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5 Tips To Help Calm Your Baby

Try these 5 things to help calm your baby.

Gestures: an Important Step in Communication Development

Communication is so much more than talking. So as a speech-language pathologist I think a lot about gestures. The words "speech language"...

The Path To First Words

The first year of your baby's life is a flurry of excitement and many firsts, often culminating with their first word. In this first year...

Best Board Books to Boost Language

Reading is essential for all children. That is why books are the only item I ever buy as a gift for a young child or when a friend or...

This New Book Guides Parents Through their Baby's Developmental Milestones

In my 10 years as a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I have read a lot of books about child development, and I am constantly on a...

Four Gifts Every Baby Needs To Support Their Development

Our babies need interaction with people to learn language. So you are the most valuable gift regarding your baby's speech and language...

When Should My Child Start Talking?

In my work with parents, the most common questions I am asked are related to when their child should start talking. They ask me, “what is...