Mothers can help out a lot in the first twelve months.

For example, from a mother?s hands, the child can be stimulated to deeply live each step intensely and with vast satisfaction. In truth, moms that worry with the aspects of their baby?s life that go far beyond their basic cleaning and feeding needs, may provide much more quality to their lives. They will be able to, throughout their babies? first twelve months of life, teach them how to read.

From a mother?s hands also can arise the challenges that the baby may have during his/her development and that will lead him to be more integrated, aware, satisfied, happy, curious, intelligent and sensitive regarding the world around him. And these aspects can be made possible throughout all of the first months since birth. It?s not necessary to wait a certain predetermined month of development, in order to make a baby happy. All of the first 12 months of life are essentially appropriate for the development of sensibility; respect for all others; the practice of aware listening; the practice of touch, and scent; the practice of reading the world, of reading spoken language; the practice of different languages; among many other actions, all indispensable to a human being?s development .

The first year of a baby?s life requires a lot from the mother and it is common for her to feel exhausted and stressed, which in turn leads to disorientation and loss of heart in countless occasions. However, this is a very important year to both of them and is also when the changes in the baby?s abilities are most surprising. The mother/child intimacy is a challenge for both parts. The baby begins to build his/her identity and you begin to know him/her in his/her singularities. And you ask yourself: what new being is this under my responsibility? It?s time for discovering the world and discovering others. The control of body parts begins to exercise functions, and the spontaneous play time goes, from laughing, babbling and cooing, to verbal communication itself.

The baby speaks, walks, and reads earlier every time, surprising all that underestimate him/her. It is a spectacle to watch the human being?s development and evolution nowadays. He/she is born apt to exercise the culture of the XXI Century in an overwhelming fashion, and our mother?s hands must be prepared to conduct them.

From a mother?s hands stimulation can be provided for the utilization of body parts, such as arms, legs, hands, eyes and voice. It?s necessary to keep in mind that the muscles around the eyes are the first to demonstrate a certain amount of control, and then comes the control of the muscles of the face, neck, torso and legs. All of these steps of physical maturity may be exercised through happy play time, in mother and child interaction. When the baby begins to control the fingers and grasp objects, a phase of autonomy begins and he/she prepares to play and explore by himself/herself and with all kinds of objects. This demonstration is very individualized, since each baby has his/her own rhythm.

Dr. Eliane Leao is a native of Brazil, South America. She has a background in Education from Purdue University (Masters) and a PhD in the Department of Educational Psychology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)/Purdue University (Ph.D.). Dr. Leao has also three Bachelor?s degrees, one in Piano, another in Musical Education, and a third in Voice. Dr. Leao is currently a professor of Music Education and Music Therapy conducting research on the influence of Music in Early Childhood Learning.

Her ?babies? have grown to become productive members of their communities. Dr. Leao hopes that the trials and successes of her family may inspire and convince other parents to stimulate their children during early childhood so that they may enjoy a rich, stimulating, integrated, and happy life always.

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