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  • Articles
    • Bilateral coordination
    • NICU Follow up - Kindergarten
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 5 months
    • Playing with sounds
  • Communication

    Articles
    • Am I 'Too Tough' When I Discipline My Kids?
    • Becoming a Stepparent
      (Spanish)
    • Bilingual Families
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Communication and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Delayed Speech or Language Development
      (Spanish)
    • Disciplining Your Toddler
      (Spanish)
    • Does My Toddler Have a Language Delay?
    • Managing Your Toddler's Behavior (Video)
    • Your Child's Handwriting
  • Feeding & Eating

    Articles
    • BMI: Tips for healthier living
      (Spanish)
    • Breast milk: Labeling and storing in the hospital
    • Breastfeeding an infant with cleft lip
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Getting Started
      (Spanish)
    • Breastfeeding FAQs: Pain and Discomfort
      (Spanish)
    • Caffeine
      (Spanish)
    • Calcium
    • Carbohydrates and Sugar
      (Spanish)
    • Cleft Palate - Infant Feeding
    • Cleft palate repair: Feeding your child
    • Eating: Healthy habits for children
    • Egg Allergy
      (Spanish)
    • Fats
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Feeding Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Fiber
      (Spanish)
    • Fluoride and Water
    • Food Allergies
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Getting Started
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: How Much and How Often
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Preparation and Storage
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Some Common Concerns
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Starting Solids and Milk
      (Spanish)
    • Formula Feeding FAQs: Supplementing
    • Gluten-free, casein-free diet for autism spectrum disorder
    • Hunger and Malnutrition
    • Iron
      (Spanish)
    • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
      (Spanish)
    • Nasal bridle tube retaining system
    • Nasogastric tube feeding
      (Spanish)
    • Nipple Shield - General Guidelines
    • Nut and Peanut Allergy
      (Spanish)
    • Weight gain tips
      (Spanish)
  • Growing Up

    Articles
    • A Parent's Guide to Surviving the Teen Years
      (Spanish)
    • Acne Myths
      (Spanish)
    • Breath-Holding Spells
      (Spanish)
    • Colic
      (Spanish)
    • Disciplining Your Toddler
      (Spanish)
    • Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do After High School
      (Spanish)
    • Is Your Child Too Busy?
    • Making the Holidays Less Materialistic
      (Spanish)
    • Managing Your Toddler's Behavior (Video)
    • PMS, Cramps, and Irregular Periods
      (Spanish)
    • Potty Training Your Child (Video)
    • Signing Kids Up for Sports
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Child About Periods
      (Spanish)
    • Talking to Your Child About Puberty
      (Spanish)
    • Teething Tots
      (Spanish)
    • Understanding Puberty
    • Your Child's Changing Voice
    • Your Child's Development: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Growth
      (Spanish)
  • Growth

    Articles
    • A to Z: Failure to Thrive
    • Body Mass Index (BMI)
    • Delayed Puberty
      (Spanish)
    • Developmental milestones 12 to 18 months
    • Developmental milestones 18 to 24 months
    • Developmental Milestones 18-24 Months
    • Developmental milestones 2 to 3 years
    • Developmental Milestones 2-3 Years
    • Developmental milestones 3 to 5 years
    • Developmental milestones 6 to 12 months
    • Developmental milestones birth to 6 months
    • Dwarfism
      (Spanish)
    • Failure to Thrive
      (Spanish)
    • Growing Pains
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Growth Charts
      (Spanish)
    • Hearing and speech development
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 1 month
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 10 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 12 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 24 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 3 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 4 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 6 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 7 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 8 months
    • NICU Follow-Up Program 9 months
    • Should I Worry About the Way My Son Walks?
    • Think Small ParentPowered Texts
    • Weight gain tips
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 10 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 11 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 12 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 3 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 5 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 7 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 8 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Growth: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development (Birth to 3 Years)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 15 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Development: Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 1 Year (12 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 2 Years (24 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 3 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 3-5 Days
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child’s Development: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Newborn's Growth
      (Spanish)
  • Learning & Play

