Every baby is born a genius. But, not every baby is given the right stimulation and nutrition to make sure he remains genius from the moment of birth until his first few years.
When I was pregnant, I read a lot about early childhood education and the importance of good nutrients. I even bought some books and flash cards for Izzah when she was still in the womb!
It is amazing to know that some babies can read as early as 3 months old!
How does a young fragile little baby as young as three months can do such an amazing thing?
There must be something special about the baby… or
There must be something extra the mommy knows that most mommies don’t.
Curiosity killed the cat but it didn’t kill me.
I looked for answer and found something more amazing.
Brain Cell Connections
How many brain cells do we have at birth?
It’s 100 BILLIONS brain cells, people!
Yes. 100 billions brain cells at birth, waiting to be connected. 
Not all brain cells are connected when a baby is born. As our child learns, his or her brain cells will make connections inside the brain.
This simply means that children who learn faster than others have more brain cells connected during their growing up years.
Brain Stimulation for Brain Cell Connections
I know that the more brain cells connect, the faster the learning happens.
So, I started to stimulate my baby’s brain by introducing her to alphabets, numbers, shapes, sounds and colors as early as 3 months old.
Well, she might not be reading out loud or telling me that she was actually learning.
But, she did show that her brain was making rapid connections from her facial expressions and body languages. That was enough to make me proud! 
Izzah can recognize and read out loud the alphabets from A to Z and the numbers 1 to 15 perfectly when she was 14 months old.
For me it’s amazing because I learned my ABC when I was seven. 
That’s the power of brain cell connections!
Izzah keeps on showing great abilities in learning. She loves stacking blocks as high as she can. Then, destroyed it and laughed out loud.
Izzah also loves arts – painting and coloring.
Gangliosides for Brain Cell Connections
On top of brain stimulation, I also make sure my daughter gets her best nutrition.
As our child is starting to talk, walk and discover the world around him, he will need all the nutrients he can get to sustain his early child development.
Do you know that the most critical and fastest stage of your child’s brain development begins before birth until his 3rd birthday?
Gangliosides is an important brain nutrient that help brain cells connect for faster learning.
So, it is important to provide our child excellent nutrition and stimulation at this stage.
Connected Tots
Izzah, my daughter is a good example of a connected tot.
She is able to learn and apply what has been learnt into everyday situations. She learned cause and effect, and keeps on experimenting.
For example, she knows she can drink some juice from a plastic cup.
But can she do the same from a small bottle cap? By experimenting and going through the process of trial and error – she found out that she absolutely can drink from whatever size of a container.
You see, connected tots are not children who only knows how to memorise their times tables or ABC or spell long, difficult words.
Connected tots are more than just smart kids.
They build a pool of knowledge by forming connections between things around them.
hence, ‘Connected’ is the NEW SMART.
Gangliosides + Stimulation = Brain Cell Connections = Connected Tots
Is your child a connected tot?
Disclaimer
This entry is a sponsored post written based on my personal experience and knowledge in early child development, brain cells connections and connected tots.
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oh ..Izzah botak masa kecik..just like Qarissa.. dah besar pun muka sama jer .. haruslah u amik gambar both of them nokssss… masuk dalam ur photography album tu ..ahhahahaa
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Little Mama™ Reply:
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:07 PM
watie, geng botak..he..he.. tu la ..one fine day kena arrange sesi khas photography untuk budak 2 orang ni..he..he
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Like this artikel…kak ros ada bagi supplement tambahan tuk izzah? boleh kongsi?
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Little Mama™ Reply:
February 2nd, 2011 at 6:09 PM
faisya, ada multivitamin je.. tu pun masa dia dah nak masuk 3 tahun.. sebelum tu just susu, ribena dan makan cam biasa je
yang penting tu stimulasi dari mak untuk anak
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sitisifir10 Reply:
February 9th, 2011 at 5:34 PM
betul2 yg penting stimulasi dr ibubapa…..
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Your baby reads at 14 month?
(but it’s never too early to learn, and you’re never too old to learn too 
I hope!!)
I see this is a sponsored post, but your babies inspired me to try something alike because I’ve thought it’s too early
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e-ein pon suke stack blocks or whatever she can stack then dia robohkan pastu ketawa besar adeh2..pastu bab minum dlm cawan plastik and tutup botol pun sama cam izzah..adei..pastu siap tumpah2 tu yang tak tahan tu huhuhu..so if this is because her brains cells are connecting, means kena biarkan je dia main ke hihihihi…
tgh nak ajar kenal warna ni..tapi 5 minit je dia tahan belajo kejap pastu dia dah main benda lain..huhuhu attention span kanak2 memang very short!
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