sicRapha woke up at 6AM today. Thank God he went back to his usual routine of sleeping through the night. Well not exactly 8 hours straight, he woke up once at 3AM but it wasn't as long as the previous nights when we broke the Babywise routine. Now that we're back to the sleeping program, Rapha is in a better disposition.
His schedule begins with his first feeding for the day. Afterwards I would allow him to play for about an hour just to get the milk settled in his tummy before I give him a bath.
Taking a bath is his favorite activity of the day. He would splash around in the water and I would allow him 5 minutes to play. Today I played classical music during his bath.
Studies have shown that classical music helps in the spatial temporal reasoning. This is called the Mozart Effect. It calms him and maybe later on in life he would learn to appreciate this genre. While it helps in the development of neurons in the brain, it cannot make him smarter. It has a temporary effect on brain functions that make listeners have better mental performance.
Genes determine Rapha's intellectual competence, but I strongly believe that what we introduce to the child early in life may have a lasting effect, may it be music, books, food, and habits. While genetics have so much to do with the total person, his environtment has a strong contribution as well.
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