Join Pediatrician Lawrence Kagan as he discusses your child’s first milestones in life, and how we can typically make good generalizations about what they should be achieving in their first year. Keep in mind that babies are individuals who will develop at their own pace, so if they fall behind one one milestone, there’s nothing wrong with intervening early to get them some help. Pediatricians look at how they are developing globally, which means: social interaction, speech development, fine motor, and gross motor skills.

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Pediatrician Tanya Altmann discusses how premature, or “preemie”, babies might develop differently than a full-term baby. Preemies are babies that are born within 34 weeks, and they can sometimes have issues that require oxygen, medication, or the use of a specialist. However, with modern technology, preemies do much better in terms of health and development. While they may encounter some initial issues, once they have learned to feed and breathe on their own, they can typically begin to catch up fairly quickly to full-term babies by their first year.