We read to our babies, sing to our babies, play Mozart, hang mobiles, buy brightly lit toys, always concerned with our babies’ senses of vision and hearing, but how often do we think about taste? The sense of taste is very acute at birth. At just seven to eight weeks gestation, taste buds start emerging and […]
H.A.L.T.! Stop and think. Are you: Hungry Angry Lonely Tired? Take care of your most basic needs first. That’s what we do for our babies, right? Feed them, give them a nap… The same strategies work on a frazzled care-giver. When we are not taking care of our most basic needs, we can’t possibly take […]
Did you know you can predict your baby’s growth spurts? Some babies have growth spurts randomly at any old time, but research shows that most babies fit their rapid periods of growth into certain points in their development. These times typically are: Two weeks Three weeks Six weeks Three months Six months Nine months Growth […]
Baby Acne: He is beautiful and adorable and you just want to kiss that little face all day long, but what’s the deal with these red bumps all over his face and his crusty eyes? Baby acne, or newborn acne is simply a reaction to the hormones that crossed the placenta from mommy’s body into […]
Don’t underestimate the power of breathing! When we are stressed a hormone called cortisol is released throughout our system and it makes us feel tense and anxious. The calming hormone, serotonin is nowhere to be found, but we can trick our body into producing serotonin to calm us down. Because serotonin is secreted from […]
Patrick Chung from Aimee Ketchum on Vimeo. Don’t be offended mommies, but research shows us that daddy’s early interactions with baby are a higher predictor of future language and academic skills. In other words, the more daddy reads to your baby, sings to your baby, and talks to your baby, the smarter your baby will […]
Your baby gains so much information from the world around her in her first year that her brain will actually double in weight and triple by age three. When she was born, the brain cells or neurons were all in place but there were very few connections between these cells. These connections occur through new […]
“Massaging your baby is a very special way to let them know they are safe, loved, and understood. A daily massage lays the foundation for a lifetime of self esteem for your baby and good communication between the two of you.” -Vilma McClure Founder, The International Association of Infant Massage Instructors. The first communication […]
The senses of smell and taste are both powerful and very acute at birth. Although the two senses are interpreted in different parts of the brain, the neural messages for taste and smell meet in the same part of the brain, called the insula. Babies are born with a very well-developed, almost primal sense […]
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