The first months after birth are vital to the long-term well-being of a child. Yet parents do not have the information they need to make their baby’s life as stimulating as it should be. How Smart Is Your Baby? provides parents with all the information required to help their baby achieve full potential. The authors first explain infant growth, and then guide parents in creating a home environment that enhances brain development. A developmental profile allows parents to track their child’s progress, determine strengths, and recognize where additional stimulation is needed.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
1. What Mothers Know
2. The Search for Wellness
3. A New Kind of Kid
4. About the Brain
5. The Newborn Baby
6. Making the Alarm Clock Go Off
7. The Institutes Developmental Profile
8. Evaluating Your Newborn Baby
9. The Sensory Program for Your Newborn
10. The Motor Opportunity Program for Your Newborn
11. Your Baby’s Second Evaluation
12. Expanding Your Sensory Program
13. Expanding Your Motor Opportunity Program
14. The Language Development Program from Birth to 12 Months
15. The Third Evaluation: Meaningful Appreciation and Response
16. The Sensory Stimulation Program for Stage III
17. The Motor Opportunity Program for Stage III
18. The Fourth Evaluation
19. The Sensory Stimulation Program for Stage IV
20. The Motor Opportunity Program for Stage IV
21. What To Do and What Not To Do
22. The Gentle Revolution
Afterword
About Our Babies
About The Institutes
About the Authors
Appendix A: Resources
Appendix B: A Reassessment of the SIDS Back to Sleep
Campaign
Appendix C: Equipment You Can Build and Make for Your Baby
Index
