What a wonderful joy it is to be a parent! The amount of roller-coaster of emotion a mom goes through is unimaginable. However, the one thing every parent-to-be is sure of is that they want to have a healthy and smart baby. Though no one knows what to do and where to begin.
Childhood development is all about wiring the brain with the correct approach and technique. According to studies, a baby’s brain starts to develop around 4-6 weeks of pregnancy. Therefore, maintaining regular appointments with your OB/GYN is a key element to a healthy pregnancy and the development of your baby.
Also, scientific data claims that a child’s intelligence is determined way before its birth by the educational backgrounds of parents. According to researchers’ only half of a child’s IQ is down to genes, the rest can be influenced. Therefore, every parent should like to know how to influence a baby’s brain development. There are a few books that help in giving you some deep insights along with tips to improve your child’s IQ just after conception until the age of three. These books act as an indispensable guide for a baby’s brain development during pregnancy.
Let’s have a look at the top 5 books that you can read if you wish for a baby with a high IQ and intelligence:
Brain rules for baby: How to raise a smart and happy child from Zero to Five by John Medina
Brain Rules for baby is one of the best books to read before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and up to the first five years. The book unravels how certain things parents’ do affect their child’s brain and how they can optimize it. It bridges the gap between what scientists know and what parents practice and focuses on the practice that appreciating effort is better than praising intelligence. It is an indispensable guide that teaches parents what they can do during pregnancy that will have an impact on their children for the rest of their lives.
Building Healthy Minds by Nancy Lewis and Stanley Greenspan
Every parent wants to have a happy and bright child, but they don’t know how to do so. Well, with Building Healthy Minds parents can now help their children reach their full potential right from the beginning. In this book, the author unravels the building blocks of cognitive, emotional, and moral development in children. It also explains how games and mindful conversations with or without words encourage a baby’s brain development. If you are looking for a good read during pregnancy that can help you have an intelligent baby then Building Healthy Minds is a must-read.
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind by Dr. Daniel Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
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From the title one can assume it would be a dry, clinical sort of parenting book, including information explaining the physical development of the child’s brain and providing an excuse for why kids act the way they do. However, the book is far from that. The Whole-Brain Child is a very engaging and informative book that clearly explains how the brain develops. It doesn’t feel like you are reading a science book with facts and logic. It offers practical solutions for the most common behavioral issues that can help children develop the faculties essential for appropriate behavior.
Your Child’s Growing Mind by Jane M. Healy
This book provides a window of opportunity for soon-to-be parents into the fascinating process of a baby’s brain development. Through this book, Dr. Healy has done a wonderful job in explaining the root cause of the emotion, intelligence, and creativity in babies with some valuable suggestions for parents. It is one of the best books to read during pregnancy as it will not only explains how building blocks of reading, writing, and mathematics work in babies but also discusses current hot topics like ADHD, learning disabilities, and more. Overall this is a perfect guide to help your kids’ mental, personal, and academic growth.
How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
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One of the many things I like about this book is how the author has beautifully explained that Parents are quick to criticize and slow to praise. Both parents and teenagers can relate to this. Parents are the first teachers of their kids, and most things children learn from age zero to three are from their parents. So, parents need to talk to their children in a way that will help make things better. And this book just serves the right purpose. Parents with young kids, teenagers, or parents-to-be will find this book useful to nurture their child’s brain.
Awakening in Womb: Science of Blueprinting the Subconscious Mind of Your Unborn
by Monika Singh
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Many Psychologists and parenting experts claim that the foundation for children's languagebegins in the womb, and by the third trimester of pregnancy, the baby can start to
recognize words and sounds he/she hears regularly. So it is best to talk and read to them.
Expecting mothers can also read Awakening in Womb, which gives many insights about
mind-imprinting and programming happening in a child’s brain during pregnancy. Written
by Monika Singh, the book talks about many scientific theories and their connections with
subconscious mind energies that ultimately help in developing a child’s brain. It also
includes many tools and techniques to harness their power with consciousness. It is a
must-read book for expecting mothers to have an intelligent baby.