Child Brain Development

The first couple of years is the most important and crucial time in children’s lives. The first five years is when children learn the most; by age three a child’s development reaches eighty percent. As James and Nelson express “brain development is a complex set of processes that begin within a few weeks of contraception and continue until adulthood” (as cited in Holden, 2014, p. 189). Without healthy growth, a child can have many learning, behavior problems even mental and health problems. It is consequential, that parents promote healthy development. There are three periods of neurological growth that parents can assist with. Their help is needed during the prenatal, infancy and toddlerhood phase. Within these periods, there are key brain processes that occur, such as neurogenesis, …show more content…
One would think to promote brain development, you would have to wait for a child to be born, but that is not the case and not reality. A mother should always start in the prenatal phase when wanting to promote neurological growth. There are three trimesters in pregnancy and each stage is beneficial to a babies’ development. A mother can help in various ways to while the baby is in the womb, by doing things such as take their prenatal vitamin, eating healthy, reduce stress and even exercise. A baby brain starts forming as early as three weeks, after fertilization. Many mothers do not understand that what they eat during pregnancy can have an effect on their baby brain development. It is important to take prenatal vitamins because they contain folic acid, which helps develop the brain. Another way that mothers can help with the fetus growth is by knowing which foods can help with their development. Some foods that are important for pregnant women to eat is eggs, fish, Greek yogurt, fruits, and nuts. These foods should be eaten during pregnancy and they all have their own separate purposes. Eggs should be eaten during gestation because it