Archive for September, 2008

Baby training: month 1-2

Hearing is one of the earliest senses awaken even before birth. Therefore, any practice of fetal/prenatal education, such as reading to the fetus or playing music to it, is actually not a waste of time (see Fetal education in 4th month). This practice continued after birth. When DD first came to this world, her version [...]

tags | datetime September 30, 2008 10:44 am | comments Comments (0)

Parents: child’s life-time teachers

It is a common sense that parents are a child’s first teachers. They teach child the basic skills (walk, talk, self-control) and knowledge they need to survive in this world. But do you know parents are also child’s life-time teahers? The way parents treat their baby during the early stage of his life influces the [...]

tags | datetime September 24, 2008 6:06 pm | comments Comments (0)

Pre- and perinatal education

I practiced fetal/prenatal education to DD since she was four month in my womb. I will continue the perinatal education after she arrived.

I believe the importance of pre- and perinatal education cannot be underestimated. They give a head start of parent-child bonding, organize the baby’s brain, and possibly shape a baby’s future personality and psychological, mental and behavioral developments.

tags | datetime September 20, 2008 9:09 am | comments Comments (0)

Grow baby grow

“WOW, your baby’s weight and height are both in the 95 percentiles at her age!” the doctor told us, after carefully comparing measurements on her chart. In the 95 percentiles in weight and height?! In another word, DD might be among the top 5% of the fastest growing (maybe even the healthiest) babies nationwide! This [...]

tags | datetime September 16, 2008 11:45 am | comments Comments (0)

Baby talk

The roads to communication with a baby are endless, and I never have the problem of wondering how to talk to my baby. In fact, I have been talking to her ever since she was four month old after conception (yes! in my tummy). It was part of her fetal education. After she arrived, the [...]

tags | datetime September 11, 2008 9:59 am | comments Comments (0)

Alternative vaccine schedule

M and I decided to follow Dr. Sears’ alternative vaccine schedule, after reading his book The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child . Dr. Robert Sears’ The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child goes through all the 12 standard vaccines in 12 chapters. Each chapter discusses one vaccine/disease pair [...]

tags | datetime September 5, 2008 11:01 am | comments Comments (0)

Baby’s growth, month 2

During month two, DD continued to make surprising progress when she was growing.

tags | datetime September 4, 2008 12:59 pm | comments Comments (0)