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Home › Articles › Guiding Baby's Development › Brain Builders

Brain Builders

An Introduction

By Tammy Morey

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As many new moms can attest, your goal in life is suddenly to provide your baby with the best experiences possible from care to love to learning. And one of the most important things you can do, even from the first months of life, is to begin stimulating your baby's brain. Through a series of articles iParenting will provide you with activities targeted by age for each month of a baby's life up to age 3. Read this introduction to find out what you need to know to get started and then choose the appropriate article for your baby's age.

Workouts for the Mind
By stimulating your baby, you'll be aiding in the "making" of your child's mind. Our brains are much like other parts of our bodies, and if we want them to grow strong and function at their optimal capacities, we must stimulate them through exercise. For our muscles we lift weights, but for babies' minds, the exercise that helps brain cells grow and establish strong and stable connections is the experience of life. If the connections are used consistently, they will continue to grow stronger and more stable, thus, providing a solid foundation for your baby's future learning.

There are many such exercises that you can do that are easy to incorporate into your daily life with your baby. Through a series of articles, we will provide you with developmental activities appropriate for Baby at each month of life. One of the best ways to exercise your baby's mind is through play. Make learning fun, both for you and your baby, and eventually, through repetition, you will begin to see results.

Start Slowly

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