Many parents know that their own pulse or heart rate should be within about 60 to 100 beats per minute. Your child, however, may have a higher pulse rate, depending on their age. Because heart rate ...

I have rarely met a parent who did not, at one time or another, wonder if some aspect of their child’s development was “normal.” There are good reasons for this. Gone are the days when extended kin ...

At birth the average U. S. child weighs 7½ lb., contains 270 bones, measures just 20½ in. from top to toe. Its stomach holds 1 oz. of food, the capacity increasing to 6 oz. in six months. At 3 weeks ...

Development can be thought of as a journey. The journey begins at conception with a genetic roadmap to guide the way. As this journey continues through predictable stages of birth, infancy, childhood, ...