HOW WEIGHT, HEIGHT AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN CHILDREN BETWEEN 3 TO 5 YEAR? CAN WE DEVELOP THE BRAIN OF THE CHILD?

🔴 *GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN from 3 to 5year of age*

This age is the age of rapid development, not only in observable changes like height & weight but also in brain development.

🔹 Weight of the person can increase or decrease till death.

🔹 Height of the person cannot be increased after puberty. 

🔹 At birth, the average baby's brain is 25% of adult brain & double by 1 year of age. It keeps growing to about 80% by age 3 year and 90% by age 5 year. 

 *In short...* Brain development is more important than height which is more important than weight in children till 5 year of age. 

🔴 *Factors responsible for growth and development* 

❇️ Heredity

🔹 Heredity is transmission of physical and mental characteristics from parents to children through genes 

🔹 It cannot be changed 

❇️ Family influence 

🔹 It plays an important role from the meeting of genes till death of the person.

🔹 It includes parents, grandparents and other members living in the family 

🔹 It can be changed, in fact it can be used as a stimulation for better results. 

Example: If two children with the same genetics born to the same parents are the same, Answer is No. Why?  One of the main reasons is the different environment from the point of conception till 5 year of age. 

❇️ Environment 

🔹 It includes neighbors, peers, school and social media 

🔹 It can be changed 

❇️ Nutrition 

🔹 Nutrition of the child is important for growth and development 

🔹 Deficiency and overeating are harmful for growth and development. 

❇️ Hormones

🔹 It plays important role in growth and development 

🔹 It cannot be changed but it can be treated if it is the cause of failure in growth and development of children 

❇️ Learning and reinforcement 

🔹 If help in overall development of personality including intellectual, mental, emotional, social and physical development 

🔹 If proper technique of brain development is implemented from conception (Garb Sanskar) till 12 year of age, it helps in much faster development. 

🔹 Reinforcement is a component of learning where an activity is repeated and refined to solidify the lesson learned. 

❇️ Socio-economic status 

🔹 As money determines the nutrition, family environment, neighbors and school, it has influenced in growth and development 

🔹 Lack of money or too much money can cause poor growth and development.

🔹 It can be changed but  lot of children from poor family had done much better than rich family. 

 *In short....* Nature contributes to the growth and development, but nurture contributes much more.

🔴 *Weight of the child* 

🔹 Average weight gain is around 1.5 to 2.5 kg in a year

🔹 Consult pediatrician 

▪️ If weight gain is less than 750 gram

▪️️ If weight gain is more than 3.5kg

🔹 How to increase the weight of the baby?

▪️ Good nutrition to child 

▪️ Positive home environment 

▪️ Consult pediatrician for supplements if needed 

🔴 *Height of the child* 

🔹  Child gain about 4 to 7 cm in this age group.

🔹 Consult pediatrician 

▪️ If height gain is less than 3cm 

🔹 How to increase the height of the baby?

▪️ Positive home environment 

▪️ Let baby play at ground

▪️Cycling or swimming 

▪️ Yoga

▪️ Consult pediatrician for supplements if needed

🔴 *Brain development*

The early year of a child is very important as maximum brain development occurs and builds a foundation for future learning, health and success. Research has proven that the environment of a child's earliest year from conception to 5 year can have effects that last a lifetime. 

 *In short...* Genes provide a blueprint for the brain, but a child's environment and experience carry out the construction. 

❇️ Know your normal milestones 

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🔹 Milestones are physical or behavioral checkpoints as they grow.

🔹 During 3 to 5 year, your baby will develop at an amazing speed

🔹 No two babies are same, each baby will grow at own speed

Example: . 

🔹 If baby misses milestone range, please consult pediatrician

Example: . 

◾ 3 year of age

🔶 What most baby do by this age? 

🔹 Physical development 

▪️ Walk up and down staircase, one foot on each step 

▪️ Pedals a tricycle 

▪️ Run well

🔹Language development 

▪️ Talk well with strangers, they can understand easily 

▪️Can name most familiar things almost more than 50 like Fan, Cat, Apple etc. 

