Tag: child development

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  Gross Motor Development In The Early Years

  Being able to use and coordinate their body on a gross motor level, are some of the most important skills your baby can develop. Let’s look at a few suggestions from early years physical development specialist, Jade Molloy, on how to help develop your little one’s body awareness.
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  How Blindness Helps Us See

  BAMBI’s own Jessica Haines sheds some light on her experience learning about the rare genetic disorder Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, after her newborn was diagnosed with it. It hasn’t been easy, but she hopes to raise awareness to support others in similar situations.
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  Art In The Early Years Classroom

  We’ve all seen it. The scribbled-on paper our children excitedly hand us after a day in school. To us, it’s nothing more than a brown blob, but to them it’s much more. Michaela Reid, an early years educator, explains how beneficial these art projects are to the young mind.
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  An Introduction to Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders in Children

  Anxious about your child’s anxiety? Clinical Mental Health Counselor Alexandra Schuur walks us through how anxiety may present in children, how to spot it, and steps we can take as parents to help them.By Alexandra SchuurAnxiety in children has long been a hot topic in the mental health world. Over the last decade, parents might […]
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  Lessons I’ve Learned as a Special Needs Parent

  Tarat, proud mom to Alexis, reflects on the lessons that becoming a parent to a child with cerebral palsy has taught her. By Tarat ChuttongBad news kept coming out of the doctor’s mouth during our 21 week ultrasound. I heard what she was saying and kept telling myself there must be another explanation as to why […]
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  Head Shape Deformities in Babies

  Does your baby have a flat or misshapen head? Pediatric Occupational Therapist Sarah explains how to identify a positional head shape deformity and what to do about it.By Sarah RussellSince placing babies on their backs to sleep was introduced through the ‘Safe to Sleep’1 initiative, positional head shape deformities have become more common.2  What is positional […]