Babies: 3-12 months

All babies develop at different rates, but here's a rough guide to what you can expect. Plus articles from around the ABC.

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Baby Karaoke

Singing to your children helps them to develop language and learning skills.

Make a book

Customise articles from the Raising Children Network to make pdf book.

ABC Stories relevent to Babies

Boost your bone bank

10 October 2008
Osteoporosis may seem like a disease of the old, but prevention starts young. Are you doing the right things to keep your kids' bones - and your own - in top condition?

Scientists survey kids and exercise

8 October 2008
For the first time since the mid nineties government scientists have asked a large number of Australian children about what they eat.

Australian kids start the week on empty

7 October 2008
The biggest study of Australian children's sleep patterns has found most teenagers start the week with a sleep deficit that gets bigger as the week progresses.