Week 39

Going to the midwife today, the beginning of the 39th week, it's pretty much just waiting now, and people from the antenatal group started to send baby arrival announcements, it's getting exciting to see all the cute babies coming. And friends also called to see if the baby is here yet. Everyone seems to be happy and very caring and friendly when they see your big tummy. I'm glad the baby can bring them joy.

Was reading some articles on child's mind development, and 2 names come up: Daniel J. Siegel & Rudolf Steiner, both do extensive research on infant's whole body (mind, body & spirit) development. I'm quite surprised to find out that at the early stage for infants (0-3 months or up to 1 year), relationship development is a lot more important than physical development. I've been thinking of what toys to buy to get my baby started to learn about the world, like the playgym, different colours/ textures, different kinds of music...etc. On Daniel Coleman's website, he mentions the importance of having a care-giver in a child care centre that have an emotional connection with our child, in order to have a healthy development.

Siegel's article mentioned that from birth, the infant is learning about their 'self', oh, gonna be late for my midwife appointment, will write more later....