Child 8 months

A child of 8 months is a toddler who is interested in everything, which continues to develop intensively and improve his skills, both motor and speech, auditory and intellectual. Literally every day the child demonstrates new achievements, mastering space. In the intellectual sense, the age from one to three years is considered truly "golden", because even in the middle of the last century it was established that it was during this period that the brain is actively developing, and therefore new knowledge is being laid. Age from six months to a year is famous for its mental "breakthroughs", when the baby begins to meaningfully pronounce syllables, and not just in the international infant language of babbling, but on the one on which his parents speak. Beginning from the end of the seventh month onwards, the social and cultural environment-the mother tongue, habits and cultural traditions-is important for the child.

Also at this age it is necessary to teach the child to use simple household items, for example, a comb, to teach more precise and targeted movements - to put rings on the rod of the pyramid, to use a small sovochkom in the sandbox and so on. A child of 8 months is a "mirror" of parental behavior, as well as children of a more adult age. The eight-month-old child copies the movements of the mother talking on the phone, leaning the rattle to the ear, can imitate even the tone of voice and intonation. Also the kid is able to distinguish some objects and take them at the request of the parents (toy, book), point to your nose, eyes or mouth. At this age, the process of the appearance of the first teeth continues, the signs of which are typical - the swelling of the gums, their irritation. Children react to teething differently, someone suffers this phenomenon quite calmly, painlessly, some are capricious, someone has a fever. In this issue, the main thing is not to panic, but to perceive all moods and ailments as a natural and transitory phenomenon, to soothe the baby with the help of special means for the gums (Dentinox, Bedident).

The little man continues to develop and grow, the main indicators of growth and weight are the following:

• Weight gain is up to 500 grams. The total weight can be 5500-6000 grams.
• Growth also increases by 15-2 centimeters and ranges from 65 to 70 centimeters.

Each child has his own development plan, laid down at the genetic natural level, if mom and dad do not have the growth of basketball players, then most likely, a child of 8 months can be several centimeters below the standard indicators, but the parameters and norms can help to identify in a timely manner deficiencies in nutrition, development and correct them. In addition, with each subsequent month, the growth and increase in body weight slows down a little, the most intense in this sense are the first three to four months, beginning with the birth of the baby.

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Child 8 months old - Skills

• Lepet is gradually replaced by syllables.
• The child understands the requests and performs them, gives a pen, slaps in the palm of his hand, dances, tilts his head.
• The kid is strongly attached to his mother and begins to understand what separation from her, reacts crying for parting with her mother.
• A child of 8 months understands who is in the circle of native people, clearly differentiates his and others.
• The baby reacts to loud sounds, can start and be frightened by sudden sounds.
• The child can get up in the crib himself, can move around it and stand for a long time, leaning against the wall or the back of the bed.
• The kid can sit, sit down and lie down on his own.
• A child of 8 months experiences a constant need for crawling, actively moving (more often sideways) on the floor or wide bed.
• The baby can bite off and chew soft food.
• A child of 8 months is able to chew and swallow strongly crushed, crushed food, switches from mashed potatoes to more solid foods.
• Eight-month-old baby can be accustomed to the pot, the child should calmly react to such actions.

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How to test the skills of a baby?

• If the baby is in the crib, the mother can use the toy, drawing the child's attention, to track whether her child can move independently along the wall or the handrails of the bed.
• If the baby is lying, Mom can ask him to sit down, call by name, show the toy and so on. The main thing is to check the ability of the child to sit down from the prone position.
• Grasping reflex, its strength can be checked by jokingly picking a toy from a toddler. The stronger the child holds the rattle, the more developed he reflexes and muscle strength.
• Checking the ability to reach the objects: show at a distance the toy, provoking the baby to reach it.
• Check the speed of the reaction with the help of playing hide-and-seek. The kid should look for the missing item and look at it emotionally.
• It is necessary to check the attention of the baby with the help of a rattle, which is put in a pocket or under a pillow, provoking the child to get it.
• A child of 8 months should be able to control both hands, check-play "ladushki", a game with two objects, rattles.
• The ability to pronounce syllables is tested with adults, when the mother or father pronounces the syllable (ma-ma or pa-pa, yes-yes, na-na), and the child repeats them.
• The child must recognize and show familiar objects, faces. You can check the skills with the help of "show a nose", "show your dad" and so on.

