From infancy to age 3, these key indicators can help parents gauge whether or not their child is developing appropriately. Development tracking is critical at an early age to set up your child for ...

For parents, milestones matter! Skills such as taking first steps, saying first words and smiling for the first time are all developmental milestones that happen at different stages of a child’s life.

Growth charts for children with rare genetic disorders - giving healthcare professionals and families clearer guidance on how a child is developing - have been created by an international team, led by ...

An analysis of MRI scans using artificial intelligence resulted in the production of a reference growth standard and a fast, reproducible way to measure indicators of lean muscle mass in developing ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is ...

Every child blossoms in their own time. Some take their first steps earlier, while others find their voice a little later.

The average length for newborns is between 19 and 20 inches long – to be exact, 19 inches for female babies and 19.75 inches ...