Boost a Baby's Brain Power - Keep yourself healthy during pregnancy. Eat a balanced diet and take prenatal vitamins to provide the most nutrients during the development stage. Also, exercise if you're given the ok by your doctor and keep away from drugs, alcohol and all cigarette smoke--even secondhand. Some experts believe that playing classical musical to the fetus can help brain cells develop faster, so try it. It certainly won't hurt.
Interact with your baby in as many ways as possible. Make eye contact, point to things and say their name and even read to him at night, while he's falling asleep. Avoid baby talk and instead speak to your baby like he's an adult, even if he cannot answer.
Boost a Baby's Brain Power
Use colors. A baby's vision is partially limited and actually quite blurry for the first few months of life, but she can still distinguish colors, especially bright ones. Colors stimulate the brain and help with concentration and focus, so they're great at an early age.
Develop a reading routine. From the time baby is born, get used to reading a bedtime story. At the beginning any story will do, but as the baby grows, choose books that contain lots of pictures or, even better, sensory or noise add-ons, so you can have the baby interact with the story as you read it.
Take the baby out. Once a baby reaches the age of 10 or 11 months, he should be able to interact with his environment much more effectively. This is a good time to start visiting story time at bookstores or libraries or to look for activities specifically aimed to small kids, such as puppet shows, interactive play or baby gyms.
It's never too early to improve your baby's brain power. While parents used to wait until their children were toddlers before attempting to teach them something, experts now believe that there's much that can be done from the time your baby is born and sometimes even before. - by eHow
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