Easy ways to improve your baby’s intelligence

Soojin An
EAP1-B
04/12/11
Core(RRJ#3)

Easy ways to improve your baby’s intelligence

1.Reference
Beingessner, M. (2007, June 13). Easy ways to improve your baby’s intelligence. selfgrowth.com Retrieved April 11, 2011, from http://www.selfgrowth.com


2. Summary
This article shows the best ways to improve baby’s intelligence. The author divided from the time birth to 5 years old into two stages and described the feature of each stage. The more time parents spend with their babies, the more synapses are strengthened. So baby’s intelligence gets better and better. The author suggests some easy things to stimulate baby’s brain as follows; delay returning to work for as long as possible, carry your baby around with you, breastfeed your baby as long as possible, touch your baby whenever possible, respond to your baby’s needs in a timely manner, read and sing to your baby.


3. Reaction
It was interesting to explain brain development process using synapses scientifically. I was impressed that the amount of interaction between mom and baby strengthens synapses. In addition to that, I was surprised that a child’s brain starts to cut down synapses unless given proper interactions and stimulations. Considering these facts, it seems to matter that parents have a great opportunity to stimulate their babies brain at the early ages.
On the other hand, I was so sorry that the ways the author suggests were too general and common. And the ways seem to frustrate working moms. If a baby has a working mom, he becomes less smart! I wonder how much time parents spend and what they do with their babies irrespective of working mom or stay at home mom. Later, I want to read more academic and specific articles.