When you have a baby, each pediatrician appointment is filled with endless questionnaires to determine their developmental milestones. Can they smile, are they sitting up, do they point at things? I ...

Maine (WMTW) - For the first time in 18 years, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics updated their milestone checklist for babies. According to ...

Infant milestones can be a source both of pride and anxiety for a new parent. Baby's firsts – first tooth, first steps, first word – are moments of joy that many parents immediately compare with ...

Infants and toddlers should be screened more for developmental delays, according to updated US guidelines released last week. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy ...

HOUSTON – New ages for developmental milestones are aimed at creating less confusion for parents. The CDC asked the American Academy of Pediatrics to revise several developmental milestone checklists, ...

While milestones are not hard and fast rules, they are a fair indicator of how children should be developing in direct relation to the tasks they are able to execute. Educators, therapists and medical ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), with the Centers for ...

Infant milestones can be a source both of pride and anxiety for a new parent. Baby’s firsts – first tooth, first steps, first word – are moments of joy that many parents immediately compare with ...

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is ...