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Screen time, tantrums and separation anxiety: what is developmentally normal, what helps in the moment, and what reliably makes it worse.
4 guides · general information, never a substitute for your paediatrician
Colic and the witching hour: what helps, and what to rule out
Colic is crying for more than three hours a day, three days a week, for at least a week, in a baby who is otherwise well. It usually starts in the first few weeks, peaks at around six weeks, and stops by three to four months. Nothing cures it — soothing, shifts and support are what get a family through it, and the important job is ruling out the things that are not colic.
11 min readScreen time by age, and why the limit is the least useful part
Common guidance is no screens under 18 months apart from video calls, up to an hour a day of co-viewed quality content from two to five, and consistent limits after that. The number is the easy part — what is on the screen and whether an adult is involved matters more.
5 min readToddler tantrums: what actually helps
A tantrum is a small brain overwhelmed by a feeling it cannot yet manage or explain. During one, nothing you say will land — stay close, stay calm, keep everyone safe, and talk afterwards. Most tantrums peak between one and three and fade as language arrives.
8 min readSeparation anxiety by age, and what actually helps
Separation anxiety usually begins around 6 to 8 months, peaks between 10 and 18 months, and fades through the third year. It is a developmental achievement rather than a problem: it appears precisely when a baby works out that you still exist after you leave the room, and can therefore miss you.
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