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Health

Reading the Growth Chart: What 'Normal' Actually Means

Parents are handed a lot of numbers in the first three years — a birth weight, a length, a head measurement, a centile position. Most of the worry tha...

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Health

Normal Weight and Height Standards for Newborns

Birth weight and length come out of the maternity unit as a number on a card and almost immediately become a number people compare. Once you understan...

5 min read

Health

How to Know if a Newborn Is Healthy

The first month with a newborn is usually spent counting things — breaths, nappies, feeds, the rise and fall of a tiny chest at 2 a.m. Most of what yo...

6 min read

Parenting

Why Sibling Rivalry Is Normal and How to Respond

By dinner on a Tuesday, your 4-year-old has accused her brother of cheating, taken his block tower down, and refused to sit at the same table. You fee...

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Emotions

Normal Versus Concerning Emotional Responses

Is this tantrum normal? Is this much anxiety a problem? Should I be worried that my 3-year-old hit another kid at the park? Most parents cycle through...

5 min read

Daycare

Normal Child Reactions During the Adaptation Period

Starting daycare scrambles a lot of small things at once: who feeds your child, where they sleep, how loud their day is, when they see you. The behavi...

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