Mental Leap 7 – Wonder Week 46
Mental Leap 7 – The World of Sequences Babies are natural mess-makers. During the last leap in your baby’s mental development, this talent probably seemed at its peak. You may have marveled at your...
View ArticleMental Leap 6 – Wonder Week 37
Mental Leap 6 – The World of Categories With mental leap 6, at about 37 (or between 36 and 40) weeks, you may notice your baby attempting to do new things. At this age, a baby’s explorations can often...
View ArticleMental Leap 5 – Wonder Week 26
Mental Leap 5 – The World of Relationships With mental leap 5, at about 26 weeks, your baby will start to show the signs of yet another significant leap in his development. If you watch closely, you...
View ArticleMental Leap 4 – Wonder Week 19
Mental Leap 4 – The World of Events The realization that our experience is split up into familiar events is something that we as adults take for granted. For example, if we see someone drop a rubber...
View ArticleMental Leap 3 – Wonder Week 12
Mental Leap 3 – The World of Smooth Transitions With mental leap 3, at around 11 or 12 weeks, your baby will enter yet another new world as he undergoes the third major developmental leap since his...
View ArticleMental Leap 2 – Wonder Week 8
Mental Leap 2 – The World of Patterns Sometime around 8 weeks your baby will begin to experience the world in a new way. He will be able to recognize simple patterns in the world around him and in his...
View ArticleMental Leap 1 – Wonder Week 5
Mental Leap 1 – The World of Changing Sensations For much of the last 4 or 5 weeks, you have watched your infant grow rapidly. You have become acquainted with each other, and you have learned all of...
View ArticleIn the womb
Some people think that the period in the womb is mostly for physical growth. Of course there is some truth to this, but there is more to it. In the last period of pregnancy, babies begin to do things...
View ArticleYour baby’s mental leaps in the first year
Why do all babies seem to go through a difficult period around the same time? Babies cry during leaps for good reason. Their development suddenly undergoes drastic changes. That is a good thing: it...
View ArticleBaby has more difficulties with one leap than the other
You will notice your baby has more difficulty with the three C’s (clinginess, crankiness and crying) when taking one leap than with the other. Here you can read the reason why your baby sometimes seems...
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