Children 6 months old - this is also the most important stage when the baby enters the weaning process and the remarkable development of the child, please watch!
At this age, children begin to recognize their loved ones around them and lately feel comfortable with their loved ones or favorite toys. Your child's fear of strangers can be seen in many funny situations.
Child development characteristics 6 months old
From 5 - 6 months old
Length: 64 - 73.2cm; Average: 68.6cm; Girls: 62.4 - 71.6cm; Average: 67cm.
Weight Boys: 6.6 - 10.3kg; Average: 8.5kg; Girls: 6.2 - 9.5 kg, average: 7.8 kg.
First round Boys: 41.5 - 46.7cm; Average: 44.1cm; Girls: 40.4 - 45.6cm; Average: 43cm.
Chest: Boys: 39.7 - 48.1cm; Average: 43.9cm; Girls: 38.9 - 46.9cm; Average: 42.9cm.
The anterior taper is not yet closed.
Gross motor - what do 6-month-olds know?
- When lying down, 6 months old baby can perform skillful flip movements.
- When lying on his tummy, the baby's feet are raised straight up, and can be turned in any direction; can use hands and knees to support the body, limbs stretched to push the body forward or back; can be close to the belly to support the ground to crawl forward or back. When flipping in tummy position, the baby can bend one side of the body to a half-sitting position.
6-month-old baby - Are you prepared for your baby's weaning start stage?
When pulling the baby's hand to sit up, the baby can keep balance, his back and hips stay straight, he can lift his head and operate freely. When sitting on a chair, baby can hold and shake items. If the baby falls, the baby can sit up on her own; babies can sit on their own for about half an hour, but the body needs to bend forward and use both hands to support.
- When supporting the baby's back to stand up, the baby can jump up and down.
What can babies at 6 months of age do?
- Your baby's fingers can do the grip .
- When you place a small toy beside your baby, your baby can extend one hand to the toy and hold the toy in the palm of his hand.
- When feeding, the baby's hands can hold the bottle.
- And when holding toys in hand, babies can swing their wrists so that objects can move.
- When the baby's face is covered by clothes, he will use his hand to remove the clothes.
Adaptability of 6 months old baby
- Let the baby lie down, when he sees that his bed is hanging rattles, he will reach out his hand to try to catch it; When pulling the baby to sit up and place the toy in front of him, he will take the toy.
- Can detect the relationship between his hands and the object in hand. When adults take things from baby's hand and put them on bed (where babies can see), babies can crawl to chase and hold toys in hand. If a toy is dropped on the ground, your baby will bow down to find.
- If placing three puzzles in front of him, after he takes the first puzzle, he begins to reach out to get the second puzzle, and pay attention to the third puzzle.
- Babies can reach out to grasp objects very quickly and resolutely when they see objects. Usually, the baby's eyes will focus on the object he is going to grab, but he can also close his eyes until he can hold the object firmly.
Development of 6-month-old children in language
- Start to combine vowels with a lot of consonants (usually f, v, s, sh, z, k, m ...), the loudness, high, low, fast and slow sound also changes.
- When learning to speak, excitement, movements of the baby are also more, and often react to the voice of women.
- Babies can express their happiness and sadness through sounds, and have different reactions to different intonation.
- When he heard someone calling his name, he could turn his head.
Communicative behavior - what do 6-month-olds know?
- When looking in the mirror, the baby still laughs at the shadow in the mirror but can distinguish the shadow in the mirror and he is different.
- When two hands take turns holding objects, babies can detect different parts of their body, and know the difference between themselves and the outside world.
- Psychological 6-month-old children do not like strangers.
- What a 6-month-old baby knows: You can distinguish between adults and children; know how to reach out and pronounce ... to actively communicate with others; can smile at other children and touch them with his hand.
- When adults wash the baby's face, if the baby doesn't like it, he'll push his hand away.
Sleep
At 6 months of age, infants have difficulty falling asleep at night, which becomes more difficult for parents due to lack of deep sleep and often startles to wake up in the middle of the night.
6-month-old baby - Are you prepared for your baby's weaning start stage?
There are many nutritionists who have advised that parents should not be too worried when their children start to wake up or cry. One advice is that parents should not come to the baby to comfort them immediately when they hear the baby crying, but for a while, you should show up and comfort the baby. If you show up in time when the baby is startled and starts to cry, you will definitely calm the baby from crying and can go to sleep later, but accidentally you have created a habit of relying on your baby again. If you let some time pass, your baby may calm themselves down by stopping crying and falling asleep on their own.
6-month-old child development in terms of organs
You may notice a change in color in a 6-month-old infant, making it brighter and more dynamic when observing or looking around.
How do 6-month-old babies eat?
If your child has not been able to eat solids before or shows signs of cheating, this is the time to let him get used to his ability to eat miles.
If you haven't offered solids for your baby, when it comes to your baby's routine every 3 months, your doctor will definitely advise and guide your baby's solids.
6-month-old babies eat solids
What can 6-month-old babies eat? Mom should start the baby's first weaning spoon with iron in nutritious cereal or you can mix formula. Until your baby can contact or snack with ingredients that are a little coarser than porridge, you can choose fruits and vegetables for your baby to eat.
If your child doesn't seem interested in new foods
Do not be discouraged, stop and after a few days and then continue to try again for your child, you will get unexpected results. Babies often change their preferences and tastes, so the day before, if they don't like this snack, a few days later, they may accept this new food.
Every time you change or choose a new snack menu for your baby, do not forget to keep an eye on how your child's body reacts to a rash, diarrhea, vomiting ... due to an allergy to your food. unaware.
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