15 development guides
Baby development
Wake windows, sleep regressions, rolling and crawling — and when a milestone is genuinely worth raising, using the CDC checklists revised in 2022.
DevelopmentBaby-Led Weaning vs PureesThe NHS says there is no right or wrong way. What baby-led weaning is, what the evidence shows on…DevelopmentBaby Milestones Month by MonthThe CDC rewrote its milestone checklists in 2022. Here is the current version for 2, 4, 6, 9 and 12…DevelopmentSleep RegressionsSleep regressions are a parenting term, not a diagnosis. What changes at 4, 8 and 12 months, how…DevelopmentTeethingMost babies cut a first tooth around six months, but four months and after twelve are both normal.…DevelopmentBaby VaccinationsThe UK schedule at 8, 12 and 16 weeks and one year, what each vaccine covers, the side effects that…DevelopmentBaby's First ColdBabies get five to eight colds a year and most clear in two weeks. What helps, what to avoid, and…DevelopmentChoking vs GaggingGagging is loud and normal. Choking is quiet and dangerous. How to tell them apart in seconds, what…DevelopmentCrawling, Standing and First StepsWHO tracked six motor milestones across five countries. Walking alone spans 8.2 to 17.6 months, and…DevelopmentDummies and Thumb SuckingSucking is a normal newborn need, and a dummy at sleep may lower SIDS risk. The safety rules, the…DevelopmentIntroducing AllergensThe guidance reversed. Delaying peanut and egg is now thought to raise allergy risk, not lower it.…DevelopmentScreen Time for BabiesWHO recommends no screen time under one and none for one-year-olds. The CDC says none under two,…DevelopmentSeparation AnxietyClinginess around nine months is a developmental step, not a setback. When it starts, when it…DevelopmentStarting SolidsThe NHS names three signs a baby is ready for solid food, and three behaviours that look like…DevelopmentTummy TimeTummy time can start the day you come home. How many minutes a day, what it builds towards, what to…DevelopmentWake Windows by AgeWake window charts are everywhere, but no health body publishes them. Here are the numbers, where…