So, what can a child do in the second month of life? During the second month of life, the reaction of the toddler to the behavior of adult family members becomes more distinct. The coordination of the child's movements is noticeably improving, eyesight and hearing are being improved. In the lying position on the tummy the child already knows how to move the head from side to side. It should be remembered that you need to support the baby's head when you carry it on your hands or take it out of the crib. At this age the child is interested in various new non-speech and speech sounds, in addition he is able to follow the movement of the toy located at a distance of 20-30 cm. Note that loud sounds scare the child, but quiet, calm, melodic music, on the contrary , soothes.
The baby is already sleeping less than the first month after birth. The child responds better to bright light and sounds, feels good touch to his body, and also more actively shows by his behavior that he is uncomfortable.
Physical development of the child of the second month of life
In the second month, a small child gaining an average weight of 800 grams. I note that this gain in weight can fluctuate within 100-200 g. The baby grows in length by an average of 3 cm!
Little achievements of crumbs
Among the successes in the intellectual development of the child are the following:
- the baby distinguishes between "his" and "other" voices and faces;
- there is coordination of sensations, the child purposefully turns the head to sound;
- the kid is studying his own movements;
- the baby begins to intuitively anticipate the favorite procedures, such as feeding, walking, bathing.
The kid has matured in terms of social development: he can calm himself by sucking, considers a new person with a wary and purposeful, gives preference to living communication with a person, not with an object, enjoys bathing, the kid behaves actively longer for a time, provided he talks with an adult, reacts to someone else's presence with active movements.
The following sensory-motor changes in the behavior of the baby are observed:
- Reflexes and actions of the child acquire a certain focus;
- starts to hold the head for several minutes;
- shortly fixes a look at a colorful object;
- muscle tonus is significantly improved;
- concentratively looks at the environment;
- Coordinates eye movements in the process of viewing colorful objects;
- the baby starts to babble and enjoy the sounds;
- continues to constantly move the handles and legs, it is better to coordinate their movements.
What to do with the baby
For active harmonious development of the child in the second month of life, it is recommended to pay special attention to communication. Feeling the warmth of my mother's touches and listening to the gentle mother's singing, the baby calms down.
I want to recommend the following "classes" for the active development of the crumbs of the second month of life:
- When feeding, the baby should see your face; pay special attention to facial expressions: highlight the lips, eyes, eyebrows, but do not overdo it. The kid should always see my mother beautiful!
- Use pleasant, not sharp spirits or scented water. The kid will recognize you at a distance by smell, feel your approach or distance.
- While bathing the baby, put a terry towel on the bottom of the tub. Wash the baby first with your hand, then with a gentle towel. So the kid will learn to various tactile perceptions.
- Constantly talk with the baby, change the intonation, talk about your feelings for him, about what you are doing now. Thanks to this communication, the kid learns to understand the situation and communicate with you.
- If you feed the baby with a mixture of bottles, put a bottle on the bottle in a black and white striped strip. It is proved that the combination of black and white stimulates the vision of a small child.
- Dressing and undressing the baby, name the parts of the body to which you touch.
- Play with the child in strings when you are dressing him: cover your face with your palm or diaper, and then show your child, saying "ku-ku".
- During periods of wakefulness, change the child's posture, laying it on his back, on his side, on his tummy.
- Meet the baby with different sounds. To do this, you can put on the foot or handle a bell, a bracelet with bells, which can also be bought in a toy store.
- Include pleasant quiet music and dance with the child. A gentle melody will calm the baby, and your smooth movements will contribute to the formation of the vestibular apparatus of crumbs.
- Introduce the baby with different smells, so you will contribute to the formation of the child's sense of smell.
- Toys suspended from a baby crib, periodically shift to the right, then to the left. Thus, the baby will learn to follow the direction of movement of objects.
- Children are very fond of watching the human face, even behind various schematic images. I recommend making a mug of cardboard, draw on her eyes, nose, mouth and hang at a distance of 20-30 cm from the face of the child.
- Continue to familiarize the baby with new tactile sensations from the touch of various materials, for example, fabrics.
As you can see, even with a very small child there is always something to do. The main thing is to get the maximum pleasure from communicating with the most precious person in the world. In turn, the kid will thank you all with new and new achievements and an unforgettable smile ...