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Child Development Milestones

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Development milestones for 6 months baby
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Intro - What is a milestone?

Milestones are the significant changes in one’s life. Of course with babies it becomes all the more special. Usually your babies growth and development can be divided into motor skills, language and emotional development. As you notice your baby growing, you can enjoy each of these milestones like the sweet smile, the rolling over or the holding of your hand, grabbing the toys with its little fingers. There might be slight difference in each baby in achieving these milestones. There is no need to fret, never compare your baby with others. Too much research and questioning the doc will only stress you out. Give your baby the time and enjoy the feeling …show more content…

As your baby is 6 months now, you can notice quite a few developments.
Your baby will try to sit up alone, enjoy rolling over independently.
He will have started to smile, babble a few words, make sounds, laugh.
Your baby will balance and try to crawl around.
The sleeping pattern would have changed, your baby will now sleep for 6-8 hours at stretch.
You can now start different kinds of semi-solid and solid foods to your baby along with the breast feed. Go slow as your start various fruits, vegetables, pulses in your babies diet. Notice if there any allergy reactions to the foods introduced. Always follow 3-4 days routine for any new food introduced to your baby.

Watch out for these important milestones, capture these moments.

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How it is ok for a baby to reach a particular milestone a little early or a little late?

Yes, every baby reaches its growth and development level at different times.
It depends on their temperament whether they are the risk takers or the calm kinds. If your baby is the risk taker type, it might just try out its hand at …show more content…

Do not forget to give this as you bath him, change his diaper or feed him.

As your baby grows, leave him around on the mat and let him explore the world and enjoy smiling at it.

Talk to him from a different room and see how he responds to your sound and is eager and happy when he finds you. He will crawl and try to come and reach you.

As he crawls around the house, keep his toys away so he tries to reach them.He will look around, lift his head, use his hands to reach out the toy. Always remember to take away unwanted things that might hurt him.

Bring a toy which has wheels which moves as you key it. Your child will follow the toy around and have a great time too.

You can practice tummy time to encourage motor development. It will help in strengthening the muscles of their neck, shoulders, arms. Do it daily during the time when your child is in its best mood.

You can have fun doing push-ups with your baby. He will look at you and try to follow. You can help him by providing him support.

The most important thing is to reward your baby for his small achievements. Lift him up, cuddle and give him a warm hug and let him enjoy the

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