Child development at 7 months

Every day you notice changes in the kid. This is not the tiny lump that you brought from the hospital. The baby has noticeably grown and now manifests itself as a full member of the family. At 7 months, the child communicates more, moves more, and eats and sleeps no longer as in the first half of the year.

What's new in physical development

Over the seventh month, the child grows up by 2 cm and gains about 600 g, by the end of the month the weight of the babies is 7.5 - 8.5 kg (± 1 kg), and growth 66 - 70 cm (± 3 cm).

What a child can do at 7 months

1. Most kids can already sit without support, learn to sit down themselves.
2. Some are already crawling at seven months old. While the baby is difficult to lift the body completely, so he crawling.
3. Lying on his stomach, can lean on one handle, and the other reach out and grab the toy.
4. Actively flips in different directions. The physical development of the baby is now fully aimed at increasing his activity, so this is the time of the onset of bruises and injuries. The motor activity of the crumbs has increased, but the movements are not yet coordinated and awkward, while parents are still inclined to underestimate the baby's capabilities, leaving him alone in the middle of the sofa or bed. Children can roll from one edge of the sofa to the other in a matter of seconds, for this reason do not leave them alone.
5. A child at 7 months old knows how to hold a bottle and raise it if it falls.
6. In the crib, he can stand on his knees or completely on his legs, holding on to the railing.
7. With support for the armpits - steps.
8. A child of 7 months more and more confidently uses his hands: shifts the toy from one hand to another, turns it in his hands.
9. Raises and throws the toy again. He hits her on the table, pulls him into her mouth, examines.
10. Can invest in large objects small.
11. Hearing and vision are already fully formed. The child reacts by turning his head even to quiet sounds. But do not teach the baby to sleep in complete silence, allow a small sound background (TV or radio), otherwise in the future the child will begin to wake up from insignificant sounds.
12. Many children already had their first teeth at seven months old, but if they are not there, don’t worry, calmly wait for their appearance for up to a year. An important role in the timing of teething is played by heredity, if parents appeared at 9 months of age, then the child is likely to have one as well. In some children, several teeth grow at once.

All babies react differently to teething. For someone, it can take place without any problems, but that the tooth breaks through, the mother finds out only by the white edge on the gum. But most children still have signs preceding the appearance of the tooth:

• Salivation;
• Redness and swelling of the gums;
• The kid bites everything: toys, yours and your fingers, pulls a fist into his mouth;
• The baby rubs her cheek on the pillow, pinches herself by the face, by the ears;
• Some children may have low-grade fever (37).

READ ALSO: when the first teeth are cut

What's new in psychological development

1. Now the child understands the meaning of many words and can point his finger at familiar objects. Continues to talk babbling.
2. He knows his name and reacts to it.
3. The kid distinguishes all relatives. A feeling of deep affection has already been formed in him. Of course, the baby is most emotionally attached to his mother and in her absence can now burst into tears, but this will not be associated with hunger, but with the loss of a sense of security and anxiety. Some children at this age may even have a fear of parting, which indicates a big step in the mental development of the baby.
4. The baby is already by facial expressions and gestures can guess the feelings that you experience. He distinguishes intonations in his voice: gentle or strict, kind or evil. And when they swear at the child, he is already trying to understand his guilt.
5. The kid learns to show his feelings: grabs you by the face, by the hair, snuggles or turns away.
6. The babble of a child is becoming more complicated. Gradually, he becomes meaningful. The baby turns his head toward the object that his mother called several times before (dad, pussycat, woman), he can repeat the first syllable. Tries to attract attention to certain syllables.
7. To the question "where?" can look with a look what is being asked.
8. The kid understands that the hidden things do not disappear at all, and they simply are not visible.
9. The child is now ready to make friends with anyone, but he does not show initiative, but expects it from the object.
10. During this period, the right hemisphere (left side of the body) develops more intensively than the left (right side of the body), so you may notice that the baby uses his left hand more than his right. This is a temporary phenomenon and does not mean at all that the child is left-handed. (how to identify left handed or right handed your child)
11. At this age, infants may begin to be afraid of harsh or loud noises (vacuum cleaner, hairdryer, fan). Try not to turn on these appliances near your child. (We read: The child is afraid of loud sounds)

READ DETAILS: about the skills of a child at seven months

7 month baby development test

• A baby at 7 months old should be able to roll over in different directions, sit with his back straight with support, roll over on a barrel behind a rattle from a supine position;
• Sit with your child on your knees at the table. The kid will firmly grab the edge of the table, begin to shift the objects lying on it, clap his hands on the table;
• Ignore the child deliberately. The kid will begin to look for your gaze or even whimper;
• A child at 7 months of age shows interest in strangers, the fear of strangers gradually disappears;
• When the baby is lying on the back, cover his face with a diaper, the child should be able to independently get rid of it;
• Give the baby in both pens a toy, and then offer one more. First, the baby will be puzzled, and then let go of one toy to take another.

What should alert

• The kid does not try to roll over and sit down;
• Do not hit the cube on the table;
• Does not respond to sounds, does not show emotions, tenderness for mom, does not attract attention;
• Cannot bring objects to mouth;
• In an upright position, it cannot support its weight;
• Does not follow the moving object, does not burst.

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How to feed a baby at 7 months

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If you have introduced complementary foods at 6 months, and your baby is breastfed, then by the age of seven months, already one breastfeeding has been replaced with porridge and mashed vegetables.

