Child development at 10 months

Your baby has a round date - ten months. Now he understands and knows a lot. You began to notice the appearance of personality in the crumbs. Now he strives for independence, shows character: he actively moves and babbles or, on the contrary, is so focused on something that you do not dare to interfere. Indeed, a child of 10 months, trying to imitate you, is already persistent in achieving his goals and is indignant if someone interferes with him.

What's new in physical development in 10 months

The child is so active that weight gain begins to decrease compared to previous periods in his life. For the tenth month, the baby adds up to 300 - 450 g in weight and about 1 - 1.5 cm in height. At 10 months, the baby has a body weight of 8.5 - 10 kg (± 1 kg) and a height of 71 - 74 cm (± 3 cm).

What can a child do by the end of the 10th month

1. The child rises to the legs and stands without support. If you take it by one handle, it makes attempts to walk. Some babies can walk along the wall.
2. Can sit without support from a standing position.
3. He takes and holds objects well with both hands: he holds a cup with two handles, and one holds a spoon. Fully mastered pinching (with two fingers). At times, the child prefers a single hand. You should not wean the baby to use the hand that he prefers.
4. Many children are already good crawl on all fours or in a plastic way. Coordination of movements is constantly developing, and the child can crawl anywhere, so parents should take all safety measures.
5. A child at 10 months old must be taught to get off the couch: turn the booty to the edge and lower the legs.
6. Copies the movements of adults. Opens and closes cabinets, drawers drawers in the chest of drawers.
7. It can roll the ball where you show it and crawl after it. Rolls a typewriter.
8. A ten-month-old baby is capable of manipulating several objects at once. He knows how to use one thing to get another: push a ball from the table with a stick.
9. When the baby is in the crib and holds on to the railing, he can bounce and squat, walk around the perimeter of the crib.
10. By this age, crumbs can already grow 4 teeth: two lower and two upper central incisors. But if there are no teeth yet, then do not worry - wait up to a year.

We read in detail: what a child can do at 10 months

What's new in psychological development

1. A child of 10 months already understands a lot of what you say. He repeats simple words after you and points a finger at the called objects.
2. Children at this age begin to understand jokes.
3. A ten-month-old baby is trying to imitate and do as adults: he shakes a doll, brings a telephone to his ear, takes a spoon and pulls it into his mouth.
4. In communication, the baby uses simple gestures: waves a pen goodbye, hugs, holds out his hands.
5. Now the child can fulfill simple requirements and understands the prohibitions or praise.
6. He deliberately scatters and throws objects, destroys the pyramid.
7. He is interested in other children, pulls pens to them, tries to touch.
8. He searches for a hidden object, remembers where the items he removed earlier are, where his toys are.
9. The child consciously squeezes and unclenches fingers. If earlier it was difficult to pick up something from him, now you can ask, and the crumbs will give you this item. Motility continues to develop, but the baby has already learned the basic functions: he holds fast to the back of the crib when he gets up and deftly unclenches his fingers when he throws something.

10 month baby development test

• At ten months, the child should be able to independently sit, get up at the support, crawl behind the toy, take an object with two fingers;
• Must pronounce syllables or short words, understand the meaning of several words. On average, a child of 10 months should try to repeat about 8 words for an adult. The “speech” of the baby should be emotionally colored, and not monotonous;
• Must be able to attract attention with his voice, babble or using gestures: wave his hand "bye-bye", shake his head "no";
• The baby must fulfill the simplest requests: “give”, “take”.

How to feed a baby in 10 months

The baby's food has already been completely replaced with ordinary foods during the day. The feeding time is gradually moving away, and the baby is transferred to the common table. You give breast milk and the mixture after and before bedtime, as well as after feeding instead of juice or water: 30 - 50 g. A child at 10 months should receive 600 - 700 g of dairy products per day, therefore breast milk is enough for the first and last feeding or mixtures. For one feeding, the baby eats from 200 to 250 ml.

