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    Sabeeka LambeBy Sabeeka LambeSeptember 6, 2018Updated:September 16, 201811 Comments4 Mins Read
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    The happiest feeling is watching your tiny baby grow. Every new action, gesture and sound they make fill you with pride and make a memory. And they first year of the baby is full of so many of these. No wonder, new parents have so many pictures and videos of every small action of their baby and they can’t seem to stop talking about these to almost everyone they meet and converse with.

    But did you know that every parent can boost their baby’s mental growth?

    Following a balanced diet along with natural vitamin E sources during pregnancy and while breastfeeding, enriching the baby’s meal with brain boosting foods once they start weaning combined with some brain boosting exercises can help in baby’s mental development and enhance infant cognition. And this is exactly what Abbott #FeedIQ aims to spread amongst all new parents to help them understand more about their baby’s mental development.

    Monitoring your baby’s development

    Amongst all conversations and experiences that parents with babies share, discussing and comparing their activities and milestones are the most common topics. “When did he start responding to you? Does she recognize your touch? Has she started teething? Does he clap his hands?…..” and the conversations, comparison and experience sharing is endless.

    While this mutual sharing of experiences really helps new parents as you feel that you are not alone and there are others going through the same feelings, emotions and insecurities, sometimes this might also lead to unnecessary worries too especially when milestones are not matching. So it is always better to be aware of these standard milestones to watch for.

    Developing the 5 senses of a baby

    Encouraging your baby to explore, understand himself and learn is so rewarding and these simple activities are proven to be very helpful in developing their senses.

    Rattles

    Rattles are the first toys for most children. But what makes it more helpful is having rattles of different shapes, ones that make different sounds and of different textures. It is so much fun watching how they first learn to grip these rattles, then slowly start recognizing the different sounds they make and react to these sounds and eventually develop a liking and have favorites amongst them. These rattles help them with their grip, as well as sense of touch and sound too.

    Reading and Story time

    Story time was my favorite activity with my babies. Initially I would just make up really small stories and more than the story what I would stress on is the different sounds, expressions and gestures like clapping, opening the eyes wide, scared expressions and likewise. While the baby might not understand much initially, they start recognizing these expressions and reacting to them. Later I moved on to pop-up books, books with different textures, and even sounds. And this I think is one of the best ways to inculcate the reading habit at a very young age as well.

    Messy play

    Messy play is another extremely fun activity that also helps the baby develop their senses. Water play, finger painting, tearing and gluing, playing in the sand, playing with playdough, or even different food grains – all this together is a lot of fun for the baby. And they learn and pick up so much. Textures, shapes as well as their hand and finger movements. This was something I initially was wary of trying being the neatness freak that I am, but looking at how good these were for my lil ones and how much they enjoyed, it was totally worth it.

    Other fun activities like puzzles, stackable toys, blocks, rolling toys like balls or cars along with pretend play are all activities  are not only fun but also take the kids away from devices and screens that they are so attracted to.

    These activities combined with breastfeeding during the initial years provide the most building blocks to developing their senses and lead to proper mental development of your baby. What are some of your favourite activities to do with your baby?

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    I have been working in the software technology services space for over 15 years. In my professional life I help in implementing quality standards like ISO, CMMi & Six Sigma to make developers and testers jobs easier & process oriented. Through this blog I am sharing similar techniques coupled with age old wisdom from my mom and grand mom to make our living healthier and medicine free. To work in any new field, it helps if you read and train too, and I did the same. Have got a diploma in Naturopathy from Mumbai to enhance my knowledge and skills on this topic that I am passionate about

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      Neha Sharma on September 6, 2018 9:19 am

      This will be a really helpful post for new mommies. Taking the right nutrition from the time of pregnancy is very important as the nutrition which mother takes goes directly to the baby even after birth through breastmilk. The whole discussion around #FeedIQ is so insightful and has helped me in understanding so many things related to cognitive development. Wonderful post Sabeeka!

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      Deepa on September 6, 2018 10:07 am

      Developing the 5 senses really help. As a mom, I know how important it is. Good tips for new mom’s to follow. Reading and story time is my favourite.

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      Dipika Singh on September 6, 2018 12:43 pm

      Developing sensory and hand-foot movements is very crucial in the first few months for the baby. With these easy cognitive activities and tips one can achieve it easily.

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      Akshata on September 7, 2018 5:01 am

      Great tips on working towards cognitive development of babies. The comparisons we make often leave us stressed as we wonder why our baby is taking longer. Its best to just be mindful of the broad milestones and let each child grow at their pace

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      Tina on September 8, 2018 8:07 am

      babys love rattles and texture lay. i have done a lot of texture play, rattles, following sound games with my little one!

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      Roopali kadam on September 28, 2018 4:05 am

      It’s a helpful read for mommies. My kids loved rattles the most..

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      Vasantha Vivek on September 28, 2018 7:33 am

      Very helpful ideas. Stories and messy play were my son’s favourite during his early childhood days.

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      Kinshoo Agrawal on September 28, 2018 5:23 pm

      Helpful informative post. Sensory plays are so important in the starting for development.

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      Sindhu Vinod Narayan on September 28, 2018 5:57 pm

      Great post , we love doing sensory activities too.
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      Deepti Menon on September 28, 2018 6:04 pm

      Some wonderful ideas here… developing the five senses is a significant step in infants. Thank you for sharing this information.
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      Alpana Deo on September 28, 2018 7:47 pm

      Developing five senses an incorporating them through plays is very important.
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