For Japanese mothers, nurturing and enhancing a child's intelligence starts right from birth, not waiting for complete awareness.
Vietnamese mothers often focus on basic care like feeding and sleeping for newborns. However, they overlook a crucial period for training their child's cognitive development.
Unlike the wait-and-see approach, Japanese mothers begin 'training' their infants right from birth. Infants aged 0-3 months absorb a vast amount of information, providing an excellent opportunity for Japanese mothers to develop their child's five senses. This lays the groundwork for better learning and absorption in the future.
1. Visual Development Exercises for Infants
Infants under one month can only recognize black and white. Japanese mothers encourage infants to gaze at objects or images with black-and-white stripes for 3 minutes daily, consistently for a week. This practice enhances the baby's ability to focus, extending from 5 seconds to 60-90 seconds.
4. Development of Sensation in Babies
Newborns learn and remember what they hear and see. Breastfeeding is the first lesson in sensation. The first time a baby latches onto the mother's breast, it's a challenging and effortful process to find the right position for the mouth. Even though the mother helps, she also notices how quickly the baby learns to adjust on its own.
5. Development of Smell in Babies
In addition, mothers can explore Japanese parenting books to gather more clever tips for raising intelligent children, besides the mentioned techniques.
Source: Emdep
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