Whether you are expecting for the first time, or the 5th time, the excitement is so wonderful. You think about what the baby will be? Then your mind kicks into gear about how to make the babies room. If you already know the , then the decisions are much narrower. But if you don't know what the is, your ideas are broader.
As you are looking for the perfect paint, curtain, crib set, etc.. Don't forget to think about how a baby sees. Newborns and infants mainly concentrate on things they hear, like your voice, or music. But according to Dr. Penny Glass, you can stimulate your baby's vision early by using black/white/red patterns or objects.
You don't have to have black/white/red to stimulate a baby. Whatever you like, will work in your baby's room. But black and white is very attractive to them. Dr. Russell D Hammer recommends that you "explore more subtle and important objects (like your face and eyes, or his/her own hands and feet)."
There is still a lot of discussion about what babies actually see. Dr. Sears says that pastels don't do anything for the baby visually. "Black and white register powerfully on the baby's retina and send the strongest signals to the baby's brain. Stronger signals mean more brain growth and faster visual development. Surround a baby with soft pastel colors, and you might as well be blindfolding him. Surround your baby with black and white or light and dark pictures, and watch your baby's eyes light up
The best way you as a parent can stimulate baby's vision is using black and white stripes or light and dark contrasting colors. So what about those nice soft pastels that used to be so popular in baby toys and nurseries? While these may look pretty to you, they do nothing visually for your baby. Research has proven that black and white contrasts register powerfully on baby's retina and send the strongest visual signals to baby's brain.
15 years ago, I didn't know about how black and white stimulated the baby's brain. I decorated my son's room in the old black, white and red Mickey Mouse. Those were the primary colors of his room. I made a black and white checkered fabric bumper pad, crib blanket and crib skirt. I had black and white Mickey all over the room. When it was nap time during the day, I would lay him in his crib during his zoning out stage, and immediately he would wake back up when he saw his bumper pad. The black and white check would stimulate his brain, and he would be wide awake, playing in his crib. At first I thought he wasn't tired. But then I would lay him down for his nap in another room, and he would go right to sleep. To test the theory out even further, I would drape cloth diapers over his bumper pad, just before I would put him in his crib and sure enough, he would fall right to sleep.
So if you are teaching your baby so put himself to sleep, you might want to think about what would stimulate his brain in the crib.
Congratulations on your new baby. I pray this will be one of the first steps you take in raising a healthy and rested baby.
Author Resource:-
Robin loves to help new moms during their first three months. She learned a lot from her own experience, and loves sharing her knowledge with new moms. If you would like more information on how to help your baby sleep through the night, visit her website http://www.babysleeptonight.com.
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