Your child’s understanding of the world changes and builds with age and experience. With intellectual development, just as with social and emotional growth, your child learns best if you match activities and exercises to his age and stage of progress. Doing the right things at the right time ... Read More
The Best Mother’s Day Gift: A Time Out
Mother’s Day is a wonderful time when we moms get to feel appreciated by our loved ones. Yet this Mother’s Day, consider giving yourself a gift: the gift of time, or what I like to call, a Mom’s Time Out. Moms need time outs not just on Mother’s Day, but on a regular basis. A recent ... Read More
Mothers and Sons
One evening, while taking a walk with my daughter-in-law, I laughingly said, “You know sweetheart, you can thank me for your great husband, because I told him when he was a little boy that if he learned how to be intimate and in touch with his feelings, he would have a happy wife and a happy ... Read More
Your Baby’s Development Between 4 to 7 Months, Part 2
In my last blog post, we examined some of the typical social, physical, and sensory milestones for babies between the ages of four and seven months. There are also a few important language and cognitive milestones that happen during this time as well. Language Milestones Between four and seven ... Read More
Your Baby’s Development Between 4 to 7 Months, Part 1
Here is a look at what to watch for in terms of social, physical, sensory, language, and cognitive milestones in your four-to-seven month old baby. Social Milestones Some of the social milestones babies reach between four and seven months include the concepts of action, reaction, cause and ... Read More