Child 8 months - diet and sleep

At this age the child eats only in the afternoon, from night feedings it should be gradually weaned. The menu introduces a more varied lure to ensure that by the age of one year completely supplanting breastfeeding. As additives, you can include kefir or dietary curd, as the child's digestive system is already ready for such food. Here is an approximate schedule and diet for an eight-month-old baby who is naturally breastfed:

Morning, 6.00	Breastfeeding milk
Morning, 10.00	Porridge on milk	170 g
	Boiled chicken yolk	half
	Fruit juice with pulp or light	50 ml
Lunch, 2 pm	Beef broth on beef meat	20-25 ml
	Dry bread (white bread)
	Puree from vegetables	170 g
	Puree from boiled beef or chicken	50 grams
	Fruit juice	20-25 ml
	Low-fat cottage cheese	50 grams
	Puree from cooked fruits	70 grams
Evening, 22.00	Breastfeeding milk

If a child receives 8 months of a mixture, then breast milk should be replaced with milk formulas. If there is a possibility of breast-feeding, then it is necessary to keep it until the age of ten months at least twice a day - early morning and late evening. Mother's milk is a unique source of antibodies necessary for the child, which form and strengthen its immunity. Also, a small man must be taught to drink from a cup, for this purpose, you can buy a cup of non-spillage, made specifically for restless toddlers, capable of shedding everything that falls into his hands. With the help of the "magic" cup, the baby will gradually be weaned from the bottle with the pacifier. The sleep of an eight-month-old baby remains as long as before, sometimes a child can sleep for 6-7 hours in a row. This ability is better smoothly translated into night mode. It is considered the norm when a baby sleeps at night for ten hours in a row, and sleeps in the daytime for 1-2 hours three times.

Child 8 months - precautions

Since the kid at this age is extremely active and curious, there is a risk that the interest in unexplored territories and objects can lead to trauma. Do not stop the child's motor activity, the main task of parents is to minimize risks and dangers. To do this, it is necessary to remove, hide, close all objects that cause injuries and damage: 

• Buy special plugs for sockets and close access to the power supply. 
• Remove and close in the inaccessible places scissors, needles, nails, pencils and all sharp, pricking, cutting objects. 
• If you need to pat your underwear, it is advisable that the baby is engaged in someone from relatives, family members. Hot iron after all ironed, you need to clean the place inaccessible to the kid. 
• All drugs, detergents must be "locked up". 
• All documents, photographs, important and useful books, magazines should be removed to the upper shelves, where there is no access for the child. 
• If the house has steps, stairs, they should be lined with a soft covering and make sure that the child does not climb up to the highest steps for 8 months. 
• In the kitchen, where food is cooked, water boils, the child should not be even in the presence of the mother. Suffice it literally seconds, when mother can some small thing, so that a misfortune occurs. 
• Take away the belts, kerchiefs, ropes and threads. These things are not good for games.

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A child of 8 months - speech and emotions

Eight-month kid with pleasure reacts to affectionate words, interesting, new toys and various games with parents - hide and seek, rolling the ball. In addition, the child begins to actively pronounce syllables and even words. A wonderful period when a child pronounces for the first time the word "mother" or "baba". Dads are often secretly upset that the baby chose to designate verbally to his mother, but the reason is not at all. The child is easier to pronounce voiced consonants, the deaf he will learn to speak a little later. Also, a child of 8 months well distinguishes his, native people and strangers, strangers. Long stay in the company of my mother's girlfriend, who came to visit the family, can be a stress for a little man. The child gets used to strangers slowly, gradually, do not accelerate this process, so as not to provoke negative emotions in the baby. A child of 8 months acquainted with strangers very carefully, being in the hands of a mother or father, the formation of a habit and confidence in a new person can sometimes take a whole week. Also the kid already knows how to express his protests and indignation with facial expressions, gestures, sounds and even words. Parents need to be prepared for such emotional manifestations and not only laugh at the amusing expression of their child's face, but also determine what the child is dissatisfied with, it is quite possible that his outrage has objective reasons (overcrowded diaper, cold or too hot food, etc.) .

A child of 8 months is an active researcher of the living space, which manifests its own character, and sometimes stubbornness. Parents in this period should learn to kindly but persistently put limits and frameworks for a small fidget, without suppressing natural curiosity, but also not allowing the baby to dictate his conditions. Eight months is, in a sense, the beginning of the child's socialization, the formation of an understanding of the words "can not" and "can".

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