Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

Like many first-time parents, Caitlin Abber, 37, did not imagine that her foray into motherhood would include enduring a global pandemic. So when the first-time mom was faced with caring for her ...

First-time parents desperate for their baby to sleep through the night might turn to baby sleep music to aid in the process. Dr. Mona Amin, a pediatrician, mother and founder of PedsDocTalk, a podcast ...

Music and singing are some of the most common forms of social interaction and play during early childhood. Caregivers all over the world sing to their infants to engage or soothe them. Seemingly ...

Thevast majority of neural growth for a baby occurs during the lasttrimester of a pregnancy. When this process is disrupted, due topremature birth, neural networks can be impaired and the baby ...

Sometimes, when a song plays, and you suddenly feel a nudge or a soft kick, it isn't a coincidence. Your baby can pick up ...

Study findings suggest that even babies feel the impact of being at a live show, through both musicians' interactions with an audience and the social experience of being in a crowd. When infants watch ...