Sixth month of the baby's life

Step by step - and now came the sixth month of the baby's life, the real equator of the first year of life. Hooray!!! You can sum up and move forward.

The first year of the baby's life can be divided into two periods: up to six months and after six months. As a rule, after the first half of the year the baby begins to develop more intensively, becoming more interesting for adults. It is in the second half of the year that the child begins to sit, stand, walk and pronounce his first words. So, let's analyze the last month of the first half of the year.

Physical development in the sixth month of life of the baby

During this month, the child's weight increases by 600-650 grams, 140 grams every week. The baby grows on average by 2.5 cm.

Food

As a rule, the introduction of complementary feeding for the baby begins at six months of age. Therefore, you have at your disposal almost a month to prepare for the issue of introducing the first complementary food thoroughly and read the necessary literature for this. As for the baby, who is on artificial feeding, he is most likely used to new food, because for him the first lure started a month ago. Your mission is to continue to introduce the baby to the new food according to the schedule of complementary feeding.

A five-month-old kid is a little researcher. If you have the time and desire, allow the little one "prank" - to test the contents of the plate with food. How much joy will the baby (but not you!) Have such a magnificent discovery that, for example, the vegetable puree is perfectly rubbed on the table, but compote, for some reason, leaves only a wet trace or creates a whole meadow.

The first teeth

Most kids have the first teeth on the sixth month. Nevertheless, as in the whole development of the child, there are no strict limits here. In some children, the first teeth appear at four months, others - even at ten months. In many respects, the time of eruption of the first teeth determines the hereditary predisposition.

If the timing of eruption of the first teeth in all children may differ, the order of their eruption is usually the same. First, two lower central incisors erupt, then four upper ones, and then two lower lateral incisors. As a rule, by the first year of life the baby already has eight anterior teeth.

You need to be patient, as the process of teething for many children is a painful condition. Already 3-4 months before the appearance of the first teeth, the baby begins to engage in intense sucking of all objects that fall under the arm. Common signs of teething may be a rise in temperature to 37-38 ° C, frequent stools, increased salivation. It is necessary to reconcile with the idea that the peace in the family has been disrupted for a long time, since the process of teething is quite long and takes an average of 2-2.5 years. As a result, the baby gets 20 teeth for a gift of will and patience.

Big and small achievements of crumbs

Intellectual

Sensory-motor

The social

A workshop for informed parents

The behavior of a five-month-old child becomes more meaningful than in previous periods of life. Many movements of the baby become more coordinated and stable, the auditory and visual information continues to accumulate. Therefore, it is right on the part of parents to help the child develop and improve life skills. For this, I recommend the following developmental "exercises" for the sixth month of the baby's life: