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The Wonder Weeks
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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How to stimulate the most important developmental weeks in your baby's first 20 months and turn these 10 predictable, great, fussy phases into magical leaps forward. The worldwide bestseller and multiple award winning The Wonder Weeks describes the incredible mental developmental changes (leaps) and regression periods that all babies go through. Based on the scientific -- and parental -- world-changing discovery of a phenomenon: all healthy babies appear to be more fussy at very nearly the same ages, regression periods, and sleep less in these phases. These age-related fluctuations in need for body contact and attention (regression periods) are related to major and quite dramatic changes in the brains of the children. These changes enable a baby to enter a whole new perceptual world and, as a consequence, to learn many new skills. Understanding the real reason behind crying, eating, and sleeping problems is the only real solution every parent needs.
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BethM
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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Haven‘t been around much bc my mental health has not been sun shining lol.

Also this kid is going through leap 9 and i‘m fairly sure it‘s going to kill us both. Sleep training last night left us both crying and with next to no sleep today. Thanks to my BFF and @Avanders for these books so at least I know why life sucks right now 😂

Roary47 Hang in there! 💛 3y
wanderinglynn Sending {hugs} & positive energy for a happy night sleep. 💚 3y
slategreyskies I‘m sorry things are tough right now. Hang in there. Sending hugs!! 💕 3y
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TheBookHippie Sending so much light!!! 🕯🕯🕯🕯🤍 3y
AmyG Sending a hug. It is not easy, been there. But, this too shall pass. It‘s just the getting through it that‘s awful. 3y
brittanyreads The Wonder Weeks was such a lifesaver for us! I know it's tough, but it does get better. 💛 I hope you get a restful night soon 3y
JenReadsAlot Sending good vibes and hugs your way. 3y
Magpiegem I‘ve been there… 3 times. I‘m still going through it with my 3rd. It‘s a bloody nightmare. But the wonder weeks at least gave me some sort of reasons. Sending strength and love. This too shall pass xxx 3y
Jas16 Sending lots of ❤️ 3y
BethM @AmyG @BrittanyReads @Magpiegem is it a sleep training issue or will it get better on its own? Please say it just stops 😂 3y
Magpiegem @BethM honestly all three of mine have been different. When people say they have found the sleep method that works what they mean is they have found the one that works for THAT BABY. So try not to let in too much helpful “advice” from mums who lucked out on babies who just like sleep (their time will come later with nightmare teenagers - that‘s what I tell myself anyway!! 😂) My middle one was so much easier even though I‘ve done the same 3 times! 3y
MaureenMc 💗 3y
Avanders Ooph sleep regressions and leaps are tough! Hang in there - it‘ll pass! ♥️♥️ I found, with all the sleep regressions, if I was just mostly consistent with what we “always do,” (allowing for extra hugs and extra time with the baby for both baby and mama peace of mind), it usually passed in about a week.. usually 2 at the longest. I think consistency is important! But you got this mama — trust your gut! ♥️♥️ 3y
brittanyreads I can agree with @Avanders Our rough patches usually lasted 2 weeks tops, just try to stick with the plan as best you can and take LOTS of deep breaths. You're doing a great job, don't forget that. 💕 And you've got a Litsy parent clan behind you 🤗 3y
AmyG Does he walk yet? Before a great “growth” spurt…they regress. It will pass. Everything passes eventually. 3y
BethM @Avanders @BrittanyReads thanks! I‘ll be rereading this at 2am lol. @AmyG he‘s been walking since September. 3y
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BethM
BethM
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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Thank you so much @Avanders ! I don‘t have this and had just put it on my registry!

Avanders Yay!! 👏🏽👏🏽 I also found I‘d very *readable* which was nice in the distracted times between awake baby. 😁 And I never got notice of this post - weird! 🧐 4y
BethM @Avanders readable is key! As an aside did you have a #CBBC book to forward this month or did the chain get jammed up? 4y
Avanders No... I don‘t have any #cbbc book.. must have gotten jammed up ☺️ 4y
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bibliobliss
bibliobliss
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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These studies clearly demonstrated that human babies, too, go through difficult, age-linked regression phases in a similar way. With each difficult phase, babies make a leap in their mental development. Each time, a sudden, drastic, age-linked brain change enables babies to enter a new perceptual world. Thereby they discover more complex aspects both within and outside their own body, and master new, more complex skills.

#currentlyreading

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bibliobliss
bibliobliss
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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The results of the data analysis also supported the idea that in the course of early ontogeny, a hierarchical organization emerges in the central nervous system that underlies the behavioral development of free-living chimpanzee babies and infants. We went on to observe and film human mothers and their infants in their home environment in the Netherlands.

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#currentlyreading #baby #brain #body #growthanddevelopment

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bibliobliss
bibliobliss
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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Out of this analysis emerged the notion of what we now know as "developmental leaps." The data showed clear phases of "regression" in independence --difficult phases when the baby clings more closely to the mother, when they want to be nursed more often, and let out "whimpering sounds" more frequently than before.

Check...check...and check

#currentlyreading #health #baby #brain #body #growthanddevelopment #nonfiction #reference #life #littleone

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bibliobliss
bibliobliss
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij
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• Not a single baby escapes, the book says, and mine is no exception. Here's a tentative forecast chart that means more to me than the actual weather forecast ☀️⛅️⛈🌪Parenting is hard, y'all, don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. Good night, friends •

#currentlyreading #health #growthanddevelopment #children #family #nonfiction #baby #reference #life #brain #body

Nikki_E How old is you kid? 5y
Catherine_Willoughby One is breeze, two is fun , three is manageable but 6 is like GET ME OUT OF THIS . Since I been kicked out of my living room been reading more in the kitchen. Watch all my tv on my phone screen. NOT one of my kids like reading 5y
bibliobliss @Nikki_E Almost 6 months 5y
cozypunk @Catherine_Willoughby "GET ME OUT OF THIS" ??? I'm laughing with you, sis. 5y
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GrandMom64
GrandMom64
The Wonder Weeks: How to Stimulate Your Baby's Mental Development and Help Him Turn His 10 Predictable, Great, Fussy Phases Into Magical Leaps Forward | Frans X. Plooij

Making my way through the book as the baby grows. He will be three months old this week and well into the third leap. This is absolutely marvelous the second time around. With my daughter I was too busy to pay this close attention. I‘m also using the app to help track and keep notes.

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