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Here you will find content on a range of concerns you may have during pregnancy, as well as ideas for bonding with bump.

Wellbeing advice for new mums and dads that might help in the run-up to your child's birth.

Two films and an article all about how babies' brains develop, even before birth.

A collection of films and articles full of advice on looking after a newborn and giving them the best start in their development.

All about feeding, including babies' feeding cues, choosing how to feed and ways of coping with night feeds.

A list of common reasons babies cry and ways to respond to them.

A guide to changing nappies and making it a fun, comfortable experience for babies.

How your touch is important for early bonding.

A video experiment demonstrating the importance of close face-to-face eye contact with newborns.

5 different gestures babies often make that can tell you what they want - look out for these with your child.

Ideas to boost the amount you talk to baby from day one.

A video showing how they you can talk your newborn baby through simple exercises.

25 small, everyday activities you can do to strengthen bonds with your baby, now and as they grow, including links to video demonstrations.

A video and article explaining 'tummy time', what it's good for and some ideas of how you can make the most of it with your baby.

An article explaining the benefits of baby massage.

Tips on how to cope when your baby won't stop crying.

Easy ideas for anticipation games to boost babies' listening skills.

How you can chat your baby through simple muscle-strengthening exercises.

Inspiration for singing to babies in all sorts of everyday situations.

Our Tools for Talking film for this age range explains how it's important to give babies space to respond when you chat and play with them.

Our routines advice section has videos and articles on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

Recipes and advice for weaning for when your baby reaches around 6 months and is ready for solid food.

Answers to your questions about sleep and sleep routines.

A video explaining how to try and wean babies off the dummy to help with their ability to speak.

To introduce your baby to new words, try pointing at and naming the things they're interested in.

It can be easy to build chatting and learning into routines like bath time.

Repeating words for parts of the face, combined with actions, helps your baby to learn them.

Our Tools for Talking film explains how tuning into babies' interests can help them to learn their first words.

Our Speech Lab film for this age group demonstrates why paying attention to the same things as your baby helps them to engage in chat and play.

This article explains the benefits of singing rhymes over and over again to toddlers.

Wellbeing advice for both mums and dads.

Sarah Ockwell-Smith explains how there's no such thing as a perfect parent and why parents shouldn't compare themselves to others.

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for parents on a range of concerns.

An animation with tips on establishing a bedtime routine with toddlers.

Articles all about different types of play and how they help children's learning and development - from sensory play, to playing pretend and arts and crafts.

Early years professional Gaynor Rice explains why children learn through challenging themselves and taking risks during play.

An animation explaining how play is crucial to toddlers' learning about cause and effect, shapes and colours.

Our Tools for Talking film explains how you can help children build their words into longer sentences by repeating them back and adding to them.

Our Speech Lab film explains the technique of recasting - repeating words back to children correctly and clearly, without explicitly correcting them.

This short animation explains why toddlers hearing the same story repeatedly is good for their language learning.

A simple role play game to get children's imaginations flowing.

A cheap and easy throwing game to get children practising taking turns - a key skill for conversation.

Getting dressed to go out can be a chance for children to learn how to follow simple instructions.

Our routines advice section has videos and articles on everything from feeding to sleep and mealtimes.

The experts at children's bowel and bladder charity, ERIC, answer common questions parents have about potty training.

Vicki Dawson from The Sleep Charity helps explain some simple ways to establish a good bedtime routine with kids.

A collection of ideas for interaction around mealtimes as well as family-friendly recipe ideas.

Helen Stroudley, Early Years Consultant at the charity Peeple shares her tips on getting children ready to start primary school.

Thinking and talking about past events can be useful preparation for children starting school.

Dance and play can be great for exploring preschoolers' feelings and helping them to express themselves.

A video showing how easy it can be to build talk about the past and future into daily routines with children.

An animation and article explaining why children ask so many questions and the best way to answer them for their learning.

Our SEND section is full of articles and video case studies about conditions that affect children's speech abilities.

Speech and Language Therapists' answers to parents' most common language development questions - could be useful for answering any queries you have from parents.

Common questions about speech delay answered by speech and language therapists.

Our collection of articles and films with advice for bilingual households.

Speech and Language Therapist Monal Gajjar answers common questions on speaking multiple languages at home.

Ideas for games that support toddler's ability to speak multiple languages.

Our emotional development section has films with simple advice for a range of concerns.

Animation explaining why children lash out and some simple steps for parents to deal with it.

An animation explaining why tantrums often occur with toddlers and simple steps to help deal with them.

An animation explaining what separation anxiety is and some tips for parents to deal with it.