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Best Way to Understand Your Baby’s Emotional Development in the Second Year

Family life is an important arena for emotional development. You will already be familiar with the development of your baby’s emotions over the first year. From a very early age your baby learned to express pleasure by smiling. Faced with a surprise or completely unknown situation, she may have shown… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand Your Baby’s Development in the Second Year

You have spent the first year learning to understand and meet your baby’s physical and emotional needs, and it’s been a very hands-on process. Now the focus changes. This second year is much more about helping your toddler become a self-sufficient individual, branching out into the wider world, with you… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Understand Your Baby’s Social Development in the Second Year

During this second year, your toddler is inclined to see life with himself right at its centre. This egocentricity is essential to establishing the secure self-image that will eventually enable him to extend his consideration to other children and adults. Help him build on his self-image and become more sensitive… Continue Reading…