One-Third of Parents Lack Facts About Child Development (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) -- One-third of parents of babies have a surprisingly low knowledge of child development, including basic concepts about what their children should know or how they should act, a new study finds.

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I'm not surprised that parents lack knowledge about baby's development as no two doctors/teachers seem to agree about how babies should develop. And if two do agree then by the next week we'll read that new discoveries have been made.

So trust your instincts and remember all children are different. For example a friend of mine walked unaided at 9 months, both my kids walked unaided at 14 months and my father managed to stand hanging on to furniture at 21 months.

Jane

When my son was a couple months old, I chucked the baby development magazine the hospital gave me. According to their stages, my son was way behind! He didn't sit up til he was 2 or 3 months, didn't smile til a month or more, got his first tooth at 9 months, walked at 13 months.
Believe me, there is nuthin' slow about the man! (He's 30 now.)

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~~~~Becky

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