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 ...

Child's milestones are guideposts, not grades. Learn how to follow your child’s natural pace, cut comparison, and know when ...

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 ...

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

Your baby is learning to smile, roll, walk and talk. You are learning to trust yourself, set boundaries, ask for help and let ...

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.

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

The CDC recently revised its developmental milestone checklists for infants and young children for the first time in nearly 20 years. The revision included adjusting the milestone benchmarks to ...