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Bad Baby Names

Bad Baby Name #5

Danger. #BadBabyNames #ReallyMakesABetterMiddleName More Bad Baby Names on Twitter @DoctorAndDad!

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Playtime!

Playtime! Activity: Doodle-y Noted

Who It’s For: Kids ages 3–10 What They’ll Learn: Memory techniques, symbol use What You Need: A standard “Memory” game featuring pairs of cards with matching pictures on them, some paper, and your kid’s favorite writing instrument

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Research For 'Rents

First-borns are smarter Part 2: Act your age

Our last post gave you the real deal about birth order: First-born kids tend to have bigger vocabularies and higher IQs (mostly because they got a lot more one-on-one interaction with Mom and Dad back when they were the only game in town), while later-born kids tend to develop more creative and less verbal ways […]

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Research For 'Rents

First-borns are smarter Part 1: This cite is REAL!

Over the weekend, the Doctor and the Dad read an article on the always-popular BabyCenter blog titled “First-born children are smarter because…” by Joey Lombardi. The post seemed like it might give parents some useful information about if, why and how first-born kids end up smarter than their younger siblings. Unfortunately, Joey seemed to struggle […]

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Research For 'Rents

How science can help you steal your kid’s Halloween candy

First off, let us just say that we know your kids are really smart. They’re basically geniuses, right? That thing that your son/daughter said the other day? It was both adorable and incredibly insightful about the human condition. Definitely Facebook-worthy. But be that as it may, your kids are still kids. And a lot of […]

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Ask D+D: Is my child regressing?

My two-year-old daughter still sucks her thumb when she is tired and drifting off to sleep. Lately though, she does it during the day, she’s sucked on a younger child’s pacifier at daycare, and she sucks on a toy pacifier that came with one of her dolls. Is she regressing developmentally? Could the fact that […]

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Bad Baby Names

Bad Baby Name #4

Smug. #BadBabyNames #NicknameForSmuglas More Bad Baby Names on Twitter @DoctorAndDad!