Growth and Development
Also check out the “Growth and Development” chapter in the Welcome Baby Book.
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Baby’s Development
- Help Me Grow: The Help Me Grow LA team can help you get the answers you need about your child’s growth milestones and help you connect to services that support child development more quickly. Visit HelpMeGrowLA.org or call their Call Center at (833) 903-3972.
- How Families Can Support Their Child’s Social and Emotional Development (Spanish) (The Children’s Partnership)
- Milestone Tracker App (Spanish) (CDC)
- CDC’s Developmental Milestones (Spanish) (CDC)
- Baby’s Busy Day – Being One is So Much Fun! (Spanish) (CDC)
- Where is Bear? – A Terrific Tale for 2-Year-Olds (Spanish) (CDC)
- Amazing Me – It’s Busy Being 3! (Spanish) (CDC)
- Assure the Best: Baby’s Physical Development (Spanish) (Pathways)
- Play: It’s More Than You Think (Spanish) (Pathways)
- An Introduction to Speech and Language Development (Spanish) (Pathways)
- Brain Wonders: Nurturing Healthy Brain Development from Birth (ZERO TO THREE)
- How-to: 5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From Birth to 2 Months (Spanish) (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 2 to 6 Months (Spanish) (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 6 to 9 Months (Spanish) (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 9 to 12 Months (Spanish) (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 12 to 18 Months (Spanish) (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 18 to 24 Months (ZERO TO THREE)
- Nurturing Your Baby’s Development From 24 to 36 Months (ZERO TO THREE)
- Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
- Resilience Booster: Parent Tip Tool (American Psychological Association)
- Connected Parents. Connected Kids (Spanish) (Futures Without Violence)
- Little Kids Have Big Emotions (First 5 California)
- Activities Guide: Enhancing and Practicing Executive Function Skills with Children from Infancy to Adolescence (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
- Is Your Child Having Trouble Speaking? What’s Typical and When To Get Help (Pathways)
- How to Help Baby Develop Their Senses of Taste & Smell? Try These Activities! (Pathways)
- Develop Your Child’s Senses by Playing with Food (Pathways)
- Brain-Building Through Play: Activities for Infants, Toddlers, and Children (PDFs in Spanish available) (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University)
Bonding With Your Baby in the NICU
- An Introduction to Massage+ 30, 10, 5 (Spanish) (Pathways)
- NICU Baby® App (in Spanish) (March of Dimes)
- NICU Families Support (a list compiled by LA Best Babies Network)
Choosing Child Care
- Parent’s Guide to Choosing Child Care (California Department of Social Services)
- Choosing Quality Child Care (Child Care Alliance Los Angeles)
- Child Care Resource Center’s Child Care Financial Assistance (Spanish)
Available for those living in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley (Service Planning Areas 1 and 2) and San Bernardino County. Call 1-866-67-4KIDS for more information. - Options for Learning’s Child Care Financial Assistance
Available for income-eligible families in the San Gabriel Valley area. Also see their tool to search for child care. - California’s Child Care Advocate Program: 916-654-1541 or childcareadvocatesprogram@dss.ca.gov
To file a complaint about a childcare provider, contact their hotline at 844-538-8766 or letusno@dss.ca.gov
Screen Time
Sibling Relationships
- Preparing for a New Baby/Sibling (Mount Sinai Parenting Center)
- “When Is He Going Back in Your Belly?” How to Help Older Siblings Adjust to the New Baby (ZERO TO THREE)
Sleep
- Safe to Sleep (Spanish) (US Department of Health and Human Services)
- Safe Sleep for Your Baby: Reduce the Risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) and Other Sleep-Related Causes of Infant Death (Version 2) (Spanish) (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
- What Does a Safe Sleep Environment Look Like? (Spanish) (US Department of Health and Human Services)
- Sudden Unexpected Infant Death and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (CDC)
- Sleep Safety and Suffocation Prevention Tips (Safe Kids Worldwide)
- Safe Infant Sleep Checklist (Spanish) (Safe Kids Worldwide)
- Sleep (Spanish) (First 5 California)
- How to Keep Your Sleeping Baby Safe: AAP Policy Explained
(Spanish) (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Tummy Time
- Tummy Time: Activities to Strengthen Baby (Spanish) (Pathways)
- Parents’ Guide to Baby’s Core (Pathways)
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