The Growing Years is

• free!

• research-based fact sheets with advice for parents and caregivers

• a series of over 30 fact sheets

• fact sheets arrive timed with your baby's age

• for parents and everyone who cares for children

• there to help you from pregnancy to age 5

Where can I find The Growing Years?

There are two ways to read The Growing Years.

All issues are available online, in an easy-to-print format. View them here!

You can receive them in your e-mail inbox or mailed to your home on a regular basis, timed to your baby's age. E-mailed issues of The Growing Years are a color PDF, and can be printed. See a sample.

How do I sign up?

To receive your free subscription to The Growing Years, fill out our subscription form.

You can also sign up by calling 207-581-3445 or e-mailing thegrowingyears@umext.maine.edu.

Whether you are expecting a baby or your child is a toddler, sign up now and you will receive The Growing Years until your child turns 5.

Tell me more

The Growing Years will help you learn how children grow and develop over time. It will take you through some of the ups and downs and ins and outs of being a parent or caregiver.

The Growing Years talks about you and your feelings as a new parent, and gives practical advice for you and your child.

Each fact sheet arrives right when you need it, with suggestions designed for your baby's current age. The prenatal fact sheets, "Becoming A Parent," "Getting Ready," and "The Newborn Baby," discuss how to prepare for the big event, and focus on the first few weeks of your newborn's life. Fact sheets are then sent to you every month through your child's first year. They will arrive every other month from age 1 to age 3, and every third month from age 3 to age 5.