From their first smile and initial mumbles of baby talk to their first wobbly steps, a child’s “firsts” are such an exciting time for parents. However, important developmental milestones include more ...

Dr. Paul Lipkin specializes in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, where he directs medical outpatient services.

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 ...

CLAIM: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly lowered the milestones for early childhood development in response to the pandemic. THE FACTS: Experts relied on research done prior to ...

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Terms like "child development milestones" can cause anxiety in some parents. It's natural to compare your child's skills to the ones of children around their age, but doing so rarely yields good ...

The CDC recently revised its developmental milestone checklists for infants and young children for the first time in nearly 20 years. The revision included adjusting the milestone benchmarks to ...

TIFTON, Ga. (WALB) - The CDC recently changed the checklist for the child development milestones to make it easier on parents. The CDC raised the percentage of children who typically meet certain ...

WASHINGTON — Infants and toddlers should be screened more for developmental delays, according to updated U.S. guidelines released last week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...