30/04/2026
CHOOSE IT, MOVE IT. USE IT OR LOSE IT!
“A healthy baby is born with approximately 100 billion neurons, or nerve cells. Communication between the senses, brain, and muscles develops these networks.
The child’s first two years offer a window of opportunity to create as many well-developed brain pathways as possible. After two years, the brain starts to prune, or cut back, the pathways that are no longer used, to prioritise and optimise those that are continuously activated.”
Yes, the baby and toddler years are exquisitely sensitive and will shape your child in the most astonishing ways! BUT what happens at home, as a lifestyle over YEARS, is what will ultimately shape a healthy, happy, brainy family.
Here are a few invitations to shape your family’s values and unity:
• Is the floor a place where your baby or toddler spends time, discovering and learning, the most of the day?
• Do you play outside in big, spontaneous ways?
• Do you read inspiring books together?
• Are bath time and bedtime moments of connection and a gentle winding down, together?
• Do you eat meals together around a table, make eye contact, and talk about your day?
• Do you use travel time to observe your surroundings, notice changes in scenery, and talk about what you see?
• Do you listen to audio stories and do you choose to play music that sets the mood?
• For older children: Is watching a single episode or movie, something you choose mindfully as an event to look forward to? Does it have a definite start and end, and do you choose the content very specifically?
We all long for those carefree days where family time feels calm and meaningful. But it often works the other way around.
When we push the noise out and bring our loved ones into focus, we mindfully choose what we allow into our space, creating environments that are safe and where harmony and connection flow.
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