Fertility Talk | Movie Screening | Lucky Draw 2009
Today’s Motherhood is promoting a series of events by Maybe Baby, presented by Parkway Health and supported by MCYS.
What is Maybe Baby About?
Maybe Baby is a series of Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports (MCYS) supported events organized by Lemlabs to provide and educate young married couples contemplating childbirth on Parenthood in Singapore. Through these events, we seek to enable Singaporeans to start their own families and understand the various issues that they would be facing on this journey… See below for more details
Today’s Motherhood Special
Purchase your tickets via Today’s Motherhood and stand a chance to win a S$80 Eye Treatment package from Angel Face Beaute. 10 lucky draw prizes to be won. (Winners to be announced shortly)
The tickets are going for S$20 a pair (Usual Price S$40). This early bird offer has been extended by the event organiser.
The ticketing has closed
(All tickets include entry into Talk, Movie, Bento Lunch set and an exclusive Maybe Baby goodie bag)
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Details of the event are as follows:
Talk: Fertility Knowledge: Facts and Myths
Speaker: Dr Suresh Nair
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Mount Elizabeth Hospital
Movie: Harry Potter and Half Blood Prince
Date: 25th July 2009
Time: 1200 - 1600hrs
Venue: Cathay Cineplex Orchard Cineleisure
**Bento set lunches will be provided for the event**
**Goodies Bag will also be given**
**All tickets holders need to register between 1200-1230pm. Latecomers will not be entertained**
Smart Puzzle Level 1 helps children in their early development of thinking and observation skills. It introduces 2 year old children to logic problems.
The puzzle pieces have single, straight-line tracks that children must piece together.
Topics include : Numeracy, Science and Environment. Higher levels for older children are available.
Available at Popular book stores @ S$13.95
Article reproduced from LNT’s Neuro Connect with permission from David Ng, Founder of Little Neuro Tree.
When I chanced upon SING to LEARN Chinese DVD during the World / Singapore Book Fair this year, I thought learning Mandarin through songs might work for my boy. It has always been a concern to us as he does not like Mandarin and refuses to speak Mandarin.
It came as a surprise to me as my son, who usually not fond of Mandarin, actually find the DVD entertaining and he is able to sit through the whole DVD session.
The Sing to Learn DVD follows the flashcard concept (which is one of the method use in child brain development training), only that it is presented in songs. Together with the songs, lyrics of the songs will appear at times. I like it most when the wordings and the pictures are separated so that children do not get distracted. Best of all, certain words to be learned are being emphasized individually before the song begins. The lyrics of the songs are also big and easy for the children to see.
Another distinct feature of this DVD is the chinese characters are presented in different colours to help the children break down the “difficult” chinese words.
The 23 songs selected in the 40 minutes SING to LEARN DVD are children songs being taught in schools which are well known to the kids and catchy. Having familiar music helps to attract the children’s attention.
I personally like the chinese DVD as a parent. Most importantly, it is my son who gave it 2 thumbs up as it is difficult to get a child who dislikes Mandarin to sit through a chinese video program.
Definitely a good buy for me as I will do all it takes to introduce Chinese to my boy. What’s more learning Mandarin using songs is a relaxing way of learning.
Have a little video clip of the SING to LEARN Chinese DVD.
For more information, where to buy and more sample videos, do visit WINK to LEARN.
Origins Jamu Postnatal Massage Review (contributed by a parent)
For someone who has tried various post-natal massages by different masseurs (Malay urut, Chinese lady from slimming centre and Indian lady doing Javanese massage), this was definitely one of the better and more refreshing experience.
I particularly liked the hot stone therapy - placing hot stone on the spine area and tummy - during the massage, which makes me feel really relaxed and comfortable.
The masseur was also very skillful and I could literally feel her hands ‘rolling’ on my back. Oh, and not to mention her skills in massaging my breasts, unblocking all the milk ducts and making me feel more confident of my breastfeeding endeavour.
The other thing that sets this apart from the rest is the binder that was used after the massage. It is specially made of cotton batik and is very comfortable, an important criteria since I have to put it on for at least 8 hours after the massage.
All in all, I believe that post-natal massage is something all new mothers should experience after going through all the muscle-aching and pushing from pregnancy and delivery.
