Ages & Stages

Browse the age-based sections below to discover practical advice and expert insights for keeping your kids healthy, safe, and thriving.

Infants

0 to 12 months

Pediatric ENT examining the mouth of a baby using a medical spatula in doctor's office to check for lip tie or tongue tie

Understanding Lip and Tongue Ties: A Guide for Parents

8 Must-Know Tips to Ensure Safe Sleep for Your Baby

8 Must-Know Tips to Ensure Safe Sleep for Your Baby

Feeding your Infant - Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding, powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Feeding your Infant – Breastfeeding and Formula Feeding

Why newborns need a vitamin K shot , Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Why Newborns Need a Vitamin K Shot

Vitamin D: Is your baby getting enough?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Vitamin D: Is Your Baby Getting Enough?

A Guide to Objects in Ears, Nostrils and Mouths by Robert Sprecher, MD | Promise: Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

You Got What Stuck Where?! A Guide to Objects in

Nutrition 411: Introducing Solid Foods from the experts at Nemours Children's Health System

Nutrition 411: Introducing Solid Foods

How Much Spit-up Is Too Much? from the experts at Nemours Children's Primary Care

How Much Spit-up Is Too Much?

Toddlers

1 to 3 years

Button Batteries

Button Batteries: Small in Size, Big in Dangers to Children

What You Could Miss If You Skip Your Child's Well Visit

What You Miss If You Skip Your Child’s Well Visit

A Lifetime of Better Health Begins with Good Oral Health, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

A Lifetime of Better Health Begins with Good Oral Health

Car Seat Safety, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Car Seat Safety

Autism Rates: Understanding the Rise, powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Autism Rates: Understanding the Rise

Behind Their Bite: When is “Picky Eating” Something More?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Behind Their Bite: When is Picky Eating Something More?

For Little Kids, Sleep is a Big Deal | Christopher M. Makris, MD | Promise, powered by Nemours Children's Health

For Little Kids, Sleep is a Big Deal

Preschoolers

3 to 5 years

girl making a face while eating a vegetable

Tips for Helping Your Picky Eater Enjoy Healthy Foods

Stuttering: What to Know About a Common Speech Problem in Kids

Stuttering: What to Know About a Common Speech Problem in

Choosing the Best Yogurt for Kids

Choosing the Best Yogurt for Kids

Behind Their Bite: When is “Picky Eating” Something More?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Behind Their Bite: When is Picky Eating Something More?

Closing The Gap In Reading Readiness For America’s Preschoolers | Dr. Laura Bailet | Promise, powered by Nemours

Closing the Gap in Reading Readiness for America’s Preschoolers

Afraid preschooler curled up in chair shows impact of anxiety in young kids

Anxiety in Young Kids: 4 Ways to Help

What's Up With Kids' Blood Pressure?

What’s Up With Kids’ Blood Pressure?

School-Aged Children

5 to 12 years

Melatonin: 5 Safety Tips for Kids and Teens

Melatonin: 5 Safety Tips for Kids and Teens

Talking to Kids About Death and Grief

Talking to Kids About Death and Grief

Which Cereals and Bars are Best for Kids?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Which Cereals and Bars are Best for Kids?

Healthy Portion Size for Kids

Kids and Sleep, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Kids and Sleep: Why They Need Their Zzzzz’s

6 Sun Safety Tips: How Kids Can Have Fun in the Sun and Be Sun-Safe, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

6 Sun Safety Tips: How Kids Can Have Fun in

Boy sleeping in class needs back-to-school sleep schedule

Wake Up to a Back-to-School Sleep Schedule

Kids and Mobile Devices: 5 Ways Parents Can Take the Wheel, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Kids and Mobile Devices: 5 Ways Parents Can Take the

Kids and Mobile Devices: What’s Up With YouTube, School Apps, and Messages?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Kids and Mobile Devices: What’s Up With YouTube, School Apps,

The Health Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

The Health Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Kids and Mobile Devices: What’s Up With Social Media?, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Kids and Mobile Devices: What’s Up With Social Media?

children eating healthy school lunches

Bon Appétit: How to Pack Healthy School Lunches

Teens

12 to 18 years

Close up of a calm young man lying in a tanning bed and having protective glasses on his eyes to protect them from UV light

Skip the Bed, Save Your Skin: A Guide to Safer

Two happy female high school students standing in school corridor against blue lockers and using mobile phone.

Mind and Body Wellness Tips for Kids: Thriving At School

Vitamin D: An Important Role in Teen Health

Vitamin D: An Important Role in Teen Health

Period Poverty and Top Myths about Periods

Period Poverty & Top Myths about Periods

Should You Talk to Teens About weight Gain?

Should You Talk to Teens About Weight Gain?

COVID-19: Are teens super-spreaders?

COVID-19: Are Teens Super-Spreaders?

COVID quarantine: an emotional tipping point for teens

COVID-19 Quarantine: an Emotional Tipping Point for Teens

Talking to Kids About Teen Dating Violence, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Talking to Kids About Teen Dating Violence

Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Your Teen Boys, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Your Teen Boys

Teens and Distracted Driving

Teens and Distracted Driving

Chest Pain in Teens: When to Worry

Chest Pain in Teens: When to Worry

Teen girl smoking e-cigarettes

E-Cigarettes and Juuling: Teen Use Reaching “Epidemic Proportions”

Young Adults

18 to 21 years

Let's Rethink How We Talk to Teens about Their Weight

Let’s Rethink How We Talk to Teens about Their Weight

Kids and ATVs: Ten Dos and Don'ts, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Kids and ATVs: Ten Dos and Don’ts

Tips for Talking to Teens About Tattoos and Piercings, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Tips for Talking to Teens About Tattoos and Piercings

Teens, Young Adults Account for Half of New STD Cases, by Robyn Miller, MD, Powered by Nemours Children's Health System

Teens, Young Adults Account for Half of New STD Cases

young men showcasing healthy eating in college

Healthy Eating in College

Bridging the Gap Year: College ASAP or a Break?