The Wonder Weeks
Ever wondered why your baby drives you crazy during certain times? And that, no matter what you do, you can’t seem to make him happy or comfort him? Or , that he doesn’t eat well; doesn’t sleep well? Have you ever thought – based on your child’s erratic behavior - that there’s something wrong with your parenting skills? The Wonder Weeks explains this all, based upon decades of scientific research. Read More. The Wonder WeeksDuring the first year of your baby’s life he learns more than in any other year. His brain is developing at break-neck speed. The Wonder Weeks gives you unique insight into all the mental changes your baby makes. Why your baby cries a lot!
Imagine: Suddenly the way you see the world has changed 100%. Everything you thought you knew is now different. It is as if you woke up on another planet. What would you do? Cry! That's how it is for your baby. With every one of his mental development leaps, his whole world turns inside out. Less sleeping
During a leap in his mental development your baby often sleeps less. He is so interested in discovering the world that he simply doesn’t take the time to get some sleep. If you help your baby by facilitating the development of skills based on the mental leap you will automatically help your baby to get a good night’s sleep.
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Best development: mental development
As parents we often look at the skills our baby has mastered. Can he walk already? Does he talk already? It turns out that these questions are not important. We should focus less on the physical abilities and skills and more on the mental development of a baby that makes the physical abilities and skills possible. Because everything a baby does starts in the brain.... Read more Pay attention to the signals your baby is giving you!If you want to be really prepared for the "regressions," I'd say borrow or buy the Wonder Weeks book, read it, and pay attention to the signals your baby is giving you. Once you know what's going on it becomes fascinating and annoying instead of worrisome and torturous.-- AskMoxie.org Scientific ResearchHaving completed our studies in Educational Psychology, Physical Anthropology and Behavioral Biology, and just married, my wife Hetty van de Rijt and I left for the Gombe National Park, Tanzania, East-Africa to study chimpanzees with Jane Goodall.
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