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The page started on Jan. 2006 |
, updated on Sept. 22, 2006 |
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Father (neurologist) of 3 years old daughter
Sometime I just print out the coloring pages from websites, having my daughter sit down and paint them. I totally agree with you that limiting total time of seeing TV will be greatly beneficial to the learning ability of kids later on. Dec. 17, 2005
Dr. Shi
Based on the recent survey, the average American children watch an average of two to three hours of television per day. They annually see about 12 000 violent acts, 14 000 sexual references, and 20 000 advertisements. Now there are more and more research studies show watching too much TV, videos influence children’s perceptions, behaviors, school performance, and negative health effects such as irregular sleep, overweight. Especially for infants and young kids, the research found TV and other imaging exposure will affect their cognitive development, attention span, and hyperactive behavior.
Recently the guideline from American Academy of Pediatrics stated that there should no TV watch for the kids less 2 years of age and less than two hours TV watch per day for the kids over 2years of age. Dec. 18, 2005
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March 8, 2006
Dear Dr. Shi,
Two magazines are very informative for parents - "parents.com", and "child.com". I especially like "An Age-by-Age Guide" column on Parents. An article on April 2006 issue, "Diaper dramas", is talking about all the abnormal looks of baby's poop and when to call the doctor. It help me to
identify signs of illness. I'll sign up at parents.com for free baby
advice.
And also there is a wonderful site for babies to learn sign language. http://www.mybabycantalk.com/
Ping, mother of 9 month and 2 years
Dr. Shi
I agree that "parents.com", and "child.com" are informative for parents. I learn the signs of apple, airplane, and angel from the web site http://www.mybabycantalk.com/. I will post them to my web. When searching for parents.com, I accidently get into the site of www.parent.com. I find there are free family friendly games for fun. March 12,, 2006
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Dr. Shi
I start to get more and more amazing stories from my patients and their parents. The babies who have received early learning stimulation at their 1st several month of life reach 18 month to two years old now. A lot of them start to present adanced language development.
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There is the story about Esther, a lovely Chinese girl. She came for 18 month well check up on Jan. 5, 2006. She is a little shy and nervus when she walked in and cried when we let her lying down on the exam table. When I am still wondering how I can comfort her, she stop crying and start to read words with her mother. When I was doing the developmental screen she drew the lines, and read a lot words I wrote. At last, she asked her mother in Chinese " Mom, could you put my clothes on because it is cold outside." I just can't believe my eyes.
Her both grandmothers are retired teachers and help Esther's parents to take care of her. Since her 2 months old, the grandmothers and parents have been taking a lot times daily to read books, to Chinese poets, to sing the songs, to show and read the words, and to talk clearly to her. There is no TV watch and no TV exposure. She start to show advanced speech from 12 to 15 month old, and far beyond her age now. Her parents wrote a story for her. Unfortunately I can only cut and paste part of it here due to limited space of my website. Esther's growth report. |
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09/20/06 MJ 2 month old girl coming for well check visit
Mother: My baby talks a lot and imitates my voice. She also listens to book reading and music. Her attention for book reading is 10 minutes.
Dr. Shi: She imitates my voice "Oh... and Wu..." today. Usually babies start to imitate voices at 4 months old. I really appreciate what you do for your baby - read 10 books a day, go to library 3 times a month and check out 15 books each time; 4 hour music time, and no TV watch and TV exposure. |
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09/20/06 AM 14 month old boy, coming for sick visit
Boy: Help, help, track, tower, up, on...
Mother: Oh, you try to put your truck on the train. You have to move the ball first, then you can stack the truck on the train. The boy moved the ball away and stacked his truck on the train.
Dr. Shi: I just can't believe my eyes. He is only 14 months old and can say all these words and follow your instructions well. How many words can he say? Can he combine words?
Mother: He can say about 100 words, and combine two words such as Thank you.
Dr. Shi: Usually babies say 3-6 words at 15 months, 10-15 words at 18 month, 50 words and 2-4 word sentences at 2 years old, and several hundreds of words at 3 years old. Your boy's speech is reaching the level of 2 years old. |
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6mo |
9mo |
13mo |
Read__books /week |
7-14 |
70 |
35-42 |
Kid's attention (min) |
5 |
60-90 |
25 |
TV time (hr) /day |
0.25 |
<1 |
<1 |
TV exposure (hr)/day |
1-2 |
0 |
0 |
Music time (hr) /day |
1-2 |
2 |
2 |
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09/20/2006 AX, 4 month old boy coming for well check visit
Parents: Our baby really enjoys "reading" books. |
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09/22/2006 NO, 2 years old girl
My speech development
12 months: I can say daddy, mommy, car, Hi, bye, and yes.
15 months: I can say 9 words.
18 months: I can say 30-45 words and combine two words such as pick up, thank you, and write down.
24 months: I can say 100 words, and name 10 to 15 pictures.
Experience from mother
Read books daily,
Cut TV time,
"Anywhere we go, we talk what it is"
Age |
15mo |
19mo |
24mo |
Read__books /week |
14-16 |
21 |
14-21 |
Kid's attention (min) |
- |
15 |
15 |
TV time (hr) /day |
< 1 |
< 1 |
< 1 |
TV exposure (hr)/day |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Music time (hr) /day |
- |
- |
0.5 |
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| 09/22/2006 MD, 9 mo girl, well check visit |
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| I Miss My Dear Daddy - In memory of one of the most dedicated fathers, who passed away in a motocycle accident in August, 2006. |
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I miss you, my dear Daddy,
I miss your smile, voice, kiss, and hug...
I miss the time with you for book reading, story talking, singing, and palying...
I miss you, my dear Daddy.
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