Every baby grows at a different pace. Given the wide range of “normal” sizes, it’s hard to know whether your child measures up to standards. That’s why pediatricians track physical developments like ...

Like many new parents, you might be wondering if your baby is growing at a healthy rate. Questions like "What is the average newborn weight?" or "How much should a 1-year-old weigh?" are common. While ...

Your bub will have about five in the first year. Everyone says it and it’s true: your baby does not stay a little baby for long. Before you know it, that tiny newborn you brought home from hospital ...

Watching your baby girl grow is one of the most joyful experiences of parenthood. Between 12 to 24 months, she begins to move from infancy into early childhood, which is a stage full of physical, ...

“Growth spurts” are real, not imaginary. Growth is rarely smooth and steady. It may seem that way, over long periods of time, but is regulated by many things, including nutrition, hormones, as well as ...

When you’re pregnant, you spend a lot of time on scales. Every doctor appointment begins with hopping (or waddling) up for a weigh-in. Health care workers then plot those numbers into a (usually) ...

New study findings suggest that baby-led weaning - a popular method for introducing solid foods to infants - furnishes ample calories for growth and development. The findings provide evidence-based ...

For weeks, expectant parents in Chicago could only watch as a giant cyst-filled sac on their unborn daughter’s neck swelled to be larger than her head. Tabitha Pilarski and Daniel Burgess found out ...

Are you comparing your baby’s adorable little cheeks with the chubby cheeks of the baby in the aisle at the grocery, outside your pediatrician’s office, and on the cover of every parenting magazine ...

Researchers from the University of Iowa found that babies fed lactose-free or hydrolyzed formulas gained weight faster in their first year, raising new questions about how modern formula compositions ...