Babies typically start walking between 9 to 18 months, influenced by genetics, muscle strength, and practice opportunities. Encouraging safe exploration, providing supportive footwear, and ensuring proper nutrition can aid this developmental milestone. Global practices such as outdoor play and minimal use of walkers can enhance natural development.

Understand how your baby learns to talk

Choosing the right book for your little one's bedtime routine can be tricky. It needs to help wind down the day instead of making your child exuberant, but still be your child's favorite. Plus you don't want to be stuck with a book you'll be tired of after a few readings. 

Bonding with your baby may happen immediately, or it may take a while. Either way is just fine, as Bounty mums explain.

It can be difficult to know what to expect when you have a newborn baby, and sleep patterns are something that most parents take a great interest in. This page describes the basics of sleep - what to expect and what you can do to help develop good habits with your baby's sleeping.

In the early weeks, sleep is closely involved with feeding which is often every 2-3 hours. Babies of this age often sleep for 15-18 hours in 24 hours.

Babies who have enough naps during the day tend to sleep better at night. What more incentive do you need, asks Jane Yettram?