Many parents will attest to having experienced or currently experiencing feeding problems with a child. Feeding and eating disorders are actually more common than we think and can affect a child at any point in development, in this series I […]
Read more →Having written about nurturing resilience and prosocial behavior in children it is equally important to write about conduct disorders because sometimes, sadly, the negative behaviors exhibited by some children are as a result of conduct disorders and warrants clinical intervention. […]
Read more →Feeding and eating disorders are characterized by a persistent disturbance of eating or eating- related behavior that results in the altered consumption or absorption of food and that significantly impairs physical health or psychosocial functioning. The last eating disorder that […]
Read more →According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5), Selective Mutism is a childhood disorder typified by an inability to speak in certain circumstances. To put it plainly, it is a consistent failure to speak in certain social […]
Read more →When a baby is in the womb we’re told that they can respond to the voices around them. At around 18 weeks of pregnancy, the baby can start hearing their very first sounds. This improves with time and growth. What […]
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Firstly we will discuss the basics of brain development, what is really happening in your little one’s headin the first years of life. Television and media technology in general has increased in the past 2 decades making it highly accessible […]
Read more →Gender Socialization – What is it? Normally when we discuss child development we just talk of developing the ‘child’ and we are sort of blindto an important aspect that has a bearing on whether the ‘child’ gets opportunities for optimaldevelopment that leads to […]
Read more →0-12 months The brain is the only organ that is not fully developed at birth. From birth to about age 5, a child’s braindevelops more than at any other time during the life span. During the first year of a […]
Read more →3–6MONTHSMilestonesAt 4 months a baby: Smiles a lot Laughs out loud and squeals with delight Shows they enjoy life by laughing and kicking their legs Likes people Is interested in the surroundings and activities going on around them Clearly shows […]
Read more →0–3MONTHSMilestones By 3 months, baby should reach the following milestones: While lying on tummy, pushes up on arms While lying on tummy, lifts and holds head up Able to move fists from closed to open Able to bring hands to […]
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