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January 30, 2008

Baby Brain

Filed under: Main — WiseDad @ 1:14 pm

Help baby develop with some of these activities (it’s never too early to start but around 9-10months is a reasonable goal):

  • Support and respect your baby’s unique personality. 
  • Hold, rock and touch your baby.  
  • Stroke your baby’s skin to increase brain activity. 

  • Respond to your baby’s likes and dislikes. You will be able to understand his body language long before he talks.
  • Talk, read and sing to your baby. Language increases brain activity and learning.
  • Label objects and actions for your baby (ball, walking, washing, etc.).
  • Keep the environment calm. Protect your baby from emotional stress.
  • It’s hard for him to concentrate if there’s loud music and constant television noise.
  • Help your baby safely explore using all five senses. Help him use taste, touch, smell, hearing and seeing. Talk to your baby and name the tastes and textures (sour, sweet, etc.).
  • Avoid interrupting when your baby is concentrating. Your baby needs playtime to explore and imitate. This happens through play. Stand back and watch. Try to understand what your baby is working on.

    • These are standard approaches to guide you in helping your child to develop their brain activities.  Remember that every child is different and some may need more specific help and others will learn quick.  Regardless, stimulation is the key! 

January 17, 2008

2008

Filed under: Main — WiseDad @ 10:57 am

Happy New Year everyone!

This new year brings some new activities for our little one.  Now into swimming lessons (aka scream and splash time) and reading time at the library she is learning to be more independant.  She will also be a mobile little tyke  very soon and will need to have some interaction with others her age so I would like to gather a list of things to do for a One Year Old around our city of Edmonton.  I will publish the list here so that if you need any ideas you can visit my site for help but it will take me a few weeks to gather and write the post so check back in February for this.

OK!

I’m going to get started on the list…as soon as the laundry is done, and the dry cleaning is picked up, and the bank run is complete, and the dog is walked, and the house is cleaned, and the bed is made, and peanut is fed and changed and put down for a nap. 

Progress notes: Peanut is now able to get up on all fours and is trying to make the move to crawling.  I can see her walking before she crawls as she has strong little legs.  She can pick up food with her hands and get it in her mouth almost every time.  No more bottles at night as she sleeps straight through to the morning.  Still addicted to Baby Einstein videos.  Nine month check up with the Doc is next week!