Boosting Your Baby's Brain Power

From birth, a baby's entire body is rapidly developing, including their brain. "Developing Your Baby's Brain Power" is a guide to enabling one's child to have all the benefits possible to encourage a healthy, prosperous brain. Explaining the many elements of what's understood of an infant's neural development, it discusses everything from crying to language development, vision, personality, motor control, and so much more. "Developing Your Baby's Brain Power" is a must for the intellectual parent who wants the brightest future possible for their child.

Reviewed by Sandie Kirkland for RebeccasReads (11/08) Boosting Your Baby's Brainpower by Holly Engel-Smothers and Susan M. Heim is written for new parents. It outlines the connection between the stimulation a newborn baby receives and how its brain develops. Written from a scientific standpoint, it provides specific exercises for parents of babies to do with their child so that brainpower is maximized. The concept of windows of opportunities is explored. Physical development is explained along with the timeline most children follow. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter talks about brain development and what a healthy brain needs to develop after birth. Attachment to the parents and its' importance is covered in chapter two. Chapter three talks about language development, while chapter four covers vision development and chapter five covers audio development. Motor skills are covered in chapter six and temperament in chapter seven. The final chapter talks about how to prepare for a doctor's appointment and what the appointment should cover. Each chapter has a glossary of terms. I found this book extremely interesting. Feelings about development I had with my children were scientifically proven or disproven. I especially liked the specific exercises that a parent could do to stimulate and develop each area of the brain and the baby's development. My main feeling after reading the book was regret I hadn't had this book when my own children were babies. I would definitely recommend this book to new parents and grandparents.