On Friday, October 4 my mother and I attended a wonderful conference on brain development, poverty and toxic stress. The keynote speaker was Dr. Jack Shonkoff a neuroscientist. We use some of his material for our presentations.
He said several fascinating things as did the other panelists, 1 thing he said that really stood out was about stress.
He said as an infant/toddler if you are in a stressful environment the c-reactors (a chemical produced in your body) are elevated and the likelihood of you getting high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol later in life is greater (that was a study conducted in New Zealand and then in a few other places). He also stated, even if you come out of that environment and your mind forgets it your body does not forget.
This is another reason why it is so important to try and stay away from extremely stressful situations with your infant/toddler.
Also, it interrupts the synapses of the brain in the infant/toddler.
Be well
Sharing information and advice on the most critical time... The first 2000 Days. What are some things you can look out for and some activities you can do with infants/toddlers to get them through the various developmental milestones before they get to school. Also I will share information for the caregivers from age appropriate books to setting up classrooms.
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