According to Brillbaby (n.d.) there are two schools of thought on this. The American Academy of Paediatrics recommends that children under 18 months must not be allowed to watch screen media other than video-chatting. Other child experts believe that limited amounts of high-quality educational TV can be beneficial, especially when accompanied with adult interaction. Assuming

At birth it is estimated that a new-born’s brain has an amazing 100 billion neurons. Your baby’s brain has more neurons than yours – but only because it hasn’t passed an important developmental stage, known as pruning, in which the brain deletes unused neurons and connections in the interest of efficiency. At least one study

It depends on who you talk to. Some people are worried about babies looking at any kind of screen – whether television or computer. The reason for this can according to Brillbaby (n.d.) be broken down into three main concerns: radiation, eye strain and attention span. Radiation: Most modern home computers emit a negligible degree

The best way to increase language development is through improving the immature respiration of the new-born (Doman & Doman 2005:78). A baby’s language development depends very strongly on the development of his respiration. It is a simple fact of life that in order to make sounds the baby must be able to inhale and exhale.

At WePlaySmart we adopted the slogan: “Change a nation, One baby at a time!” If a baby’s brain doubles in size in the first year, then it makes sense to allow parents to use this golden window of opportunity. USE it or LOSE it! Let’s review how one nation became competitive. Japan, after World War

The push to have our babies sleep on their backs is the result of the Back to Sleep campaign that was instituted in 1994 as a measure to reduce the incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). According to Porter (Porter 2017:61-63) the facts are though, that the decline of SIDS was already under way

The first of the five senses to develop in utero is touch. As early as eight weeks into your pregnancy your baby can already feel touch on her lips and cheeks. At birth, touch will be the most advanced of all senses (Abraira & Ginty 2013). Your baby will be extremely sensitive to skin contact

Your baby’s neurological wiring is divided in basically two sections, the back and front. The back half of the brain and spinal cord is devoted to the incoming pathways carrying information from the senses into the brain. The five senses are smell, taste and especially hearing, and feeling. Since these are pathways into the brain,