As a former realtor, general contractor and greenhouse operator, Kristi has touched nearly all aspects of homeownership, from the foundation up. Today, Kristi is a full-time investing and real estate ...

We tend to spend a lot of time wondering what our babies are thinking before they start talking and can tell us exactly what they’re thinking. For example, have you ever wondered what your baby means ...

Parenthood in early infancy is equal parts tedium and astonishment. The trick is telling the two apart. This is harder than you might think. Pointing, for example, is not an obviously astonishing act.

Source: Mary Bates, used with permission. Pointing is a unique human referential signal. Babies develop the ability to understand pointing gestures between the ages of nine and 12 months. But what ...

Is it appropriate to point at other people? I was brought up to believe that a polite person only pointed at things and animals and that, barring exceptions (emergencies, pointing at a great distance, ...