Infant Development Related Articles & Blog Posts

What is polydactylism?

My question concerns my daughter’s size and growth. Siobhan was born weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, which is average, as I understand. She is now 12 months old and only weighs 17.5 pounds. At every checkup, her height falls…

I have read that newborns (boys and girls) may secrete drops of milk from their nipples as a result of the hormones in their mother’s breast milk. My 3 week old baby girl has not produced drops of milk,…

What are breast buds?

I have a 9 month old boy, who weighs 24 lb. 6 oz. and is 31 in. long. Do you think that it is safe for him to be in a walker?
Traci Rectenwald – Administrative Assistant – Research Beaufort,…

Many children go through a stage when they strongly prefer one parent to every other person in the world. One common pattern is for them to noticeably prefer their mothers during the later part of the first year. The greatest intensity of this typically lasts approximately one month (up to several months.)

Children who suck their thumbs are able to begin at an early age to meet their own need for sucking. These children fall asleep more easily, are able to put themselves back to sleep at night more easily, and sleep through the night much earlier than infants who do not suck their thumbs.