Publisher's Synopsis
The latest scientific discoveries made practical by popular media doctor, Sarah Brewer, showing how parents and parents to be can boost their child's development and brain power before and after it is born.
The foods you eat, the lifestyle you have, even the music you play are all influential in helping your baby develop healthily.
Why the essential fatty acids found in mother's milk have been shown to boost baby's brain and eye development. And what to look for in formula milk if you cannot breastfeed.
- Why playing music to your baby in the womb can stimulate brain development. Why babies who have heard sounds resembling a heart beat are more likely to smile, crawl, walk and talk quicker, have greater word power and be more musical and creative. (The case studies for this 'cardiac curriculum' are astounding with babies being born holding their heads up independently)
- Why stressed mothers expose their baby to certain hormones and make them prone to stress. Strategies to have the best stress-free pregnancy
- The forms of exercise which are most healthy to give your baby's brain the optimum amount of oxygenated blood, crucial to its development.
- The best toys to give your baby to develop its creativity and intellect.
- What your child will be capable of in the year after birth and how its senses and faculties develop.
This is a book which provides all the appeal of the freshest science with the most practical day-to-day suggestions for new mothers.
