Babies in the West commonly lack a gut microbe that is found in infants in other parts of the world, which may be due to ...

Will your baby have a head like a fuzzy peach? A fluffy mane that sticks straight up? Swirls of curls? Whatever your baby's hair looks like at birth, it's likely to change in the first year of life.

When babies are born, their brains contain billions of neurons. But how those neurons interact — and what they can do as babies grow through childhood into adulthood — is largely shaped by their ...

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

Healthy vision is integral to a baby learning early literacy skills. To support literacy and vision development, parents should read to their child early on, limit screen time and watch out for any ...

A study has found babies trained to react to sound and video cues. A Rutgers-Newark study has found that babies trained to react to sound and video cues starting at 4 months were better at detecting ...

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Which baby gyms are best? Aside from the rare superhuman baby able to bench press their body weight from birth, most babies require gyms to help them hit necessary developmental milestones. Instead of ...