Growth and development of a baby for up to a year

The first year of the baby's life is a great stress for the mother. After all, a girl who has just given birth does not even know what she will have to face. Mom will have to get acquainted with how her baby will change: physically and psychologically. In this article, we will talk in more detail about what is the development of the baby for about a year.


First month after birth

The first month is one of the most difficult periods. After all, everything that the baby sees, everything that surrounds him is new to him. He needs to get used to you, to people, to the environment, to sounds. The child all this causes a sense of danger. Or when my mother is near, he feels calm.

The baby is adaptive to the environment in the first few days. It is these days that the baby needs to be laid that next to you he is safe, and surrounded by care and love. Most often the baby calms the breast. At such moments, a mutual understanding and love are fixed between the baby and the mother.

Little will get used to you. However, very soon the moment will come when you have to understand the child: to understand everything that he feels, what he wants, what worries him. On external stimuli, he can react only with a smile or crying. And you must teach him to control the degree of his activity, the wake of the isna.

When the baby does not sleep, spend with him as much time as possible. But as soon as he begins to be capricious, pounding his feet or displeasingly wrinkle his mouth, he has a knob. Help the child to go into a state of rest: sing to him lullabies, shake it. Over time, you will understand how the baby most likes to sleep (wrapped in a blanket or without it and the like).

The first smile usually appears during sleep. Then she appears in the process of feeding, with familiar sounds or at the moment when parents communicate with him. By the end of the first month, the crumb will already smile consciously.

The birth moment of each child has a different muscle tone and different motor activity. Some babies are listless and inactive, while others are on the contrary. The same applies to sensory perception.

It's very important to be engaged in a child: change his postures, turn from side to side, talk with him and smile to him, pamper him.

Second month

The individual characteristics and personal traits begin to appear in the mind, so you have to find an individual approach to it. The child attentively looks at everything around him, clearly fixes everything that is happening in his eyes and catches sounds. Therefore, if he does not like something, he will immediately let you know about it with his shout. So far, crying is the only way for him to express his displeasure. He cries when he is hungry, when he is tired or when something hurts him.

Kakuspokoit crumb, you will understand immediately. Perhaps it will soothe your smell or a touch of love. In the second month you can try to give the baby a pood, but not all children perceive it.

In the second month the baby starts to move violently, to turn the head. Movement is not chaotic, but conscious and purposeful.

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The third month

Changing the mental state of the baby, strengthen its physical functions. The child will do more and more consciously. He will examine with interest the new subjects. The kid will already know how to tell you what's bothering him. He will become much more likely to smile. He will need more communication with people. Therefore, we will have to play with him more.

In the third month, the child must grab and touch the pens, which you give him. If he does not, then you need to contact the doctor. During this period, the baby has already developed a sucking reflex, so he will turn his head with breastfeeding in search of a nipple, and then with zeal to suck the milk. In addition, all the items that will hit him, he will also pull in the mouth.

The third month the crumb already pretty well holds his head and actively turns. During the game, he can lift the handles up, and already independently turn from side to side.

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The fourth hibernated month of development

During this period, the process of self-study begins. There is a rapid development of emotions: the kid learns to feel sad and rejoice. Parents hear a loud laugh, and not only see a smile. Everything becomes interesting to the crumb, so take it with you a lot more often.

There are new sounds in the child's speech, among which one can hear long-awaited thoughts or dad.

Continue the developing exercises with the baby. Train the baby physically, but only what he can do. More often give him new items. Do not forget to develop an emotional sphere: read poetry and tell tales. Use gentle references to the baby. At games shake a crumb and toss.

Half a year of life

By this time, the crumb will learn a lot. Kroha can already distinguish between such concepts as "one's own" and "another's". Parents will be able to hear in the speech of their baby is clearly the requirements: on the handle, eat, sleep and the like.

Malyshuzh knows how to turn over from his tummy on his back, briskly tapping the legs on the bed. In addition, he can already manage his own movements.

How to deal with a baby in six months? Very simple. Increase the number of bright toys and pictures. Show the child his full-length reflection in the mirror. Let the crumb try to feel objects of different temperature. During the play, use various children's developing poems. Teach the baby to lower and raise the handle, using the game moments.

The seventh and eighth month of life

Krohauzhe is clearly aware of his "I" and knows how to influence not only his parents, but also those around him. He is wary of foreign people, and perceives his own with greater affection. The kid wants to be with his mother everywhere, feed her, spank and so on.

Indulge the wishes of the baby, do not push it away. At this age you will not spoil him, atolko raise the emotional sphere. Remember that in the first year of life, mamadolzhna experience with a crumb of emotional and physical intimacy.

By this time, your baby can already pull himself up on the pens, sit down, stand on the legs. He begins to actively creep and take objects in both hands, shift them. Begins to develop small motor skills, so the crumb will pull any small objects in the mouth. During this period, it is very important to monitor the safety of the crust and remove dangerous items as far as possible.

Curiosity grows, and with it also expands the circle of toys: pots, irons, cabinets, maminakosmetika and other household items. Especially in his delight lead rustling pouches and tinsel. Any object will be licked and admired, and then thrown out.

In any age, in any case, you can not leave the baby alone, because he develops concentration. Turn off all dangerous items under the key.

Be engaged in the baby. Roll it on the shoulders, on the legs, make obstacles to it from the mattress pad. When giving the child objects of everyday use in your hands, be sure to pronounce their names. In games, use educational toys: pyramids, cubes, and the like.

From nine months to a year

The child learned to move fast. He tries to do everything himself. Favorite games are hide-and-seek, ball or catch-up. Activity baby has no limits in this age. As before, his favorite occupation is the knowledge of the surrounding world, as well as the imitation of sounds and movements.

Be engaged in the baby on walks. Show the child and tell him everything that happens around. Ask the baby questions. Learn to paint with him. Let's put things in hand that increase tactile perception: rough kiwi, sticky tape, paper and the like.