The ninth month of a child's life

At first, when the baby was tiny and helpless, it seemed to us that the time went on for a very long time. But month after month, and we did not have time to look back, as from a tiny and helpless baby, a small karapuz turned into an active figure. The ninth month of the child's life is rich in new and new important events and achievements. About them and talk in more detail.

Big and small achievements of crumbs

Physical development

At the ninth month of the child's life, its weight increases by an average of 500 grams, and height - by 1.5-2 cm. It should be remembered that excessive body weight, like insufficient mass, is highly undesirable. That is, if the baby's weight at birth was 3200-3500 grams, and a child weighs more than 9.5 kg in nine months, then the child's diet should be reviewed. It is necessary to limit excessive consumption of carbohydrates (flour products, mashed potatoes, kissels, sweet juices, "white" cereals) to the baby, and also introduce enough cheese, meat and chicken yolks into the diet. Children with excess weight are more often and more longly ill on pneumonia, intestinal infections, viral and acute respiratory infections, suffer from persistent constipation, anemia, diaper rashitis and rickets.

Intellectual Achievements

A kid at this age can remember the last past events. He says: "Mom", "Dad", "Baba", "Tata", "Give", "Am", "On". The child remembers the games in which he played the last day. In addition, he does not like simple and tedious games, in which the same simple action is repeated. The karapuz performs simple tasks, he can be afraid of heights and space.

Development of sensory-motor skills

Social development

Physical activity

The baby with great pleasure "plows" the apartment's quarters, often several times crawling the same piece of furniture (an armchair, a wardrobe, a table or a chair). Thus, he studies the subject and tries to understand why he is again in the same place.

The child likes to play the game "Big-Big!", Lifting the handles up and showing how big it is. The kid plays hide and seek, and to the question: "Where did Maksimka go?", Is shown with a laugh from his secret place.

The baby on the ninth month of life perfectly sits, crawls, stands on legs, walks near the pedestal. That's just not yet know how to "land" successfully from "standing" position and often falls on the ass.

Sleep

The baby sleeps 1-2 times a day. With a single daytime dream, sleep has a long duration. Night sleep lasts 10-12 hours. A nine-month-old child sleeps about 2/3 of a day. To ensure a quiet sleep at night, start the day of the baby with a kind and affectionate awakening. Meet him with a smile and say kind and gentle words. Thanks to such positive emotions, the child will be easier to fall asleep in the evening.

Food

The diet of a nine-month-old baby is as follows:

What to do with the baby on the ninth month of development?

The kid loves your attention, imitates your actions. He tries to repeat the sounds you utter. You are a mother, and therefore an ideal for imitation. Therefore, regularly engaged with the baby, you make an important contribution to its development. Come up with different activities so that the child is interested in playing with you. For example, you can perform the following games and exercises with the baby: