Dutch Baby c.1664| Jan Steen | Quick Art History

This painting by Jan Steen features common baby accessories from the 17th century: teethers, falling caps, and leading strings:
This painting by Jan Steen features common baby accessories from the 17th century: teethers, falling caps, and leading strings:
What if crawling is unnecessary? There are cultures in which babies are not allowed to crawl and are never given floor time. What effect does that have on their development?
A lot has been said about Okinawan culture in the Attachment Parenting community, let’s set the record straight: from the moms who return to work after a few months maternity leave, to the siblings and grandmothers who strap the baby to their backs as they go about their days, and the hard-knocks school of weaning.