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Breaking the Binkie Habit
Sometimes pacifiers suck. Credit: Corbis
Pacifiers are a mom's best friend, until they're not.
Whether binkie, blanket or thumb, babies need an outlet for their natural urge to suck. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, as it enables infants ...
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Baby Gestures Linked to Vocabulary, Income
As if you need another reason to keep your income high and home filled with stuff, here's a study that says the more money you have, the better vocabulary your child will have, too. The reasoning is fairly simple: Scientists at the University of ...Malia Obama - Barack Obama's Toughest Critic
President-elect Barack Obama might have his share of critics. But if he's looking for someone to bust his chops, he doesn't have to look much farther than his 10-year-old daughter Malia. During a recent family "field trip" to the Lincoln Memorial, ...Tori Spelling won't clean up her potty mouth
Actress Tori Spelling, who is expecting her second child in June, believes that swearing in front of children is fine as long as it is done correctly. Apparently, it's all about the tone of your voice. Angry and loud F-bombs are bad, sweet little ...
Preschoolers do better when they talk to themselves
You know that annoying, yet adorable phase when kids talk to themselves and verbalize EVERY SINGLE flickering thought that crosses their little minds? Well, it turns out this non-stop self chitty chat does more than just slowly drive a parent ...
A new thing
Four-year-old Bennett is lounging in the over-sized cast iron bathtub, which is one of the very best things about the old log house we've been living in. His twin, Avery, decides that he wants to get in the tub with Bennett, and I hear Bennett say, ...
Learning languages online
Yesterday, it was learning to play the guitar. Today, it's learning a foreign language. It seems there is no end to the educational opportunities available on the internet. Here are ten places to learn to speak a foreign language online, including ...
On cucumbers and being mad
A few days ago, Nolan started asking questions. Thoughtful, inflection-filled questions with the clear intent of engaging me in polite conversation. The first time he said it, it took me by surprise. I was gathering bread and vegetables from the ...
The patience of Grandma
When we visit my parent's apartment Nolan immediately sprints for the corner window in the living room. It looks out on to a busy street where cars go back and forth, peppered with the occasional fire truck and bordered by a gas station and a grocery ...Baby's first words
Toby Maguire's daughter Ruby Sweetheart just said her first words, and to the delight of her father, those words were "Da-da". This got me to thinking of my own children's first words and I am embarrassed to admit that I seem to have forgotten ...Boy wakes from brain surgery with new accent
In the US, the way we speak changes from region to region, and -- to a certain extent -- may (but not necessarily) indicate a certain amount of wealth or education. However, this pales in comparison to the UK, where people routinely make very ...
Mine, not mine's
Even if you never, ever swear, chances are, your kids will hear the "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" soon after they enter school. That, I understand and even expected. What I didn't expect was something that is, in my opinion, far, far ...
Reading: two steps forward, and one step back
Life is on repeat these days. Nolan is in the process of discovering his verbal prowess, and apparently that entails repeating simple phrases three and six and nine times over. "I wan joo, I wan joo, I wan joo." "I kin do it, I kind do it, I kin do ...
13-year-old boy breaks 10-year vow of silence
Imagine telling your three-year-old that a doctor is going to cut him open and take out his tonsils -- not exactly a pleasant conversation. Then imagine that your toddler is so frightened, that he threatens never to speak again if you go through with ...
Parrot teaches boy to talk
Four-year-old Dylan Hargreaves is autistic and had previously uttered nary a single word. "Dylan would try to speak, but the sound came out as a noise," said his mother Michelle. Then the family got a new member -- a parrot named Barney. "A few ...
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