in early childhood. As a parent, you remember the first smile, the first step, and the first word. But talking, really talking – it sneaks ...

Babies may be decoding more of our language than we assume, long before they utter their first word. New research shows that infants as young as 10 months can already recognise when a verb does not ...

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...

When my son Edwin was about three months old, he started talking. Not with real words of course, or any language that is understandable, but when I talked to him, he suddenly started responding by ...

Preeclampsia can reduce blood flow to the fetus, restricting their food and oxygen supply. This, in turn, can affect development and may result in a low birth weight or preterm birth. In severe cases, ...

Co-authored with Alyssa Swift, M.S. In the current post, we are returning to our lab’s roots investigating the foundations of emotional development that occur in infancy. We know that infants have an ...

Bassinets are incredibly convenient—they provide a safe sleep space for your baby right next to you, making tending to them in the middle of the night a little easier. Plus, the American Academy of ...

How do you name a baby? It’s a matter of method. “Choosing a baby name is very nuanced,” Jennifer Moss, the founder and CEO BabyNames.com, tells TODAY.com over email. “Not only do you want to choose ...

Babies with fetal alcohol syndrome do not appear to cry in a specific way. They can be irritable or jittery, but the most noticeable sign of the condition will be the shape of the baby’s face. Fetal ...