How Do Babies Learn to Communicate? The Tiny Conversations We’ve Loved Watching This Summer If you’ve joined us for one of our Adventure Babies Summer Specials this year, you’ve probably gone home with sensory rice in your shoes, bubbles clinging to your clothes and at least one photo of your baby making a determined dash […]
How to Help My Baby Learn to Talk: The Secret Isn’t More Talking One of the biggest worries new parents share with us isn’t about nappies or sleep. It’s communication. “Am I talking to my baby enough?” “Should I be reading already?” “They’re seven months old and only squeal… is that normal?” If you’ve ever […]
When Should I Start Reading to My Baby? We’ve Been Championing It Since 2013 When should I start reading to my baby? It’s one of the questions we hear more than almost any other at Adventure Babies. New parents often wonder whether there’s any point reading to a newborn who can’t follow a story, […]
Why Doesn’t My Baby Play With Toys? The Surprising Truth About How Babies Really Learn If you’ve ever wondered why doesn’t my baby play with toys, you’re in very good company. Every week at Adventure Babies, we meet parents who worry because their baby seems far more interested in chewing a book, watching a ribbon […]
Screen Time for Babies: What the Research Really Says Without the Parent Guilt There is a particular kind of guilt that arrives when you realise your baby has been staring at the television. Perhaps you switched it on because you needed ten minutes to make lunch. An older sibling might have been watching something, or […]
How to Encourage a Love of Reading in Babies: Why Reading for Pleasure Begins at Birth The Government has been warned that children’s enjoyment of reading is falling—and that reversing the decline cannot begin only when children arrive at school. In July 2026, the House of Commons Education Committee published its major Reading for Pleasure […]
Why Does My Baby Copy Me? The Remarkable Development Hidden Inside Mirroring You open your mouth and your baby opens theirs. You make a soft “ooo” sound and, after a long and serious pause, they attempt something similar. Later, they begin clapping when you clap, waving when you wave or copying the expression you make […]
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Does My Baby Know I Love Them? How Babies Experience Love Before They Understand the Words There are moments in parenthood when love feels enormous. It is there when your baby falls asleep against your chest, when they recognise your face across a room or when a tiny hand closes around your finger. Then there […]
How to Help Your Baby Crawl Without Trying to Teach Them to Crawl There is a strange moment in babyhood when the floor suddenly becomes very interesting. Your baby spots the muslin cloth, the remote control, the dog’s tail or the one object you were absolutely certain was out of reach. They stretch, wriggle, rock, […]
