{"id":2793,"date":"2021-06-10T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2021-06-10T11:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T11:48:28","slug":"brain-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/10\/brain-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new-1030x579.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thehealthvisitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/babys-brain-new-705x397.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">At birth, your baby&#8217;s brain contains 100 billion neurons. During his first years, he will grow trillions of brain-cell connections, called neural synapses. Pretty impressive, right?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1.5\/16\/1f338.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>The rule for brain wiring is to use it or lose it. Synapses that are not &#8220;wired together&#8221; through stimulation are pruned and lost during a child&#8217;s school years. Although an infant&#8217;s brain does have some neurological hard-wiring, such as the ability to learn any language, it is more pliable and more vulnerable than a grown-up\u2019s brain. And, amazingly, a toddler&#8217;s brain has twice as many neural connections as an adult\u2019s.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Here&#8217;s how you can help <span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/ta8\/1.5\/16\/1f447.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc47\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1.5\/16\/1f338.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Turn up the baby talk. Respond to infant coos with delighted vocalizations, and slowly draw out your syllables in a high-pitched voice as you exclaim phrases like &#8220;pretty baby.\u201d This way of speaking is called parentese, and the exaggerated facial expressions and drawn-out vowels help your child absorb all the sounds of our language.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1.5\/16\/1f338.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Play games that involve hands. Activities like patty-cake, peekaboo, this little piggy engage your baby and capture her attention. Using your hands shows young children how we physically interact with our world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1.5\/16\/1f338.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Be attentive. When your young child points, be sure to follow with your gaze and remark on items or events of interest to her. This &#8220;joint attention&#8221; confirms how important her interests and observations are to you.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t49\/1.5\/16\/1f338.png\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf38\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Foster an early passion for books. Choose books with large and colourful pictures, and share your baby&#8217;s delight in pointing at certain images. Simplify or elaborate on story lines, and encourage toddlers to talk about books<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Remember that building your baby&#8217;s receptive language (understanding spoken words) is more important than developing his expressive language (speaking) in infancy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tc7\/1.5\/16\/1f930.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd30\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span>Our ante-natal course provides you with evidenced-based information on how the parents brain adapts to the birth of a child too. So even if you are worried that you &#8216;aren&#8217;t maternal&#8217; do not worry, we will show you how this has no impact on how much you love your baby!<span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t43\/1.5\/16\/1f970.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd70\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><span class=\"pq6dq46d tbxw36s4 knj5qynh kvgmc6g5 ditlmg2l oygrvhab nvdbi5me sf5mxxl7 gl3lb2sf hhz5lgdu\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/td5\/1.5\/16\/1f9e0.png\" alt=\"\ud83e\udde0\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At birth, your baby&#8217;s brain contains 100 billion neurons. During his first years, he will grow trillions of brain-cell connections, called neural synapses. Pretty impressive, right? 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