A UK mom learned that toddlers move quickly on Saturday after her son swiftly climbed a ladder that was sitting at the back of the hotel they were staying at.
In 2010 when baby Hannah was born, she could not breathe, drink, eat or swallow on her own. It was because the baby girl was born without a wind pipe. Now, more than 2 years later, the little girl is the youngest patient in the world to have a new windpipe grown from her own stem cell.
Early Easter morning, Mary Jones and her daughter were fast asleep. While they slept, a fire began to spread through their apartment building. Thankfully, a Lyons police officer noticed the fire before it got too out of control.
Parenting has changed drastically over the last decade. When we were children, we may have received some much coveted television time during the weekends or after school. But, for the most part, we engaged in imaginary play; we entertained ourselves with toys, books and with the great outdoors. And when we ran errands with our parents, we knew we needed to bring our own toys to avoid boredom.
Excessive television time has already been linked to a number of adverse effects in young children, including obesity, language delay, attention problems and aggression.
What would you do if you looked out your window to find a toddler sitting on top of your neighbor’s snow-covered roof? Antwan Moore says he saw this exact incident on the roof of his neighbors across the street. What did he do? He climbed on top of the roof and sat with the child until emergency personnel could arrive.
Want to increase your toddler’s vocabulary? A new study suggests that the best thing you can do is let them learn new words themselves through context clues.
Toddlers put everything in their mouths; it’s an important stage of development and exploration. Unfortunately, as one mom from Russia recently learned, this can also be a very scary and trying phase for parents.
The recent flood in Australia has left four people dead, thousands evacuated and tens of thousands more stranded. But the tragedy has seen at least one amazing rescue – a little boy and his mother who had been trapped in their truck amid the rising waters.
If you’ve ever parented a toddler, you’d probably guess that your tot takes a lot of steps every day, but have you ever thought about how many steps? US researchers from New York did and they videoed more than 130 infants between 12 and 19 months old as they explored a specially-designed playroom and another 15 while playing at home to find the answer to their question.
Officials in Piedmont Oklahoma have come under scrutiny after three-year-old boy was fined $2500 for attempting to pee on his front lawn.
For whatever reason, kids find it fascinating to place objects into their mouths, ears and noses. Unfortunately, this often leaves parents panicked and unsure of what to do or who to call.
An electricity company worker who came knocking at a door to collect some unpaid bills is the reason one toddler is alive and safe after his mother left him home alone for more than 20 hours while she went out partying with friends. What is even more disturbing is that this isn’t the first time the child has been left alone by her.
