Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra spent ten years investigating the effects of pregnancy on women’s brains and found that “baby brain” syndrome is an urban myth. Many women claim to suffer a slump in mental and verbal abilities during the pregnancy. Research showed that pregnancy actually improves cognitive skills. It showed that generally faculties adjust in the early stages of motherhood to enable them to deal with unexpected and stressful occurrences.
Professor Christensen interviewed 2,500 women aged from 20 to 24, first in 1999 and then in 2004 and 2008.She found that when the women were pregnant, they performed no worse on tests of logic and memory than when they were not.
Archive for February, 2009
Are Women’s Brains Sharper During Pregnancy?
Friday, February 27th, 2009
Jennifer Lopez Celebrates Her Twins 1st Birthday
Friday, February 27th, 2009Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony had much to celebrate over the weekend as their precious twins Max and Emme turned one on Sunday. The party was celebrated at their home in Bel Air. About 50 guests came to share in the celebration for the twins. The garden was decorated with metallic silver balloons and had a blue and red colour scheme. Guests were treated to entertainment including two moonbouncers, a clown, music and non alchoholic slushies from The Margarita Man. Sounds like these one year olds know how to party!
Nicole Richie Is Expecting Her Second Baby
Friday, February 27th, 2009Nicole Richie is definitely not living The Simple Life anymore. The former reality star is expecting her second child with boyfriend, Joel Madden. Joel blogged about the fantastic news on his website saying it was better than winning an OSCAR. The couple already have a one year old daughter, Harlow Winter Kate.
Nicole is the daughter of legendary singer, Lionel Richie, has been in the public eye for being a party girl and has been criticized for her ‘too thin’ physique.
A Great Baby Shower Game For Nimble Fingers!
Friday, February 27th, 2009Pins and Rice
Hide some crystal effect mini nappy pins in a bowl of rice. Without looking, have the guests try to pull out as many nappy pins out of the rice as possible in a given time. The one to pull out the maximum pins is the winner. This is really fun game to play and you will be surprised just how hard it is to do.
Try Our Mystery Baby Shower Food Game
Friday, February 27th, 2009Preparation:
Buy 10 tins or jars of baby food in a variety of flavours both savory and sweet.
Cover each jar in white paper and as you do so write a number onto that jar, and on a corresponding bit of card, write in big letters what jar No. 1 contains. Carry on until all 10 jars are numbered, and you have cards numbered 1 – 10 with the correct food written on them. You will also need a plastic baby spoon (or a teaspoon will do), a blindfold and a bib.
Playing the game:
This is a game for the mum-to-be, but if she feels really uncomfortable playing this she can nominate someone else! The idea of the game is simply for mum-to-be to guess what each of the foods are. (Don’t forget to consider any allergies or dietary requirements of the mum-to-be when preparing for this game!)
Place the bib, then the blindfold on the mum-to-be, then give her the baby spoon. First of all hold up the first card so that all the guests can see what the mum-to-be is about to be given. This usually gets a fun response from everyone! Then take 1⁄2 a spoonful from the first jar and feed it to the mum-to-be. She must then guess what the jar contains. This game is only a bit of fun, but a nice idea is to award the mum-to-be with a pack of nappies for each one she gets correct.
Baby Shower Chinese Whispers
Friday, February 27th, 2009Baby Talk (Chinese Whispers)
Preparation:
Choose one of the following phrases or make up your own along these lines:
“Little Lilly Long-stocking’s itty bitty bonnet fell from the pretty pink pram into a puddle, and nanny knitting booties never noticed.”
” Bonnie Bobby loved to wear his booties in his brilliant blue bouncer while playing peek-a-boo with big sister Sarah who was really just as ickle as a pickle!”
Playing the game:
* Divide the players into two teams, each team sitting in a circle.
* Whisper the baby phrase to one person on each team.
* That person then whispers it to the next and so on.
* The last player on each team announces the phrase out loud for everyone to hear.
* The host then tells all the players what the original message was. The team whose phrase is closest to the original is the winner.
Traditional Game With A Baby Shower Twist!
Thursday, February 26th, 2009Baby Shower Pass The Parcel
You know how we all loved to play ‘Pass the Parcel’ as a child and I bet you would still love it as much today now that you are all grown up! The only difference is that instead of putting a sweetie or piece of candy between each layer, you instead put one of our our Task/Promise cards. The guests who open a layer with a card are then to perform their given task for Mum once baby is born. A great way to help Mum out plus a real fun activity for your baby shower party. To buy a pack of laminated Task/Promise cards Click Here.