🔹 Cognitive development 

▪️ Can build tower with 8 to 10 block 

▪️ Can solve simple puzzle 

▪️ Can search the hidden object 

▪️ Can two or three work if given instructions once. 

▪️ Enjoy variety of pretend play. 

🔹 Social and emotional development 

▪️ Wait for a turn while playing with others. 

▪️ Understand the feeling of crying friends. 

▪️ Shows a wide range of emotions like fear, getting upset, crying, happy. 

▪️ Separate easily from close family members.

🔶 Dangerous sign

🔹 Hyperactive child

🔹 Poor concentration 

🔹 Impulsiveness 

🔹 Poor speech development

🔹 Wants to play alone 

🔹 Fall down a lot or trouble with stairs

🔹 Drools a lot or have very unclear speech 

🔹 Doesn't understand simple instructions 

🔹 Poor eye contact 

🔹 loose skill once he had.

🔳 4 year of age

🔶 What most baby do by this age?

🔹 Physical development

▪️ Hops or stand on one foot up to few second

▪️ Catches a bounce ball easily

▪️ Copy various shape like square, triangle

▪️ Use fork or spoon to eat

🔹 Language development

▪️ Speak clearly

▪️ Can tell name of various color

▪️ Can tell number or alphabet

🔹 Social and emotional development

▪️ Want to play throughout the day with other children

▪️ Share and take turns while playing with other children

▪️ Talk about what she likes or what she is interested in

▪️ Express anger verbally rather than physically.

🔹 Cognitive development

▪️Play board or card games

▪️Start understand the concept of time

▪️ Become more and more creative while playing

▪️ Remember part of story

▪️ Tell what he thinks is going to happen next while listening to the story.

🔶 Dangerous sign

▪️ Can't jump or walk staircase without support

▪️ Has trouble scribbling

▪️ Speak unclearly.

▪️ Does not want to play with other children

▪️ Doesn't respond to people outside the family.

▪️ Poor eye contact

▪️ Hyperactive child

▪️ Impulsivity at any place.

▪️ Doesn't follow the 3 step command.

▪️ Having limited interest amount of interest

🔳 5 year of age

🔶 What most baby do by this age?

🔹 Physical development

▪️ Swing and climb

▪️ May able to skip

▪️ Can use toilet on own

▪️ Can use all type of spoon while eating

🔹 Language development

▪️ Can tell simple stories by using full sentences

▪️Say Name, address, mobile number

🔹 Cognitive development

▪️ Know about routine things like money, food

▪️ Copies various geometry shapes

▪️ Can play chess

▪️ Can do simple addition and subtraction

🔹 Social & emotional development

▪️ Want to please friends

▪️ Usually follow rules while playing

▪️ Want to be more independent

▪️ Likes to sing, dance and act

▪️ Sometimes very cooperative or demanding

🔶 Dangerous sign

▪️ Unusually withdrawn or not active

▪️ Shows extreme behavior like very fearful, shy or aggressive

▪️ Cannot focus on one activity for more than 5 minutes

▪️ Doesn't play variety of games

▪️ Doesn't respond to other people

▪️ Can't tell what is real or what's make believe

▪️ Doesn't talk about daily activities or experience

▪️ Cannot write alphabet or number

▪️ Can't give first or last name.

🔴 *Can we develop the brain of an infant?* 

🔹 Answer is yes

🔹 We cannot change the nature (genetics) but we can change nurture 

🔹 Consult pediatrician for home based stimulation programme 

 *In short...* Parents who take the learning, growth & skill development of their infant into their hand will have tomorrow's leaders in their house. 

🔳  Take home message in assessment of your baby milestones 

🔹 Missing one or two abilities should cause alarm 

🔹 Missing multiple abilities is dangerous

🔹 We can speed up brain development of our infant at our home. 

 *Read my book Hasat khelat bal Vikash for brain development.* 

 *In short...* The more we give importance to development, the more competent will be your child. 

🙏🏻🙏🏻 *If* *you* *like* *this* *blog* , *please* *share with other mothers and friends* 

 *Remember.....* Gaining knowledge is first step to wisdom and sharing it is first step to humanity 


Dr Ashish Agrawal, Paediatrician and expert in child behavior, education and developmental problems.

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