Infants

Two U.S. Toddlers Shot By Siblings in 24 Hours

Michael Santo — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:04:35 -0500

Two U.S. toddlers have been shot within hours of each other, both by siblings who found guns in their homes. Both incidents occurred on Thursday night.

Experience may be the best teacher for infants

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:58:06 -0500

There's a lot of truth in the old proverb "experience is the best teacher," and apparently it even applies to 10-month-old infants.

Lack of time on tummy shown to hinder achievement

harminka — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:37:57 -0500

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists who say they've noticed an increase in motor delays in infants who spend too much time on their backs while awake.

Puppy Kills 2 Month Old Boy Left In Swing

Armen Hareyan — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:59:02 -0500

In a very sad story today from Oklahoma we learn that puppy kills 2 month old boy left in swing. What a family tragedy. Our hearts go out to this child.

Brain activity linked to the parental instinct

harminka — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:10:23 -0600

Why do we almost instinctively treat babies as special, protecting them and enabling them to survive" Darwin originally pointed out that there is something about infants which prompts adults to respond to and care for them which allows our species to survive.

Good parenting helps difficult infants perform as well in first grade than peers

harminka — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:42:16 -0600

Some infants are called difficult, challenging parents because they cry frequently, are very active, and may not adapt well to new situations or people. Other infants are described as easy, full of smiles, adaptable, and not very active.

Baby severely burned after oxygen hood catches fire

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:19:47 -0600

Maverick Thomas, a baby, just over a day old is in critical condition at the Hennepin County Medical Center's burn unit in Minnesota in the United States after his oxygen hood caught fire burning 18% of his body. He was under care by doctors at Mercy Hospital located in in Coon Rapids when the fire occurred on Tuesday January 22

Tucson Mom Dies Having Triplets

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:35:17 -0600

Very sad news comes from Tucson as mom dies having triplets. Andrue Smith, the husband and now the father of three children, does not know whether to celebrate the birth of his new three infant children or to mourn the loss of his wife.

Babies prefer good Samaritans

harminka — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:30:16 -0600

In the first evidence of its kind to date, Yale researchers find that infants prefer individuals who help others to those who either do nothing, or interfere with others’ goals, it is reported today in Nature.

How genetic mutation causes epilepsy in infants

harminka — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:24:07 -0500

New research from the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne has shown why mutation in a single gene can cause epilepsy in infants.

Ability to 'tell difference' declines as infants age

harminka — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:11:06 -0500

A new article published in the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that infants fine-tune their visual and auditory systems to stimuli during the first year of life, essentially “weeding out” unnecessary discriminatory abilities.

Determining when infants can think of out-of-sight objects

harminka — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:40:16 -0500

One of the most distinctive characteristics of humans is probably one you don’t think of very often — the capacity to learn based merely on what someone tells you. Think about it: New information is most often given to us about entities that aren’t present.