Despite claims by various people that a feeding schedule will positively influence your baby's sleep patterns, in most cases there are risks to be considered.

Many leading childhood development experts believe that we all have far greater potential in our early years than society gives us credit for. Waiting until school to begin providing consistent intellectual stimulation to a child is no disaster. But in doing so, we miss a unique window of opportunity for learning.

The first years of life lay the neurological foundation for intellectual growth into adolescence and adulthood. This time represents a unique window of opportunity for learning.

Are you juggling career and family? Do you find your free time stretched between your baby and older children? If you think you're too busy to learn about early education, you've come to the right place. Read on to pick up the basics in less than 10 minutes.

Your baby is born with most of the brain cells she will ever have, but during her first 12 months in the world, her brain will become increasingly complex.

Before you design a teaching program for your baby and yourself, you need to know the basics about teaching babies. While methods may differ, early education experts agree on the following essential ingredients for happiness and success in teaching babies.

According to childhood educator Glenn Doman, crawling forwards is an essential skill to master. Doman claims that crawling stimulates the brain to develop convergence of vision - and that as a result, people who skip this phase as babies may find it extremely difficult to learn to read and write as children.

Tired babies make for cranky parents. That is why naptime is so important for both mom and baby. But sometimes it is difficult to encourage a child to take a nap. What is a mother to do?

Bringing a new baby into the world is an amazing experience. Joyful as this period in your life maybe it can also be one anxiety as becoming a parent for the first time brings with it a great deal of responsibility. Friends and family will probably offer you a ton of advice but if you bear the following three things in mind you shouldn't go too far wrong.

A guide to the physical development milestones your baby will go through in his or her first year.