Infant Brain Development

 

If you're a parent of a baby or toddler, I need you to understand something that will change how you see every interaction with your child: Right now, in this very moment, your child's brain is developing at a speed that will never be equaled again in their lifetime.

Every touch, every smile, every response to their cries, every moment of connection or disconnection is literally shaping the physical structure of their brain.

The Explosion of Early Brain Development

• At birth, your baby has about 100 billion brain cells—roughly the same number as an adult

• But here's the crucial difference: most of these cells aren't connected to each other yet

• They can't function on their own

• During the first three years of life, these brain cells must organize themselves into networks requiring trillions of connections called synapses

• This is where experie.. Read more »