Updates
Here we post updates on our findings and other developments on how COVID-19 affects your pregnancy and your child’s development to better your experience.
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How parents can promote early literacy skills
Did you know that learning to read can start from birth? It's true! To help build your child's early literacy skills, surround them with language in many forms. 🎤📚
The impact of COVID-19 prenatal stress on child development
Check out this article by Drs. Kathryn Manning and Catherine Lebel on the impact of COVID-19 prenatal stress on child development.
ASQ Resources for Child Development
Try these fun and easy activities with your child—a great way to have fun together and encourage your child’s healthy development. These activities aim to support personal-social, gross motor, fine motor, problem solving, and communication skill development.
CDC’s Developmental Milestones
"How your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, and moves offers important clues about your child’s development. Developmental milestones are things most children (75% or more) can do by a certain age." (CDC)
Substance Use During Pregnancy
Substance use during pregnancy can happen, but it can be especially detrimental to you and the development of your baby. If you are or planning to use any of these drugs during or while trying to get pregnant, please talk to your health care provider for best guidance on how to safely proceed.
The Microbiome and COVID-19
Dr. Marcel van de Wouw, a PdP study team member, was featured on a panel of microbiome experts hosted by DNAGenotek to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped microbiome research.