BABY OF THE YEAR COMPETITION
Your baby's best teacher
Babies don’t always need flashcards, DVD’s or tons of toys to optimally develop. You can be your baby’s best teacher.New mother’s are normally astonished how eager their baby is to learn new things. Baby looks around at everything from the bright colours their room is painted to all the interesting toys lying around.
The experts all agree that no Flashcard, DVD or toy can replace a mothers loving contact with her baby. A mother that talks to her baby, plays with her baby and stimulates his curiosity is the best teacher a baby can wish for.
Massage : Stimulates both Mom and Baby’s senses
Baby massaging holds both physical as well as psychological benefits for baby.With the arrival of the new baby the family experiences a time of change where new relationships are formed and the needs of a new baby becomes a reality.Bonding with a new baby is not necessarily a natural result due to birth. Baby massaging can help you to form a new deeper relationship through positive touch.
Most of the brain development takes place outside the womb. Brain development is stimulated through a bonding process with parents as well as other people.With massaging before the age of 5 years you can stimulate brain development.It is not just your baby that learns by this process but also you as parent and in the process you teach your bay principles such as love, respect and caring.
Except for the health advantages that baby massaging has it also has the following advantages :
· It promotes muscle co-ordination and subtleness
· It increases the production of the “feel good” fluid Endorphin in the brain.
· It increases baby’s overall senses
· In increases baby’s awareness of his own body
· Your baby learns the difference between positive and negative contact
· Your baby’s communication skills improve
Communicate with your little one
You play a vital role in the development of your baby’s communication skills. Babies learn by copying important people in their immediate environment. The primary caretaker is baby’s role model and becomes the measure whereby baby measures acceptable behaviour and effective communication.
A new born baby reacts almost instantly to its mother voice. Many times you unknowingly talk to your baby and he hears your voice. This small talk is of great value.When he cries you talk to him about what could be wrong “Are you hungry?” “Is your nappy wet?” This way he is exposed to numerous words which he does not understand now but he can relate them to certain situations or objects.
As he gets older conversations with your baby can include new aspects such as his favourite toy. While driving your baby around in the car is a very good “chat room”. By telling him what is happening around him or what he is seeing you increase his vocabulary and also improve his communication skills which he will need later when he starts to talk.
By simply being there with your baby and communicating and touching him you teach your precious child many extremely valuable lessons.
Remember to play with your baby, talk to your baby and above all...just love your baby!
The experts all agree that no Flashcard, DVD or toy can replace a mothers loving contact with her baby. A mother that talks to her baby, plays with her baby and stimulates his curiosity is the best teacher a baby can wish for.
Massage : Stimulates both Mom and Baby’s senses
Baby massaging holds both physical as well as psychological benefits for baby.With the arrival of the new baby the family experiences a time of change where new relationships are formed and the needs of a new baby becomes a reality.Bonding with a new baby is not necessarily a natural result due to birth. Baby massaging can help you to form a new deeper relationship through positive touch.
Most of the brain development takes place outside the womb. Brain development is stimulated through a bonding process with parents as well as other people.With massaging before the age of 5 years you can stimulate brain development.It is not just your baby that learns by this process but also you as parent and in the process you teach your bay principles such as love, respect and caring.
Except for the health advantages that baby massaging has it also has the following advantages :
· It promotes muscle co-ordination and subtleness
· It increases the production of the “feel good” fluid Endorphin in the brain.
· It increases baby’s overall senses
· In increases baby’s awareness of his own body
· Your baby learns the difference between positive and negative contact
· Your baby’s communication skills improve
Communicate with your little one
You play a vital role in the development of your baby’s communication skills. Babies learn by copying important people in their immediate environment. The primary caretaker is baby’s role model and becomes the measure whereby baby measures acceptable behaviour and effective communication.
A new born baby reacts almost instantly to its mother voice. Many times you unknowingly talk to your baby and he hears your voice. This small talk is of great value.When he cries you talk to him about what could be wrong “Are you hungry?” “Is your nappy wet?” This way he is exposed to numerous words which he does not understand now but he can relate them to certain situations or objects.
As he gets older conversations with your baby can include new aspects such as his favourite toy. While driving your baby around in the car is a very good “chat room”. By telling him what is happening around him or what he is seeing you increase his vocabulary and also improve his communication skills which he will need later when he starts to talk.
By simply being there with your baby and communicating and touching him you teach your precious child many extremely valuable lessons.
Remember to play with your baby, talk to your baby and above all...just love your baby!