Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power

Boosting Baby's Brain Power Cover ImageWith more than 100 billion neurons that would stretch more than 60,000 miles, a newborn baby’s brain is quite phenomenal! These neurons must generally form connections within the first eight months of a baby’s life to foster optimal brain growth and lifelong learning. Mommies, daddies, and caregivers are extremely vital to ensuring babies Buy the Bookreach their full potential, and this parent guidebook offers descriptive explanations for developing and nurturing maximum brain power during the essential early years. Topics include:

  • Factors that influence brain growth in the womb

  • Fattening up the brain

  • Windows of opportunity

  • Development of language, vision, hearing and motor skills

  • Red flags in your baby’s development

  • Uncovering your baby’s temperament

  • Attachment and bonding

Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power offers practical and fun ways for parents to boost their baby’s brain power from the womb to their first birthday!

PRAISE FOR
BOOSTING YOUR BABY’S BRAIN POWER

“Through the fun ‘baby and me’ activities in this book, you will create a special bond with your baby, and learn to play an even more valuable and proactive parental role while your baby’s healthy development and ‘smarts’ are encouraged. When it comes to parenting during your baby’s crucial first year, Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power is the perfect combination of learning and loving!”
    -- Patty Hansen, co-author,
        Chicken Soup for the Child’s Soul

“Inside that sweet-smelling baby head is the most complex structure on Earth—the human brain! Everything from the food you consume during pregnancy, to feeding, holding, touching, talking, and singing to your baby are important in creating a healthy environment for your baby’s brain. These early experiences cause physical changes to her brain that will have a huge impact on her success later in life. Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power shows parents how to interact with their baby in such a way as to encourage optimal brain development. A must-read for anyone caring for a new baby!”
     -- Diana Hoppe, M.D., OB/GYN
         founder, The Pacific Coast Research
         Center for Women’s Health

“Most new parents wonder at one time or another whether their baby is ‘normal.’ Does she see well? Is she walking normally? Does she know enough words for her age? Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power takes the worry out of reaching these crucial milestones by showing parents how they can help their baby reach his full potential when it comes to hearing, walking, talking, seeing and more!”
    -- Bettie Youngs, Ph.D., Ed.D.
        author, The House That Love Built,
        The Story of Linda and Millard Fuller,
        Founders of Habitat for Humanity and the
         Fuller Center for Housing

“The first year of life is an extremely vital period of time that lays the foundation for whether your growing child will be able to walk, talk, smile, write . . . even get into college! First-year developments are the building blocks for life, and any problems should be addressed while the brain is still young and malleable in order for early intervention to be optimally effective. Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power is the source that parents have been seeking for concise answers to the question, ‘How can I help my baby reach her full potential?’”
    -- Lisa Love, Ph.D.
        author, Beyond the Secret: Spiritual Power
        and the Law of Attraction

“Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power teaches active, meaningful parenting by equipping newbie moms and dads with the knowledge to help stimulate their baby’s brain. Best of all, it provides new parents with something they can actually do to help their infant take his first steps toward reaching his potential and preparing for later life. This book speaks of infant development in a personable, fundamental manner that is both comforting and reassuring to the inexperienced parent. Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power is a must-have for all new parents wanting to do all they can to help their child succeed in life!”
    -- Francinne Lawrence, MRE, MSW, LICSW
        author, Cooking with a Baby on Your Hip

“As I read the pages of this wonderful book, I find it both enlightening and entertaining. Holly Engel-Smothers and Susan M. Heim have compiled a useful guide for all parents. It follows the progress of babies from the womb to the world, outlining developmental milestones for the reader while interpreting babies’ remarkable behavior with humor and insight, and translating the science of their magnificent brains. Real-life situations are followed by real-life advice with humor and insight from those who have been there, punctuated with timely quotations! The authors have a gift for untangling the mysteries of newborn and early childhood development, both neurological and behavioral, with an elegance rooted in its simplicity. I hope you enjoy this work as much as I have.”
    -- Kenneth Adams, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

“When we parents have a new life to look after, there’s so much to know, to learn, so many questions to ask: Are we doing it right? What does that mean? Is this normal? How best can I help? Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power is a wonderful and empowering tool for new parents to help relieve the anxieties and answer questions. It’s a book whose time has come.”
    -- Leon Scott Baxter
        author, A Labor with Love: A Dad’s-to-Be Guide
        to Romance During Pregnancy

“Babies’ brains undergo a tremendous amount of development in the first year of life. Surprisingly, there is much that parents can do to stimulate this growth. Through play, reading, toys and other activities, we can help give our children a head start in learning from the very first days of life. Boosting Your Baby’s Brain Power is essential reading for any parent who’s interested in nurturing their baby’s intellect.”
    -- Jennifer Leigh Youngs
        author, The Moments & Milestones Pregnancy
        Journal: A Week by Week Companion and
        co-author, Oh, Baby! 7 Ways a Baby Will
        Change Your Life the First Year

“As a mother of four, I marvel at how each child is different. This book explores some of the fascinating and important elements of that first year in a totally different way from anything I’ve ever read. I wish I’d had this when I was expecting. I am sure it will be part of every new parent’s ‘must read’ list.”
    -- Erica Orloff
        mother of four, novelist


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