Help Baby Develop with Age-Appropriate Play
By Gail Johnson, managing editor of blush

Play is vital for children’s development, but throughout the first year it can be hard for parents to know exactly what type of fun is appropriate.

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Children’s Nightmares
How parents can help kids cope

Most young children experience a nightmare at least once, and research has shown that chronic nightmares, lasting more than three months, occur in almost 25 percent of children between the ages of two and five.

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Toddler Tunes
Exploring music with the under-four set

Music educators have been telling us for quite a while that children are inherently musical beings; now science is backing them up.

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Persuading picky eaters
Tips and tricks to make food fun

Feeding kids nutritious foods can be challenging. Food advertisers entice children with bright cartoon characters while they confuse parents with questionable nutritional claims.

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Hands up
Signing for baby

Along with countless Mommy and Me Music, Strollercize, and yoga classes, baby sign language has popped up over the last few years as one of the must-do classes for new parents. But is baby sign language all it’s cracked up to be?

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