And I would definitely recommend Origins Jamu Massage to all my friends and to all would-be and new mothers - go pamper yourself, you deserve it.
Reviewed by Sin - mother of a 2-month old baby boy
It was a battle between nurture and nature. Does the child brain develop according to a set of defined limits set by the genes or does intellectual stimulation affect the development and growth of the brain. The studies are still going on but since Beth Lucy Wellman’s* time in 1940’s, there have been more and more studies to support the theories that it is intellectual stimulation that ‘Turns on” the synapses in the brain. Once ‘on’, these pathways or synapses continue to work and get stronger throughout a lifetime. It is also assumed that these synapses if not ‘turned on’, are eliminated. Basically, the use it or loose it theory goes into practice.
About the Brain:
It is pretty complicated how it all works in the brains but to simplify it. The brain is made up of neurons, or brain cells, which connect to one another through synapses. when the brain is developing, the millions of neurons are ‘switched on‘ by individual electrical currents. If two neurons are coupled, but they are not electrically active together, then those synapses are pruned or lost*. This is how experience literally wires the brain.
Infants go through a critical period of “synaptical exuberance” or a “synaptical surge” immediately after birth and during the first year of life. After that begins the “pruning” process that ends some time at the beginning or end of puberty. An adult is left with fewer synapses than an infant.
What Does That Mean For Parents?
It means that the former years of life are very important for getting the brain set up for learning. Many experts believe that the most important years of a child’s brain development are those before school age. Fifty percent of the ability to learn is developed in the first four years of a child’s life and another thirty percent by the age of eight. There is a lot of emphasis placed on parents to talk and read to their children. Equally important is that the children are provided with different learning experiences each time. Information and the method of delivery should be tailored to the needs of the child with visual, verbal and written information available to be absorbed.
This is where a total development program is essential. Educational Technologies has designed such a program specifically suited to the developmental processes of young children. It focuses on developing the areas of knowledge, skills and values required for the total development. The knowledge component of the Total Development Program, A Child First Library of Learning, is part of this indispensable learning tool. Giving children a head-start in life is a priority for any parent, and with more than 25 million copies sold in 23 languages and 45 countries over the past 20 years, A Child’s First Library of Learning, has proven to be a trusted and respected educational resource for families everywhere. Educational Technologies’ Total Development Program provides a holistic approach to the acquisition of knowledge, skills and values.
The advanced interactive technology, “Walter’ that is included, allows your child to experience information in a whole new way. Listen to the sounds of a harp or a lion, hear an account of a discovery, and sing along with Walter as the lyrics are informative and fun. Let children discover the 24 volumes covering all questions a child would ask in the areas of “Life”, ‘Nature’, ‘Science’ and ‘Our World’. Educational Technologies has used one of the world’s smallest optical barcode readers in Walter, incorporating over 10,000 sound files With 1 gigabyte of memory. It offers endless hours of fun learning. Another obstacle faced while raising children is getting them interested in the different subjects. Once children are excited to learn and discover, then they will retain information like sponges but the habit needs to be cultivated. The tradition of reading and specifically reading to acquire information is a habit that is easiest cultivated by the parents at home. Utilizing time at home to read about the world we live in will engrain not only the habit of acquiring knowledge but the process itself becomes a way of bonding between parent and child.
It is known that once children develop the desire for knowledge they become quite insatiable.
“Give me a dozen healthy infants and my own specific world to bring them up in, and I’ll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant, chef and yes, even beggar and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” - John B. Watson, Psychologist 1924
The quote by John B Watson only reiterates the strong belief that it is early childhood stimulation that moulds and develops the brain. Image what Dr. Watson would have been able to do with ‘A Child First Library of Learning‘ and the interactive technology that is built in Walter.
Please feel free to contact us for the preview of the Total Development Program.
Dr. Lise Eliot: Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at the Chicago Medical School Beth Lucy Wellman: a psychologist in the 1930s and 40s. - She was one of the first researchers to discover a link between brain stimulation and intelligence.
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Maybe Baby is a series of Ministry of Community, Youth and Sports (MCYS) supported events organized by Lemlabs to provide and educate young married couples contemplating childbirth on Parenthood in Singapore. Through these events, we seek to enable Singaporeans to start their own families and understand the various issues that they would be facing on this journey… See below for more details
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