Developmental Brain Your Toddler

As parents we all want our children to be smart, strong and healthy. We want the best for our baby and want them to grow to their full potential. To understand how we can help to grow as parents to our children a smart, healthy and strong, it is important for us to understand the growth and development of the brain and body, so that we know what we can do to help them to help. This time we want to study the growth and development of children's brains and what we can do to make this.

Started brain growth, as the baby still in the womb (prenatal), starting in the first month of pregnancy, when the brain and spinal cord begins to form in the embryo. In the sixth month of pregnancy, almost all of the billions of neurons (nerve cells) in the adult brain has been formed, and 250,000 new nerve cells are formed every minute. Once neurons are formed, they are fast to the brain, where they are migrating. Neuron begins to differentiate to a specific role, and they form a relationship (synapses) with other neurons that help them communicate and store information. Neurons continue to form synapses with other neurons in childhood. At birth, most neurons was placed directly in the immature brain to form and function started as adult brain.

In addition, significant changes in the starting neural architecture of the brain to occur after birth. Started, both before and after the birth of "maturation" initial brain relationship happened: neurons creates more synapses with other neurons that are used by the adult brain. Proliferation synapses creates a great potential for the development of the brain, but also makes young brains inefficient and "loud" repetitive connections with neurons and unnecessary. Thus the proliferation is directly a period of "pruning" when synapses are rarely used, followed gradually be eliminated in order to achieve the required quantity of the brain working efficiently. The newly formed synapses while others trimmed. From birth until the age of 8 months, the synapse is formed faster. About 1,000 trillion synapses in the brain at the age of 8 months.

After the first anniversary, cutting occurs faster. At the age of 10, has a child over 500 trillion synapses that. Like most adults The cuts will occur by the age of 12 years, but the brain will retain the flexibility to study at a later date.

Brain growth also experienced three phases, the brain weight (0-2), brain cell division phase (2-3 years) and the phase myelinisasi (3-6 years), that continued until the end of growth. Brain growth is influenced by genetics and diet, while the development of the brain by heredity and environment (stimulation) is affected. To ensure optimal brain development when. Y ang maximum of brain growth and environmental factors that support such stimulation supports.

As parents, we can help you to maximize brain growth our toddler with the following questions:

1.      The provision of proper nutrition. As already described above, the growth of the brain influenced by the diet. Make sure you. Proper and balanced nutrition for growth and development of your child's brain

2.      Develop a warm and close relationship with your child. Show them that you love them. Show how happy you are. Of their presence Help them feel safe and loved.

3.      Respond to your child. Note try to understand the rhythm and their behavior, what they feel and what they tell about you.

4.      Realize that each child is unique. Note that since the birth of each child has a different temperament, they grow at different rates and not to compare your children. Immediately

have positive expectations, what they can do, and stick to the belief that every child can be successful.

5.      Talk, sing and read stories.

6.      Let them explore their world and play. They monitor and help when they need it, but let them explore by themselves.

7.      Monitor the child discipline.

8.      Where a reliable routine.

9.      Limit TV watching. Limit the time your children spend watching TV. The selection of the type of event they observe, make sure to see them raise the shows.

(Resources: Shore, R. (1997) Rethinking the Brain: New Insights into Early Development New York, NY: Families and Work Institute, pp. 26-27, Thompson, Ross A. development in the first years of life .. in the future of children Vol 11, No. 1; .. Porter, Phillips early brain development in Educarer.org;. GUM literatures)