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baby isbetweencellsliterallythoseare firingcells are formingbuildingand the conneher brain– your ctions

right intimehave developed a massive 50 per she’s four yearsfront of your eyes. By theold,shewill

cent of her ultimate IQ – her ability to reason and solve problems. ‘These early years

are absolutely critical in deciding how your baby’s brain develops,’ says Dr Gail. ‘This is when the

architecture of the brain is formedArchitecture that will influence your child’s language, cognitive, social and ’

emotional abilities, for the rest of her lifeand what Read on to find out how that happens you can do to help

your baby’s brain reach its full potential

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develop when she’s in the womb. By the time you’re eight weeks Your baby’s senses start to

pregnant, she’s already beginning to secondgaina sense trimeof touch. During your ster, she becomes able

flavours from the food you’ve eaten, towhichhear sounds and taste different are passed into the amniotic

fluid. By the time you reach the third trimester, she even has a sense of

smell, and can see when light enters the womb.

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Grossis a child development Psychologist , PhD, EdD, MEd, Dr Gail

How To Build Your expert, author of Baby’s Brain

(£21.31, Skyhorse), and mum of two; drgailgross.com

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