READ DETAILS: About the first feeding - when to introduce

Porridge is gluten-free (buckwheat, rice, corn) and single-component. You can give ready-made cereals of industrial production, they already contain milk powder and butter.

If you cook it yourself, then the porridge should first be 5%: for 5 g of cereal - 100 g of water, then - 10%: for 10 g of cereal - 100 g of liquid. In vegetable purees, start adding vegetable oil (preferably olive, first cold pressed), first 1 drop and gradually bringing up to 1 teaspoon. In porridge - butter (82%), first 1 g, and then up to 4 g per serving of porridge.

If you safely entered vegetable purees, then start giving fruit purees (apple, pear, prunes, plums, peaches) and continue to introduce other vegetables in turn (carrots, pumpkin, spinach, potatoes). It should be noted that spinach and potatoes are somewhat heavy for the baby’s stomach, so it’s better to give them together with zucchini or cauliflower, so enter them at the end of the 7th month, when the child is ready for multicomponent food. From the beginning of the introduction of complementary foods, it is better to feed only one-component mashed potatoes and cereals for two months.

At the end of the month, you can enter the yolk, starting with 1 \ 4 (and then 1 \ 2 yolk), twice a week.

If the baby has teeth or has started to grow, buy him special baby cookies that quickly dissolve in his mouth. Thus, in a full 7 months, a baby who is naturally fed has approximately the following diet:

• 7 hours - breast milk 200 g.
• 11 hours - porridge 150 g, butter 4 g, fruit puree 30 -50 g, juice (compote, water or breast milk) 25 - 30 g.
• 15 hours - vegetable puree 150 g, vegetable oil 5 g, half the yolk (2 times a week), liver (cracker), juice (compote, water or breast milk) 25 - 30 g.
• 19 hours - breast milk 200 g.
• 22 - 23 hours - breast milk 200 g. At night, continue breastfeeding as required.

If complementary foods were introduced from 4 to 5 months, then at 7 months the baby can start giving boiled meat (turkey, veal, rabbit, chicken), after wiping it on a blender until a homogeneous consistency.

It is better to give meat with vegetable complementary foods, with the addition of vegetable oil or a milk mixture. You need to start with 1 \ 2 teaspoon, bringing to 25 - 30 g. For a baby on artificial feeding, a diet of 7 months will look like this:

• 7 hours - a mixture of 200 g.
• 11 hours - porridge 150 g, butter 4 g, fruit puree 30 - 50 g, juice (water, compote or mixture) 20 - 30 g.
• 15 hours - vegetable puree 150 g, meat puree 20-30 g, vegetable oil 5 g, half the yolk (2 times a week), juice (water, compote or mixture) 20-30 g.
• 19 hours - a mixture of 200 g, a cookie (cracker).
• 22 - 23 hours - a mixture of 200 g.

Mode - sleep and wakefulness

A night's sleep will become calmer and deeper, and its duration will be approximately 10-11 hours. Daytime sleep lasts 1.5-2 hours 2-3 times a day, and the duration and time of sleep may depend on the nature of the child, the situation, the regime created in your family. It is especially useful for the baby to sleep in the fresh air. If you adhere to your daily routine, then the baby will wake up at about the same time.

READ DETAILS:The regimen (approximate schedule) of a child's day at 7 months

How to help your baby grow

Continue all the same activities with the child that began in previous months, a little complicating and prolonging the game. Do everything so that the baby develops speech and his babble gradually turned into words.

• Get your baby's attention to the things you are talking about. Repeat the words until the child learns them. Use Doman’s cards (thematic pictures with words), with them children quickly memorize words. More often consider and read children's books, let the kid learns to turn the pages himself;
• Develop fine motor skills of the child;
• Ask your baby to do something (throw or raise a ball, take a cube). Of course, the child should be able to do what you asked for. After completing the assignment, be sure to praise the baby;
• Teach the baby to point a finger at an object, clap its hands, wave a pen;
• Surely during your walks you made friends.Visit each other sometimes. Toddlers are already interested in watching other children play;
• 6 - 7 months - the very age to nurture a child: “Okad”, “Magpie”, “Horned Goat” and play games with fingers:

This finger is grandfather (we bend the thumb, and then everything in turn),
This finger is grandma
This finger is daddy
This finger is mommy
This one is my baby (we bend the little finger).
That's my whole family (pinch the cam).

• Do not ignore the baby's fear of strangers. Do not leave the child alone with them. The baby does not yet understand whether they are good or bad, for him everything unfamiliar is dangerous. Try to take the baby in your arms with strangers and keep a distance in communication until you notice that the child himself is interested or drawn to a new person;
• Teach your child to crawl - this is a necessary and very important stage that precedes upright posture. At first, the way of moving for all children is different: someone crawls in a plastusky way, someone - booty forward, some - like a caterpillar. Only later the baby will learn the technique of "cross" crawling, when the leg and arm from opposite sides move simultaneously. The most difficult thing for the baby is to tear off the tummy from the floor and synchronize movements. Therefore, create conditions for learning for the child: comfortable clothes, free space, exercises and achievable goals in the form of toys.

Mom’s school: development of a child in 7 months

Your seven-month-old baby learns skills that seemingly previously inaccessible to him and more and more surprises you. Many mothers, stuck in the previous months, hesitate to do something new with the baby, continuing to simply feed, lull, and shake the rattle. Be careful not to underestimate the baby; your baby is looking for communication with you and is ready for a new life.

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