0-3 years old child-rearing wisdom

Author: Xing Jinbiao, Xing Yi, Zhang Ronghua
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features:
Tiger-Style Game Massage (1)
How-To
After the baby is born for one week, you can start massage. Since newborns have very sensitive touch, the massage stimulation is an excellent way to promote blood circulation, nerve endings, and endocrine. For rapidly developing newborns, it’s like adding fuel to the fire, making their development even faster.
How-To
When the baby is neither hungry nor full, after waking up, lie them on their back with arms hanging by the sides. The mother uses both hands, gently massaging from the shoulders down to the little toes. While massaging, she sings lullabies to provide verbal stimulation, helping the baby store information.
Stroke and stretch, grow tall and strong,
Smile and be cheerful, little one,
Grow and grow, oh, my dear,
Fast and fast, oh, my dear.
Effect
Promotes blood circulation, and the mother’s affection brings joy to the baby’s emotions.
Note
Avoid excessive force to prevent injuring the delicate skin. Perform once or twice a day for nearly a hundred days.
Intelligence Game: Development in the Sound of Music
How-To
After the baby wakes up, or while the mother is feeding, there should be soft, harmonious music like a gentle stream flowing into the baby’s ears. The baby’s hearing is quite developed, so starting with music to train their intelligence is the ideal approach. If played daily, the baby’s mood will also become cheerful and uplifted. Here is a song’s melody for the mother to hum often; the mother’s gentle voice will make the baby’s brain cells more active.
Effect
The mother’s humming or the faint notes from a recording player will increase the baby’s attention, train their hearing, and evoke joyful emotions, nurturing their temperament.
Note
It’s crucial to let the music flow softly, so it’s best for the mother to hum.
Intelligence Game: Training Reaction Ability
How-To
Newborns have very sensitive touch, especially around the mouth and hands. The baby’s earliest reflexes are triggered by touch from different parts of the body, making touch a very important stimulation method for newborns. The term "stimulation" refers to using active methods to awaken and develop the baby’s newly "awakened" functions, promoting faster and healthier growth. Since touch is the most effective way to trigger reflexes, we start with the baby’s most sensitive area—the mouth.
After feeding, the mother gently moves her finger from near the right earlobe toward the baby’s mouth. The baby’s head will turn to follow the finger to the right, shortening the distance between the mouth and the stimulus—the finger. Then, moving from the left side to the mouth, the head turns left. Repeat this 3 to 6 times daily.
How-To
In the early days when newborns spend most of their time sleeping and their sensory organs are not yet active, this game helps train the baby to initially receive external signals and respond.
Note
This game can be started a few days after the baby is born.
Talking Game: Stimulating Hearing
How-To
Starting from the 15th day after birth, the mother can begin talking to the baby, such as singing funny lullabies. When the baby wakes up and opens their eyes, this is the best way for them to explore the world. At this time, the mother speaks within the baby’s line of sight (within 25 cm). The baby can clearly see the outline of the mother’s face and hear her gentle, affectionate voice: “Ba