Easy ways to Boost your baby’s IQ
Tags: Baby, Health, Mental Health, Parenting, Brain

BY THABITHA DAVID · PUBLISHED JULY 4, 2020 · UPDATED SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

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Teach the baby empathy

Babies have the ability to distinguish different tones. For example, if you talk to a baby in a crying voice, the baby will react by crying with you.

A mother and a baby have a very special relationship which starts way before the baby is even born. This feeling for others should be continued at the toddler age.

Teaching empathic responses and gentle courtesies connects brain circuits to make him or her a smart kid. Furthermore, it is a great way to enhance cognitive learning and positive emotional skills.

Teach ‘Sharing is caring‘

Any smart child should have the sensitivity to share with others. This habit should be introduced at the early stages of a baby’s life.

Read to the baby, story books which speak about sharing or talk in baby language that he/she should share with siblings.

They say “Monkey see,, Monkey do”, Not that I am calling any kid a monkey.

However, I found that my little girl got into the habit of sharing very very early in life because she saw her brothers do it.

Her brothers would come back from school and share with her any birthday chocolate they would have got in school.

Soon I noticed that when she was given a chocolate by someone. She would keep it and give it to her brothers in the evening and share it with them.

Such nature is very rare and will be highly appreciated throughout the kids life.

It is also our duty to teach the importance good manners to our kids. If you are wondering how, read our article How-To Teach Good Manners to Your Kids?.

Show Joy and Interest

A baby develops at his/her best when he or she is loved to the maximum.

This is best communicated by your body language and your enthusiasm through your shining eyes.

Give the baby your full attention. Praising does wonders to anybody. A baby is the same in this aspect.

So, praise his or her babbles even.

Engage the baby with fun-filled activities and lovable nature and watch your baby bloom like a flower.

The key is to show interest. Look into her eyes when you speak to her. Smile at her and greet her with enthusiasm.

Breast-feed your baby, if you can

Exclusively breast-feeding a baby for 6 months and keeping breast milk as the primary source of nutrition for at least 1 year boosts the IQ of a baby.

Researchers say that breastfed babies have a significantly higher scores of cognitive developments than formula fed babies.

Furthermore, breastmilk contains Omega 3, which excels brain function in children.

Although this medication is available for children to take orally, it is best that a baby is breast fed as long as possible.

I know as a working parent it can get more challenging and difficult. I managed to tide over this for 18 months by using a pump and deep freezing the milk in dated bottles.

The caretaker would use FIFO (First In and First) to feed my kids. And two feeds at night and 1 in the morning, I would feed directly.

(Disclosure: Till the little ones got teeth and started biting me). Then it was all pump and bottle till 18 months.

Every cry means something

Babies should be heard for their needs. Their cry is a way to communicate a certain necessity. It could mean comfort, hunger or diaper change or in initial months, colic.

There is no such thing as spoiling a baby by not letting him or her cry it out.

Attending to a baby’s cry makes the baby feel secure and build trust with the parents. It sends the message that I am valued in household as a proper person.

But yes, I understand that pacifying a crying baby can get a bit overwhelming.

I have outlined based on my experience, practical tips and tricks on how to pacify a crying baby in my article Why is my Baby Crying? Tips to calm your crying Baby.

I can assure you it will be worth your read.

Convince your child that he or she is smart

Psychologists say that conveying the message that their child is the smartest will always be a great way to boost your baby’s IQ.

Parents should talk and praise the baby in a positive way.

Research has been performed and the outcome was very convincing.

Babies who have been raised to think that they are very smart have performed well academically and socially.

I can vouch for it firsthand. I would always say to my first son that he is as intelligent as the character Daniel in the Bible.

Similarly, I used to keep telling my younger daughter “she is a smart kid”. Till date years from the time they were infants or toddlers they repeat it. They also believe and they act so.

On the contrary. I had done this naturally and sub consciously. My second one got overshowed by the first due to the close age gap.

And we did face less motivation issues and a complex that he was not as smart as the others. (Even though he is by far the most talented person in our entire family and larger family).

Develop sense of humor

Making your baby laugh is the first step towards developing sense of humor. Babies love to laugh when tickling the toes or making funny faces.

Also, they love to hear different tones of voices. Singing the same song in high pitch is a great way to initiate laughter and a beautiful bond with the baby.

For me, a simple “How are you?” said in a deep tone, followed by a “How are you?” in a squeaky tone. And then telling it in a normal pleasant tone does the trick for my daughter. She finds it funny and bursts into laughter every time.

Let the baby explore

Give your baby alone time with lots of different toys, soft books, and textured material. This is a great way to boost a baby’s brain to develop high level of IQ.

Also, let the baby play with his food and feed him or herself. This stimulates brain activity and has a very positive result.

Any thing that helps in stimulating brain activity will helps them learn and this helps to boost your baby’s IQ.

Messy play is also a very powerful way of playing that will help in your baby development. If you like to know more to give the best to your baby read our article MESSY PLAY — Powerful benefits for your child.

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Conclusion

Raising a baby requires a lot of efforts from both the parents.

Yes, you heard me right. From BOTH the parents. IF you are a father and wondering how, then you should read our article 11 Amazing ways FATHER’S can contribute to child’s success.

Parents should spend a lot of their time with the baby to develop the baby’s brain to its full potential.

Children are born with a certain IQ level and we can help in boosting our baby’s IQ through some engaging activities and good communication skills.

While you are at it. Do not compare your baby with other babies. Do not set high expectations or feel disappointed if your baby falls short of it. Each baby is unique so appreciate the uniqueness.

What we have outlined above are based on our personal experience which we like to share with our readers and we do hope it helps to boost your baby’s IQ.

This is not a do all and end all list and there are many more ways to boost your baby’s IQ. Don’t limit to only this list. We encourage you to experiment what works best for your baby as your raise your child.

Remember: It is the responsibility of a parent to enhance confidence, intelligence, and knowledge. But it is a higher responsibility of the parent to create a secure and comfortable environment with lots of love and acceptance.

God Bless!!.

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