4 Proven Ways to Accelerate Your Baby’s Development

With a newborn baby, it's important we facilitate secure attachment and work on developing their social, communication, emotional and fine & gross motor skills.

Often parents assume that means buying the latest (expensive) toys and accessories, or latest techniques to accelerate their baby's development. While some of these help, there are actually 4 simple things you can do right now to help speed up the development of secure attachment plus all of the skills I mentioned above that don't require you to buy anything new.

Each of the 4 things you'll learn about in this video will help to develop secure attachment, fine or gross motor skills, help teach your baby to talk sooner, accelerate their emotional development, or develop their social skills (yes, even at a very young age :) ).

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00:00 - 00:36 : Intro
00:37 - 03:13 : Tip #1
03:14 - 04:46 : Tip #2
04:47 - 06:09 : Tip #3
06:10 - 08:30 : Tip #4

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[EmmaHubbard]

Thanks for watching! What is your favourite game to play with your little one? Don't forget to get your free 0 - 12 months old developmental milestone chart here:

[lenysosas]

Hi Emma, I had a really rough start as a first-time mom with no one to talk to or ask advice from. I felt like I was just guessing every time my newborn cried and it was really hard and the days felt soooo long. Found your videos when my bub was about 3 weeks old and now she only cries during immunizations! Now I understand what every single fuss meant as I started paying attention to her body language, wake windows, feed timing, etc. I am very thankful to you for being the mom I never had. Now my baby is turning 6 months next week and is a very happy baby. I'm also sleeping well now and enjoying being a mom.

[schnoopii]

I work in NICU. I talk to every single baby. Ask them to do things, inform them they aren’t being very helpful, say sorry when I have to do something negative. I talk to them like I do adult, just changing the pitch and intonation to be more engaging not that they react

[Sielleis]

Great advice, but in regards to tip #3, I would add that it is very important to differentiate between "budget" baby carriers for baby wearing and high-quality, ergonomically designed baby carriers that allow for a deep seat and actually support the development head/neck/torso strength. There's nothing wrong with using these carriers for long periods of time, and babywearing the majority of the day is in fact a very common cultural practice throughout the world 🙂
You are correct that the Infantino carrier pictured is not recommended; nor is any other carrier that allows the legs to dangle rather than hang in a M-position, and world-facing (outward facing) in any carrier is not recommended for more than 15 minutes at a time.

[Pushnotificationsalwaysoffbye]

I’ve treated my son like a little best friend since birth and just talked to him in my normal voice, talking about what I’m doing for the night, asking if he had any “big plans” etc… just passed his 6 month check in and the pediatrician told my husband and I that our son is the happiest, most giggly, most attentive and clearly trying to communicate baby she’s seen there in years. We were so so happy! My Mom told me she did this with me so I carried it on and I also found it made bonding easier for my husband to start, since a lot of men say “I don’t know how to do a baby voice” - that’s perfectly fine, you don’t need to, they love YOUR voice! We’re so blessed that early exposure to dozens of family members and friends has allowed our son to be very curious with new people and he hasn’t yet met a new person he doesn’t like - EVERYBODY gets a smile from him, I’m so proud of him. I know that can change a bit but that’s okay, he’s such a people person and I love to see that because it reminds me of myself and I always had lots of friends as a little kid and I hope the same is true for him 💛

[verenavr]

I'm a brazilian pediatrician and mom of a 5m old cute boy, and love your videos. Thank you so much for all the information.

[alexandraclough]

Hi Emma, just want to thank you for your content. My little boy is 10 months, and I have been watching your videos and following alot of your advice. So informative and to the point, love them 😊

[nishitajadhav]

Hello Emma, I m in awe of the way of explanation you give about every topic. The speed and content just are apt. I m mother of 2 month baby and whatever time I get in between I just watch your one of videos. I always get relaxed after watching your video. Thanks a lot for this channel. Keep doing..!

[chelseazuppan]

Can you do a video on premie development? We have a 36+6 baby who just turned a month old but I don't know what the expected development timeline and issues are with her being 3 weeks early.

[marianelahernandez]

Can you please make a video about helping mamas to brush their babies teeth! All your videos are really helpful! Thank you

[Shai.b]

Amazing that I’ve been doing all of these since my baby was born 4 months ago (tummy time has been a struggle tho) but I’m a mental health therapist so I guess it was just ingrained in me to be so interactive and social with her

[minioli]

An interesting thing I noticed is that when I train (weightlifting and bodyweight training) and put the little one near she seemed like she’s was trying to make the same mouvement. As an example, if I was doing crunches or leg raises next to her I noticed she tried doing the same and lifted her leg very soon after I did the mouvement, I noticed the same thing with her arms while doing bench presses or arm curls. My personal hypothesis is that mirror neurons tried to imitate what I was doing.

[AsterLea]

My baby is 10 months old now, but when she was younger and I needed a safe place to put her I used a pack'n'play with the bassinet insert. It's flat and there is a lot of room in there so she had plenty of space to stretch and move her head and limbs, and even roll over once she started to do that. She now loves crawling around and is pulling up and climbing on everything she can reach, and running around with her little push walker.

[jessicajames]

Tq Emma for sharing info. Im an OT too..working with paeds for 7 years 😊..

[lilangelanie]

Thank you Emma 😊 your videos always on time of need.

[skye]

Hi Emma is 9 months now, only sits n move to one side by sitting . Now crawling yet . Doesn’t like to tummy time at all. Any advice for her development plz !

[gayatridhareshwar]

Ohhh that came to me at the right time!! Thnx Emma!! Great job 👍🏻😀

[priusa]

Hi Emma, is there a particular youtube channel u recommend for kids PT and Speech therapy?! Thanks

[claraysabel]

Hi! I've been watching your videos and they've been most helpful, I just want to request some videos for older babies? Like for the ones turning 2-3?? Toddler stage? Thanks so much!!!

[gmsd]

Hi, Emma! You are always so helpful with these videos, thank you so much! I have 2 questions if you could answer, please: My baby is 4 months old and she never cries! Only when she is extremely hungry or tired or when she gets her vaccine shots. Is it normal for a baby not to cry? Also, what's the age to start introducing food? Thanks in advance! Your work here is very much appreciated.