How to calculate Wonder Week for children? How is each stage different?

How to calculate Wonder Week for children not all parents know? Will you calculate by the date your baby is born? Or is the day the doctor expected to give birth? The standard will help mom prepare better for your child's crises. 

What is Wonder Week?

In recent years, the term Wonder Week (s) has become quite familiar and known and used by many Vietnamese parents.

A bit of the biography of this term is as follows:

In 1992, Dutch educational psychology and behavioral biology researcher Dr. Frans X. Plooij and his wife, Dr. Hetty van de Rijt, published a book titled Wonder Weeks. This is a book that gathers information on how babies develop and guides parents to help their children through each stage.

Warmly received, gradually the title of the book was used by many people with the intention of acting differently from time to time.

Exactly, Wonder Week is the term used to refer to the moment when a baby develops strongly mentally and physically. During these times, your child will learn new skills and discover more about himself and the world around him. But because he is clumsy, unable to do it, and doesn't know how to handle it and express his feelings, he will often have different moods.

Expressions of Wonder Week - Crisis week of babies

How to calculate a wonder week for your baby

To be able to use this list of infant crisis weeks below, parents need to know how old their baby is by week. The start of the wonder week calculation for your baby is the due date , not the date of birth.

Example of how a baby wonder week is calculated:

If your baby is expected to be born on December 16th, but born on December 20th. Parents will count their baby's wonder week from December 16th.

Wonder Week milestones - baby crisis week that your child must go through

5 weeks

This time, the baby will sleep a little less, become more alert and pay attention to the world around.

8-9 weeks

Babies begin to recognize and create simple gestures in their world such as hand movements or making sounds like muttering.

12 weeks

The baby's movements become smoother and more coordinated. She also begins to realize the changes in her world like when mom leaves the room, turns off the lights, ...

15-19 weeks

Learn to recognize causes and effects, and predict outcomes. For example, she knows if something drops something, it will fall to the ground, and dad will come and pick it up.

23-26 weeks

The child starts rolling / crawling at this point.

33-37 weeks

Your baby will make great strides in mobility, learn how to crawl well, stand up and be able to walk.

42-46 weeks

Get started with simple tasks, like getting dressed, or helping your mom make lunch.

52-55 weeks

Toddlers rely on an understanding of sequences and begin to know that there is more than one way to complete a similar task. This is also when most toddlers begin to show strong interests.

61-64 weeks

Quite like the period of 15-19 weeks, children know the results / consequences of their actions or actions. But children will be more clever when they know how to use this to achieve their goals.

72-76 weeks

The baby is now capable of understanding the surrounding movements to a greater degree. For example, if you go to kindergarten , your child knows that the rules and procedures at school will be different than at home. Children can also change their behavior and actions to suit different situations, which may explain why they are very good at school, but grumpy and whine at their parents when they go home ( depending on the child).

What can mom do during Wonder Week for baby?

Take care of yourself as best you can. Since Wonder Weekks can be very tiring and it's important not to neglect yourself

Understand that fussy baby is only temporary, is a sign that your baby can show parents that they are feeling unsafe. Cuddling and reassuring your baby will help them feel better

Try not to worry about your baby's changing nursing habits, within the safe range

Cuddle, talk to your baby, and reassure him more. Show your baby the love and concern of their parents

During the child's miraculous development, not only children but also parents often experience weeks of confusion and fatigue like their children. Be a companion and a fulcrum for each other to have more happy memories together.

See more:

7 effective tips when your baby is crying endlessly on "Crisis Week" from the author of the book Wonder weeks

Wonder Weeks in Children - Presentations and times of crisis

Anorexic sleep and crying - Is your baby in a wonder week?