Baby Development

Want to learn more about how your baby learns and grows? We’ve got you covered. With an educational background in child development and psychology. We’ve not only done the research, but we’ve worked with the babies too! So we write our articles with research and facts at the forefront, with a sprinkle of empathy and respect for individual parenting decisions.

Learn about the fun stuff- like your baby’s developmental milestones, leaps and wonder weeks, but also about potential challenges such as colic and teething. We deep dive into physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development and teach you how to set your baby up for success right from the start!

Want to learn about the link between early reading and language development? How about how putting your baby into different positions as a newborn can affect how their muscles develop? What about when to stop swaddling or when to transition out of a bassinet?

In our baby development articles we write about all that and more! If you’d like all of our insight delivered in an easy to follow video format, then check our our video series!

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How do I interact with my 1 month old baby?

As a new parent, you may be thinking, what does one do with a sweet [and to be honest, a little boring] little baby for these longer stretches of time? "What do I do with my baby all day?!" First...
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10 Best Sensory Toys for Babies in 2023

As a new parent it can be overwhelming to try to research the best toys on google. [Maybe you even found this blog through a google search!] This blog will focus on what we believe are the best sensory toys...
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Newborn Milestones: Your baby from 0-3 months

Newborn Milestones. It's what every parent is talking about. Ellie is rolling and Noah is crawling and Chloe said ba. All babies are so so different! Just like all children and adults are different. Some excel in motor skills while...
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RIE Parenting- Raising Independent Babies

What is RIE Parenting? RIE is a parenting philosophy on raising independent babies. It’s pronounced like rye bread, but it’s actually an acronym for Resources for Infant Educarers. I could go on all day about the history, the science, the...
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Swaddle Arm Placement 101

If you follow us you’ve learned by now that we LOVE to swaddle. One of the main differences in different kinds of infant and baby swaddles is the arm placement. Babies and parents have different preferences, and babies have different...

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