It is generally agreed that learning a second language early in life can bring children invaluable skills, such as viewing the world with different lens, better reading abilities, better academics performance and etc.

But do you know that learning a second language can help boost children’s brain power. In another word, being bilingual may make your child stronger, quicker and smarter? [......]

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Tags: being biligual boost brain power, Bilingualism and brain power | Bilingual Baby, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | March 30, 2009 1:03 pm | Comments (0)

No wonder after studying English for so many years, sometimes I still feel frustrated of not being able to express myself and not being able to make myself clearly understood (I hope you understand what I am saying in this blog). I have to say second languages are much easier to master when starting earlier.

So say Dr. Kovelman, Dr. Baker and Dr. Petitto. [......]

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Tags: baby learns a second language, Bilingual Baby, Bringing up Baby Bilingual, learn foreign language, Never too early to learn second tongue | Bilingual Baby, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | March 25, 2009 11:02 am | Comments (1)

DD was sick through the next whole week. She had running nose, sneezed a lot, coughed frequently, ran a fever of 100.5F or higher, and choked or vomited because of the excessive dry cough. She ate less, slept more, and was more irritable and fussy.

Here are the things what M and I did when she was sick: [......]

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Tags: What to do when baby is sick… | First Year, From Mommy | mommy | March 19, 2009 11:37 am | Comments (0)

Most eight-month-old babies are busy babies. So was DD. She was busy practicing creeping and crawling, busy learning the names and benefit of her every day food, busy exploring the specific functions of her surrounding world, busy mastering the dexterity of her chubby little fingers and hands, and busy excising her muscle for the next breakthrough. Her baby training in this month helped her busy in achieving all these goals. [......]

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Tags: baby training, month 8 | Baby Training, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | March 7, 2009 1:13 pm | Comments (0)

This month DD made breakthrough in her crawling. She could move one step forward with hand and leg at the same side. She could also sit up by herself against objects. We tried all kinds of strategies to break her bad habit of staying up late at night. [......]

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Tags: Baby's Growth, month 8 | Baby's Growth, First Year, From Mommy | mommy | March 1, 2009 10:39 am | Comments (0)