Baby's First Year Guide
This is a month by month guide to your Baby's First Year. It covers milestones and development, sleeping, babycare, immunisation reminders, feeding and more.
- Baby's First Year - 1 month old
- Baby's First Year - 2 month old
- Baby's First Year - 3 month old
- Baby's First Year - 4 month old
- Baby's First Year - 5 month old
- Baby's First Year - 6 month old
- Baby's First Year - 7 month old
- Baby's First Year - 8 month old
- Baby's First Year - 9 month old
- Baby's First Year - 10 month old
- Baby's First Year - 11 month old
- Baby's First Year - 12 month old
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0-6 Months
Look who's listening: Babies recognise words at just three days old, study reveals
The ability to pick out words from language starts in the very first days of life.
Not just wind: the truth about those adorable newborn baby smiles
There have long been signs that newborn smiles could signal positive emotions.
Babies can tell if you’re smiling - even if they can't see you
They are "extremely attuned" to their parents.
Amazing video: baby takes first steps just after birth
A newborn girl has impressed hospital staff by taking her first steps on the day she was born.
Babies can stand up on their own at four months - here's the proof
A new study is demonstrating that babies can do more than we think they can.
Stunning images show baby brain development
First images of how babies' brains develop have been released in a landmark study that will eventually tell us more about brain growth and life outcomes than we've ever known before.
6-12 Months
More than baby talk: Why you need to learn to speak 'parentese'
It will help your baby's language development.
My baby walked early, will she be a genius?
The short answer is no.
Yes my baby is 'tiny', but please don't say these things to me
One mum's experience after her daughter was diagnosed with IUGR (Intrauterine Growth Restriction).
Do fathers who exercise have smarter babies?
Research suggest that activity in one generation can impact on the following generation.
Babies prefer 'talking' to other babies over adults
The new study found that babies' faces lit up as they spent longer listening to an infant's vowel sounds than to identical noises by a female adult.
Babies not confused when learning two languages
It comes naturally to bilingual bubs.
20 unconventional parenting milestones to celebrate
Baby books come ready to go with spaces for photos and lines to fill out the dates of classic baby milestones — baby's first haircut, baby's first tooth, baby's first solid food — these are all things that new parents want to remember and share. But what about the milestones that leave us hysterically laughing (or crying), like baby's first inappropriate public outburst?
'Rain Man' gene discovery to help parents
Rain Man won four Oscars back in 1989 and now three decades later Australian scientists have discovered more about the brain of the man who inspired the film.
Why ‘baby talk’ is good for your baby
People often tell new parents to avoid sing-song "baby talk" with their new addition to the family because it will slow the child's language development.
Lisa Wilkinson says parents are 'crazy' for allowing kids access to iPads
Lisa Wilkinson has slammed parents who expose their toddler children to technology.
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Why you should never tell a parent to 'just wait and see'
When I became a parent I learned to fear many things – trucks, motorbikes, sunny streets with no shade, any kind of renovations and especially lawnmowers.
When your babies miss their milestones
Babies grow at different rates. They're all wonderful little creatures who do things in their own time.
Baby talk: how to help kids discover language
In the beginning, don't worry how stupid you feel - just talk. When a baby is a newborn the content doesn't matter, and language learning has already begun in the womb.
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