The human baby is the most helpless of all infants born in the mammalian world. the problem isnt with the physical structures as such ..everybody organ is well formed when its born .. but the trouble lies with the Brain. It is grossly inadequate at the time of birth to manage a body of a human ..enable- bipedal motion ..speech ..color and binocular vision ..and most of all think ..!!!
but then why is it born so .. well the embargo on the size of the brain and consequently the head is laid down by the female pelvis through which it would pass ..!!..so the poor chap is left with no option but to do a large part of the development in the extra-uterine life .
How much is the lag ..?? as i said earlier .. man isnt just a more intelligent ape .. it is a huge evolutionary leap involving all the systems .. and the boss of all these the brain needs to be pretty much active to control all these diverse parts in the way and to the extent it is required .
so .. with a brain around 1/10the the size of the adult at birth .. by the time a child is just three years old .. his brain has reached near adult size ..!!!!
what does it mean ..???... that in the first three years of life .. the brain is growing like crazy ..leaving all else behind ..and so .. what do we need to do .??
Lots of proteins for the baby .. to build up those neurons .. and enough of omega 3 fatty acids to help develop the brain.
and besides that lots of stimulus .. in all aspects .. touch ,sound,sight,hearing,speech..and ofcourse....thought provoking games.. music .. books ..stories ..and NO Television..why..?? thats another story .
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