What is cognitive development? What does it mean and how can we encourage it? Well firstly cognitive development is the development of the mind. It is learning how to recognise, understand and problem solve. It incorporates the memory, keeping focus and attention and building on concepts. It using several parts of the brain, working together. … Continue reading “My Top 3 exercises for Cognitive Development”
Those first 3 months of motherhood and caring for your new bub can be a real mixture of feelings. While most of our focus is on feeding, sleeping and changing it can be difficult to really think about anything else. I know first hand it is often really tricky to know what to do with … Continue reading “My Top Exercises for Baby Development 1-3months”
I often get asked how much and what exercise is best during pregnancy and while there is not set amount and it is completely dependent on each person as each pregnancy is unique there are some guidelines for exercising during pregnancy. How much? Weekly a breakdown should be something as follows: Cardio – 5-6 days … Continue reading “How Much Exercise Do You Need During Pregnancy?”
It can get very consuming when you are a new mother to look at milestones and become anxious about those milestones. However current research suggests that rather than critical timeframes for milestones there are optimal times. We know that the plasticity of the brain is at its highest until age 12 which means that there … Continue reading “Stop Stressing New Mums. Optimal Milestones timeframes rather than Critical.”
You have been pregnant for what feels like eternity and all you can think about it keeping bub safe and doing the right thing for you for your bub. Its been an anxious wait to finally meet that darling bub of yours. Now bub is earth side and you have this rush of overwhelm come … Continue reading “How to promote baby development in the first month of life.”
Congratulations!!! You are a mum! How exciting, I hope you are coping and managing to get some sleep! You most likely don’t have much free time at the moment and your focus should most definitely not be on fitness. Now is a time to recover, be kind to yourself and rest where possible. There are … Continue reading “3 Exercises You Can Do Post Baby”
There is so much conversation around play. It seems to be a hot topic in child development and education. Play is an activity so important in a child’s development, it is a crucial piece in the learning puzzle. Play provides opportunity around social interaction, cognitive development such as concepts and problem solving and endless opportunity … Continue reading “Child’s Play – Why play is vital for children.”
I have found during this pregnancy I lose so much strength during those initial 14-15 weeks as I only really walked due to fatigue and morning sickness. I found that doing anything other than walking would just make my sickness, hunger and fatigue worse. I found this really difficult as I have always been a … Continue reading “Resistance Training during pregnancy”
Pregnancy is overwhelming enough as it is, your body is changing before your eyes, you have a world of unknown ahead and there is so much advice out there that it is a touch daunting. So it is no wonder that many women are not sure where to start when it comes to exercising during … Continue reading “Pregnancy & Exercise – What, When and How?”
Child development is on every parent’s mind, we have a bit of anxiety around how our child is going to progress. So the best and only thing we can do is support them through these early years of development. Children themselves need that internal motivation and we as carers, educators and parents are here to … Continue reading “CHILD DEVELOPMENT – What does a child need most? “
