From three to six months, children react especially vividly to new objects. Familiar toys no longer arouse much interest. A child of this age will be interested in cubes.
The child begins to understand that he is himself, looks at his reflection in the mirror with pleasure. He already understands that he is wearing something, pulls at his clothes, realizing that they can be manipulated.
At this age, the child already confidently "manipulates" his head. He already holds it for a long time, lying on his stomach, and when lying on his back, he easily lifts his head and happily turns it, watching what is happening around.
Play is a process of learning, teaching, and consolidating what a child has learned. While playing, children learn about the world around them. Play includes everything that contributes to the development of a child's physical abilities, senses, thinking, and intelligence.
In the first two months, the baby's weight increases by 750-900 g per month, and its height by 2 cm per month. But if your baby "deviates" somewhat from these average figures, there is no need to worry.
By the end of the first month of life, the baby's blood circulation, breathing, and digestion processes are already well regulated. It has a whole set of reflexes: sucking, protective, orienting, grasping, and some others.
Normally, a child has good hearing. While in the womb, he could distinguish the voices of his mother and other family members. Therefore, after birth, the child immediately recognizes the mother's voice and calms down when he hears her affectionate words.
With the first breath, a restructuring of the child's body begins - air begins to pass through the lungs. As a result, the pulmonary circulation, which did not function in utero, is activated.
After the baby is born and the mucus is sucked out of its mouth and nose, it begins to breathe on its own. This usually happens after 10-20 seconds, since in order for the first breath to occur, certain reconfigurations in the baby's cardiovascular and respiratory systems must occur.
Since 1961, WHO has recommended that all newborns weighing less than 2500 g be designated as "low birth weight" newborns. This position is currently not shared by many researchers, as it eliminated the concepts of "prematurity" and "gestational age" when assessing the child's condition.