    Articles
    • 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in Elementary School
      (Spanish)
    • 10 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed in Middle School
      (Spanish)
    • 10 Ways to Help Your Teen Succeed in High School
      (Spanish)
    • Choosing Safe Toys
      (Spanish)
    • Choosing Safe Toys for School-Age Kids
      (Spanish)
    • Choosing Safe Toys for Toddlers and Preschoolers
      (Spanish)
    • Cooking With Preschoolers
    • Encouraging Your Child's Sense of Humor
    • Games for Preschoolers
      (Spanish)
    • Games for Toddlers
      (Spanish)
    • Gifted Education
    • Group Games for School-Age Kids
      (Spanish)
    • Help Your Child Get Organized
      (Spanish)
    • Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Learning, Play, and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Managing Your Toddler's Behavior (Video)
    • Music and Your Preschooler
    • Music and Your School-Age Child
    • Music and Your Toddler
    • Rainy Day Fun
    • Reading Books to Babies
      (Spanish)
    • Safe Exploring for Preschoolers
    • Safe Exploring for Toddlers
    • School-Age Readers
      (Spanish)
    • Should Your Preschooler Play Sports?
    • Smart Toys for Every Age
      (Spanish)
    • Story Time for Preschoolers
      (Spanish)
    • The Magic of Play: How It Inspires & Aids Early Development
      (Spanish)
    • Toddler Reading Time
      (Spanish)
    • Toddlers: Learning by Playing
    • What's Funny to a Preschooler?
    • What's Funny to a School-Age Child?
    • What's Funny to a Toddler?
  • Medical Care

    Articles
    • Finding Your Way in the Health Care System
    • Going to the Emergency Room
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Medical Care and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Occupational Therapy
    • Patient/Parent/Legal Guardian Access to Medical Records
    • Physical Therapy
    • Speech-Language Therapy
      (Spanish)
    • Teaching Your Child How to Swallow Pills
      (Spanish)
    • The Medical Home
      (Spanish)
    • What's a Primary Care Physician (PCP)?
      (Spanish)
    • When and Where to Get Medical Care
      (Spanish)
    • Wound Healing and Care
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1 Year (12 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 1.5 Years (18 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 10 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 11 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 12 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 13 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 14 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 15 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 15 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 16 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 17 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 18 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 19 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2 Years (24 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 2.5 Years (30 Months)
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 20 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 21 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 3 to 5 Days
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 3 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 4 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 5 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 6 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 7 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 8 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: 9 Years
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkup: Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Your Child's Checkups
      (Spanish)
    • Your Daughter's First Gynecology Visit
      (Spanish)
  • Movement

    Articles
    • Ehlers Danlos Syndromes
    • Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
    • Hypermobility and Your Body
      (Spanish)
    • Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders
    • In-toeing & Out-toeing in Toddlers
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Movement, Coordination, and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Tummy Time
      (Spanish)
  • Senses

    Articles
    • The Senses and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 1 Month
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 10 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 11 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 12 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 2 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 3 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 4 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 5 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 6 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 7 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 8 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Baby's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses: 9 Months
      (Spanish)
    • Your Newborn's Hearing, Vision, and Other Senses
      (Spanish)
  • Sexual Development

    Articles
    • About Abstinence
      (Spanish)
    • About Birth Control: What Parents Need to Know
    • About Condoms
      (Spanish)
    • About Implantable Contraception
    • About Spermicide
    • About the Birth Control Patch
    • About the Birth Control Pill
    • About the Birth Control Ring
    • About the IUD
    • About Withdrawal
      (Spanish)
    • Delayed Puberty
      (Spanish)
    • Fertility Awareness
      (Spanish)
    • How Can I Reassure My Daughter That She'll Get Her Period?
    • Is It Normal for an 11-Year-Old Boy to Fondle Himself?
    • My 1-Year-Old Son Always Tries to Touch His Penis. Is This Masturbation?
    • Sexual Development
    • Should Girls Who Aren't Sexually Active Be Vaccinated Against HPV?
      (Spanish)
    • The Birth Control Shot
      (Spanish)
    • Understanding Early Sexual Development
    • When Should My Daughter First Go to the Gynecologist?
  • Sleep

    Articles
    • Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome (ASPS)
    • All About Sleep
      (Spanish)
    • Bedtime Problems
    • Central Sleep Apnea
    • CPAP/BiPAP/AVAPS Cleaning, Maintenance, and Care
    • Flat Head Syndrome (Positional Plagiocephaly)
      (Spanish)
    • Night Terrors
      (Spanish)
    • Nightmares
      (Spanish)
    • Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
    • Should My Daughter Sleep in My Room After Having a Nightmare?
    • Sleep and Your 1- to 2-Year-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 1- to 3-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 4- to 7-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your 8- to 12-Month-Old
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your Newborn
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep and Your Preschooler
      (Spanish)
    • Sleep Paralysis
    • Sleep Problems in Teens
      (Spanish)
    • Sleepwalking
    • Treatment-Emergent Central Sleep Apnea

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