Seeking Foods to Make Kids Smart

I was a little worried with Soffyah's development. She was born with an abnormal condition called ventriculomegaly. And she was also a little behind in her physical development but she soon caught up.

What I've observed recently is the effort she needs to put in to memorise. So I went on a search to find out how I can support her in this. But instead of finding out just that, I found a whole lot more. I will elaborate in a later post.

Basically, the foods are all mentioned in the Hadeeth, and by great Muslim scholars who had wonderful memory and intellectual capacity mashaAllah. They could memorise the Quran and Hadeeth and also mastered so many different languages within a short time.

Many other moms have recognised the benefits of these foods, and started giving them to their children early in pureed form.

Here is the list of Sunnah foods to help power the brain:

Almonds

Dates

Honey

Raisins

Figs

How do we introduce these to the kids?

As soon as our babies are on solids, you can puree dates and then mix a little of your breastmilk to the dates puree.

You can mix the dates with bananas in a food processor.

For older kids, sprinkle raisins and almonds on their breakfast cereal or oats.

Prepare milk with a dash of honey as a quick and nutritious breakfast drink.

For teens, prepare the dates, raisins and almonds as snacks they can eat while they are studying.