Pay attention to the eight "leaps" in baby's intelligence

The first time is around the 5th week, when the body's organs mature rapidly and all senses begin to work. For example, he begins to shed tears when he cries or smiles to show happiness. He also observes and listens to everything going on around him from time to time, and responds obviously to smells and movements.

The second time is around the 8th week, when the baby discovers that the surrounding environment is not unified and fixed, but is made up of moving, concrete things. This dazzling change made him feel terrified. However, if you can lie in your mother's arms often and maintain close contact with your mother, the emergence of fear can be eliminated to a considerable extent.

The third time is around 12 weeks, when the baby discovers movements and recognizes the process of certain activities. As a result, his previously stiff movements became flexible, and he understood that he could control his own behavior. This also confirmed his "abilities". He screamed, laughed, spoke excitedly, and constantly tried to "talk" to his mother or others.

The fourth time is at 19 weeks, when the baby knows how to grab things, turn or flip things that can be reached, and watch the movement of objects. At this time he would study everything - touch it with his hands, or just put it in his mouth.

The fifth time is at 26 weeks, when the baby gradually understands the cause and effect relationship between things, such as hearing beautiful music by pressing a button. At the same time, he has understood that something can be placed inside another thing or outside a third thing; things can be near or far away. Therefore, the game that interested him most was taking things out and moving them in, making a mess of everything.

The sixth time is at the 37th week, when the baby learns to abstractly classify various things. For example, he understands that dogs always bark, big dogs or small dogs, black dogs or white dogs are no exception. This shows that he has begun to use logical thinking like an adult.

The seventh time is at 46 weeks, when the baby realizes that there is a sequence to doing everything, so his favorite game is “Do it yourself”, that is, to complete a task in sequence. It is through this game that he learns to "get things done" and deepens his impression of order. However, he thought that this order was fixed.

The eighth time, at 55 weeks, the baby finally discovered that the order could be decided by himself and changed at will. At this point, he is able to "make plans" according to his own wishes and clearly express what he wants.