Development

Your baby is growing and developing every day. Each month or even each day, brings new skills, new processing, and progress. Read about your baby's developing skills.

Your baby can wake at night for many reasons and the cause is often age related and very individual. Night – day rhythms are not established until your baby is about three months old.

Before starting to toilet train your little one, assess their readiness. Assessing this is probably the easiest part of the whole toilet training process. However, once the process begins you may face a few challenges along the way. Staying calm and positive, as well as following some simple tips, will hopefully make the whole process a little easier.

When your baby first comes home from the hospital, you will notice your little one has irregular sleep patterns, this can be both challenging and exhausting. With little care for day or night, your new little bundle will probably wake often for feedings, nappy changes, or comfort.

As your toddler matures, their social skills grow. They begin to recognise, exhibit and feel emotions. So far, for the most part, the only form of expression for all their feelings has been crying, but as a toddler they are now able to point or use words for what they want. As they begin to mingle with others their own age they may develop possessiveness of their loved ones and special toys.

Teething can be a difficult time for your baby and you too. We’ve put together a teething action plan to help you through these tough days and nights.

Your toddler can be over stimulated or confused by too many toys offered all at once. If you have a lot of toys for toddlers out all the time, try packing half or a third away in containers and rotate the containers each week or every few days depending on how much time you spend at home.

Today, more women are having multiple births than ever before, with twins accounting for over 90 percent of multiple births. Twins are a double blessing, say their mothers. But your pregnancy will be a little different…