When we’re pregnant, we can’t wait to hear baby’s heartbeat. It’s one of the first signs of life in the womb. Heartbeats are picked up as a flicker at just 5 weeks gestation, but we can begin to hear them more closely around 8 weeks or later. It’s a special moment to listen in on […]
You’ve got your sweet new baby in your arms. You could spend all day watching him. Now that he’s started to have more quiet, alert time, he loves to watch you. But then you notice that perhaps one of his eyes is different than the other. Could something be wrong? About 1 in 6,250 babies are […]
Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability in children. It’s a collection of disorders stemming from injury to the brain before or during birth or in the early months of life that affects movement, balance, and posture. About one in six cases of CP also involve dystonia, which is characterized by involuntary muscle […]