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Help Your Baby to Learn
From the first
day your newborn baby comes into the world, he/she is ready to
interact with you and have a lot to learn. They can recognise
faces, see colours, hear voices, discriminate speech sounds, and
distinguish basic tastes. At birth, your baby’s main brain circuits
that control basic functions like breathing, heart rate, body
temperature, digestion, sucking and reflexes are well developed.
However, there are trillions of complex connections between brain
cells to be formed and these are greatly influenced by what he or
she experiences during childhood.
Cries, gurgles and body language are the ways your baby communicates, so be attentive and work out what they are attempting to tell you. Every time you interact with your child you are helping them develop new connections within the brain. As your baby’s brain grows the skills your baby demonstrates reflects the orderly and sequential development of the connections being made in their brain. These skills build on each other and allow the development of increasingly complex skills such as reading and writing.
Brain facts
- By the 17th week of pregnancy your unborn child already has 1 billion brain cells more than an adult.
- At 7 months your unborn child has 100 billion brain cells of potential.
- The brain is the only body organ incomplete at birth.
- At birth, the most complex parts of the brain are least developed, and the most affected by the environment.
- By your baby’s first birthday the brain has doubled in size and by the time they are three years old, their brain is approximately 90% of the weight of an adult’s brain.
Other information you may find useful
- Dads Needed for Construction Project - explains why it is important for dads to be involved in their baby's life right from the start.
News and Events
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Events
Workshops
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Now in a Bed
For parents of children 2 to 5 years of age. 2 hour workshop. Parents come to gain knowledge, learn from other parents and share their experiences. This workshop aims to explore with participants why existing sleep pattern may noticeably change when a toddler moves to their own bed. This workshop discusses sleep information that will assist the family to adjust to your toddler’s next stage of development. Strategies and options will be discussed to help your family adjust to your toddler’s changing sleep patterns.