Now the child needs a lot of vitamins, minerals, proteins and fats, so the nutrition of the crumbs should be easily digestible and balanced. Food should be cooked, preferably steamed, fried should not be given. If the baby has teeth, then stimulate his chewing: give small pieces of boiled vegetables (potatoes) or soft fruits (banana, peach). Mashed potatoes can already be crushed not on a blender, but knead with a fork. Keep introducing new products.

Mode: sleep and wakefulness

About a year or a year and a half, the regimen in children does not change: at night they sleep up to 10 hours, and in the afternoon - twice for 1.5 - 2 hours. Biorhythms are individual for each child: someone goes to bed early and gets up early, and someone loves later. Accordingly, daytime sleep in these children will be at different times. It is important for parents to accustom the baby to the regimen of sleep and nutrition, then the child will not overwork and will eat with appetite.

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How to help your child grow

• Despite the fact that your baby is crawling or even trying to walk, continue to carry it on your hands. This educational tactic is also called holding (from the English word “hold” - to hold, to hold). Dedicate to this at least 1 hour a day, take the baby on the hands and carry it with you everywhere, talking to him. Sit on your lap, look into each other's eyes, smile, hug the baby and say that you love him. Press the baby to yourself and sing songs. It’s not scary if you don’t have a voice and hearing, the main thing is that your singing should be colored with positive and tender emotions. Scientists claim that singing not only promotes the mental health of the child, but also stimulates speech skills. It is very good if the holding will be carried out not only by mom, but also father;
• Talk to the child as if he understands everything. Answer his babble, maintain a dialogue. At the same time, try not to use too complex words and long sentences, do not talk too fast. Speak specifically, for example: “this is a cube”, “a blue cube”.Do not use pronouns yet (especially personal ones), it’s still difficult for the baby to understand their meaning, say this: “Kolya, take the cube. Now Kolenka has a cube ”;
• Develop a sense of humor in the child, children at 10 months already understand the jokes;
• Do not forget that a child perceives any game as a reality. Children at this age are very upset by picking up and hiding a toy, even just for the purpose of the game;
• Give your child the space to crawl, but remember that now he will use it to get what he wants. Keep clean in the house, remove all dangerous objects above - ensure the crumb is completely safe. Explain to the child that there are things that must not be touched, because they are dangerous: in the socket - current, kettle - hot;
• Teach your baby to show body parts. You can do this while sitting against each other or in front of a mirror;
• Let the baby throw the toy as much as he wants. Do not scold him for this. Get a special box for the baby in which you can throw toys and invite him to do it. The box can be placed either left or right of the child so that he tries to throw with both hands in turn;
• You can already begin to conduct drawing and modeling classes with your child. While the baby will be enough 1 - 2 small felt-tip pens, one jar of finger paints and a small piece of plasticine. Do not flood the child with whole sets, most likely, all this will fly in different directions. Let the baby understand for a start what to do about it. Show him how to draw, paint, mold a ball or sausage;
• Do not give the child many toys at once: 2 - 3 is enough. Change them periodically;
• Take some time to read every day. Buy your child several books in which he can turn the pages himself. Now that the child already understands some words or even pronounces it himself, one needs to read him short tales: “Gingerbread Man”, “Chicken Ryaba”, “Teremok”. Organize a book shelf for the baby, to which he can reach and take a book;
• Continue to develop the child’s motor skills:
  • Pour pasta, peas or beans on a tray or in a bowl, let the baby dig into them with handles, draw a finger on a tray with flour;
  • Play a fun game with clothespins: hook them on the sleeves and on the panties crumbs, it will be fun for him to unhook them from himself;
  • Give the child sheets of colored paper, let him tear it into pieces. Make a salute from the scraps of paper.

Do gymnastics every day. Pay particular attention to exercises to develop crawling and walking:

• Squatting and standing up with support;
• Walking on all fours;
• Walking with support by the handles;
• Flexion and extension of the legs in a prone position.

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Allow each lesson no more than 20 minutes, and then give the child a break or play independently something else. Begin to teach the baby to communicate with other kids, make friends. You can already conduct joint game classes with your child, for example, at home, inviting mothers with children to visit. Do not bring your child to groups with more than 3 children with mothers. At 10 months, the child still does not need collective communication and this will only overwork him or even scare him.

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