Around six months, babies begin to interact with others around them. They are sensitive to emotions and recognise familiar faces, which aids in their social and emotional development.

The following is a summary of “Developmental Milestones for Children With Down Syndrome,” published in the September 2024 issue of Pediatrics by Baumer et al. The American Academy of Pediatrics ...

"It was, a lot of times, lonely — wanting to be with our mother. Just being able to be home was too short. Just every Christmas was the only time we went up to see our parents — that was too short. A ...

Coinstar® and BBC Children in Need are commemorating these exciting milestones and raising more funds for this year's Make Life Lighter campaign supporting young lives to be the best they can be.

The Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) service in Redbridge provides specialist assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and management of communication and/or feeding difficulties for ...

The journey a child with autism embarks on is a complex one, filled with unique challenges and milestones that are deeply personal to ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — A new study involving 8,500 children from across the United States has revealed that a form of air pollution, largely the product of agricultural emissions, is linked to poor ...

This measure will protect millions of vulnerable children and significantly lower the global burden of rotavirus disease. “Nigeria’s rotavirus vaccine introduction has been a long-awaited event, ...

2024 — A new study has compared the amount of music and speech that children hear in infancy. Results showed that infants hear more spoken language than music, with the gap widening as the ...

A pioneering project looking into why Scottish people speak the way they do is being expanded into both Ireland and Wales. The Speak for Yerself Scotland project has been ongoing since 2022 and ...