Congratulations!! What a fun, and demanding, journey you have ahead of you.  I'm a first time grandmother of about five days today.  What a joy a brand new life is!   Mostly, have tons of fun with your baby and he/she will grow up at peak development.  "Bright from the Start"  by Dr. Jill Stamm who heads New Directions infant brain development institute at Arizona State University,  is a fascinating book that reconfirms the value of what most parents would naturally do anyway in interacting with their child, as key in infant brain development.  She stresses the value of a loving primary (permanent) caretaker, along with lots of verbal interactions mixed with down time for the baby.  Good luck!

I'm very excited about becoming a grandmother in three weeks or less.  I've been updating myself on all the infant educational programs out there.  After much research, my daughter and son in law have decided (and I agree wholeheartedly) not to introduce t.v. or video in the first three years of life--and maybe longer.  So I am interested in old fashioned methods like flash cards three dimensional teaching tools etc.  Any suggestions?