Baby Week by Week

Small and sweet, yes. But clueless? Not your little one! Read on for fascinating development research about (and simple recommendations for) your baby during these first 52 weeks.
Sort by :   Default  |  Title  
Newborn baby smiling
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 10: The Mystery of Colic
As hard as it is to hear, colicky babies' excessive crying is, well, normal. Here's why, and how you can cope with the mystery of colic. ... Read More
mother and newborn baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 11: Raising a Bilingual Child
Lots of families worry whether raising their children around multiple languages will confuse them. Not so, say researchers. Learn why ... Read More
Dad playing with Baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 12: Correlating Dads and Diapers
What's the real reason why Baby is so calm with Mom and so fussy with Dad? She smells like food—and comfort. Read what dads can do to gain favor in ... Read More
Sick Baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 13: The Myth of Spoiling Baby
Afraid you might spoil Baby if you dotingly attend to her cries? Don't be, say researchers. Here's why comforting your baby when she's sad ... Read More
Baby playing with mobile
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 14: Understanding Cause and Effect
By Baby's fourteenth week, she is beginning to understand cause and effect—that is, that kicking her mobile or yelping for Mommy makes things ... Read More
Smiling Baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 15: Evidence of Memory
From one day to the next, your baby is picking up lots of new skills but also recalling ones he's just learned. Read more about what it takes Baby ... Read More
Mom holding smiling baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 16: Improving Vision
While your baby has been able to see since birth, her eyesight is becoming stronger and more refined right now. Learn more about Baby's visual ... Read More
Baby laying on the ground
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 17: Paying Attention to Patterns
By week 17, Baby is able to discern items placed horizontally from those placed vertically, plus identify images with two things in them ... Read More
Baby with Mom at the pool
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 18: Synchronizing Sound with Movement
Baby is happiest when his senses, well, make sense to him. He's happy when he's stimulated but gets cranky fast if there's too much going on. ... Read More
Baby at playground
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 19: Prefering Music to Talking
It's a natural reaction to pick up Baby and start singing softly—and research shows your voice in particular has an incredible calming ... Read More
Newborn Baby Sleeping
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 1: Knowing You from Others
Even at birth, your newborn displays some brilliant behavior: She not only can recognize your face by now, she actually likes it better than ... Read More
Baby Laughing
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 20: Understanding Trajectory
Cars, toys, balls, people: Right now Baby is keenly aware of the way items around her move through her world. Learn more about your child in week ... Read More
Dad playing with baby outside
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 21: Matching Sound with Movement
You child is not only paying attention to the sounds coming out of your mouth this week: He's also paying attention to where you are in relation ... Read More
Baby Smiling at Pinwheel
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 22: Knowing Which Objects Move Themselves
Baby is becoming wise to the way objects move around her: In week 22, she understands that inanimate objects can't move themselves, but ... Read More
Laughing Baby
Your Brilliant Baby in Week 23: Understanding Stable and Unstable Objects
Even at this young age, your child realizes how precarious a toy placed at the edge of a table is, plus how much more stable that object is in the ... Read More
Your crash-course in all things baby.
Look Who's Talking New
in BabyZone Community