Child development at 11 months

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The first year of life is drawing to a close. The development of a child at 11 months is characterized by new indicators in physical development, the emergence of emotional and personality traits. At eleven months old, a child can please you with the first word or the first step. At the same time, he continues to emotionally develop and consolidate the acquired.

What's new in physical development

For this month, the baby can add from 400 to 500 g and grow by 1 - 1.5 cm. At 11 months, the baby has a weight of 8.5 - 10.5 kg (± 1 kg), height 72 - 76 cm (± 3 cm).

What a baby can do at 11 months

A baby at 11 months old can stand confidently, holding on to a support or your hand. Can walk, holding on to a wheelchair or wall. Some children can stand on their own or even take a few steps, holding a toy in their hand for balance.
The kid is still having difficulty, but is already sitting down from a standing position.
A child at 11 months of age confidently crawls on all fours, for a long time confidently sits.
Able to point a finger at an item of interest.
At eleven months, a child can hold a spoon in a pen and pick it up with food. Holds the cup with both hands.
The kid has fully mastered the grasp with two fingers, can pick up very small objects. Trying to put one cube on another.
Most children have 4 teeth at eleven months old: lower and upper central incisors. The first pair of molars can begin to grow from above and below. But some children may not have teeth yet - it’s not scary, don’t worry and wait up to a year. If in 1 year they will not be - consult with a pediatrician.

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What's new in psychological development

The child pronounces the first simple words in which he puts a generalized meaning, for example, calls all the food: “am-am”, by the same word he means the desire to eat. A child at 11 months old knows a few words, repeats new ones after parents.
The kid began to understand that mom can be manipulated. For example, realizing that she comes to cry faster and becomes kinder, the child may begin to whimper on purpose. In this case, you will notice a certain cunning in the eyes, in the complete absence of tears.
A child of 11 months already understands much of the conversation of parents. He responds to requests: give, take, show, quit, eat. Can shake his head as "no" and "yes."
The baby is able to persistently achieve its goal, repeats several times if the desired does not work out. Having done something, waiting for approval and praise.
When you play with the baby, he tries to please you with his behavior or even make you laugh. Now the child understands that "hide and seek", "horned goat" are games.
The child has become quick-witted: he can push one object from another chair, turn over a box of toys to get everything at once.
Children at the age of eleven months show signs of a simple plot game: shakes a doll, feeds a bear.

Test for the development of children in 11 months

At 11 months, the child should be able to sit well, stand at the support, crawl on all fours;
Show the child a box with a toy, open it several times. Then hide the toy. The kid should notice the disappearance of the subject and express surprise;
The child should be able to use certain items for their intended purpose: drink from a cup, eat with a spoon, bring a comb to the head, repeating the movements of adults;
Show the baby how to build a tower out of cubes. The child must be able to put at least 2 - 3 cubes on top of each other. The pyramids are still difficult for the baby, but he can already put on big rings on his wand;
The baby already knows how to distinguish objects according to common features, for example, ask them to show him cars or dolls, among several toys. The child should point a finger at them.

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How to feed children in 11 months

The lure time has passed, and the child can join the common table under certain cooking conditions: it should be cooked or stewed, contain a minimum of salt, sugar and seasoning. Mom can now not cook separately for the child, but just grind for him the food prepared for everyone. A child at 11 months of age eats about 1 - 1.2 liters of food per day - this is excluding fluid. Food remains five meals a day, so it will be up to about 2 years. All the main products have already been introduced, but you need to be careful with allergenic: oranges, mangoes, tomatoes. Mushrooms, chocolate, honey, nuts, tea, coffee, and cow's milk should not be given for now.

If the baby is still breast-fed, it receives breasts in the morning and evening before bedtime, as well as at night upon request. Some moms getting ready wean the baby from the chest at 1 year, by 11 months, minimize the number of feedings: once a day before bedtime. But if you plan to feed for a long time, then continue to give the baby the breasts when he wants.

Mode: sleep and wakefulness

The baby has become calmer at night, even if you continue to breastfeed. Now he can ask for milk up to 2 times at night, and this is really a gift for mom, who had to wake up to 5 times a night. Many children can oversleep until 10-11 hours at night. In the afternoon, there are also two dreams of 1.5 to 2 hours. The regimen for each child is individual: children who like to sleep longer, respectively, go to bed later in the afternoon, and vice versa. Mom should adapt to the baby’s biorhythms, as the smallest changes in the regimen can deprive the baby of appetite or adversely affect the psyche. It is necessary to accustom the baby to the daily routine.

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How to help your child grow

Continue to hold the baby in your arms whenever possible. Despite the fact that the peanut will soon go and crawl perfectly, he still needs psychological closeness with his mother;
Support speech development in every way. If a child utters some incomprehensible word, try to understand what it is and to find this item with him. Play speech games:
- Collect different toys in a bag and name them when you get out from there in front of the child. Well, if the toys are close to each other thematically, for example: a machine and a wheel, a doll and a crib. In the bag you can put any household items: a spoon, thread, a book, that is, everything that the baby comes into contact with daily;
- Show thematic cards of Doman;
- Children remember words best when they do something, so the best way to learn is to play. Comment on all actions during the game, focus on nouns - they are the first words;
- Play scenes from life with speech constructions, for example: “on, take”, “give, please” - hold out or give an object, “bye-bye” - wave your hand, “hello!” - shake your hand. Scenes should be carried out leisurely, slightly stretching the words;
- Pay attention to the crumbs on the cooking process. Tell us what and from what you cook, how you do it: clean, wash, put, cook, hot, cold, tasty, bitter, sweet;
- Often children who speak poorly also eat poorly. This is due to the weakness of the jaw apparatus. Let the child gnaw a cracker, carrot;
- Read picture books together.

The development of speech is interconnected with fine motor skills, so continue with your child activities that develop finger activity:

Pour oatmeal into one small cup and show your child how to pour it into another bowl. The same can be done with water while swimming. Exercise develops well the muscles of the hands and teaches synchronism in movements;
During water procedures, you can suggest that the child catch a bucket of various small objects. For realism, buy plastic fish and play the angler. The game will well develop visual and motor coordination;
Pour fine cereal or flour onto the tray evenly. Take the baby’s finger in your hand and draw. Then let the kid draw something on his own;
Take the ring that your hand goes into. Put it on your hand first, then on the child. Then invite the baby to put a ring on your hand or yourself, while helping him for the first time, lead his hand into the ring. The skill of hitting a ring with a hand is acquired from 2 to 3 lessons;
Spend modeling and drawing with your child.

For modeling, 1 - 2 pieces of plasticine will be enough for now. Make a sausage out of it, then cut it into equal parts with the crumbs and mold small peas. Show your child how to attach them to a board or cardboard sheet.

It often happens that children who have learned to crawl well begin to walk later. This happens because the child finds the easiest and fastest way to move around and does not try to take an upright position. This is actually not bad. Scientists have found that such babies are better at talking earlier, they have good posture. So do not worry about upright posture, it will not get anywhere from you, but unfortunately not all children go through the important stage of crawling. Do not force the baby to walk by force, only for the reason that some of his peers in the yard have already taken their first steps. Eleven months is not a deadline for this. Continue to do gymnastics and massage, and everything will come as usual.

At the end of the eleventh month, you can begin to prepare for a momentous event. In exactly one month your baby will be 1 year old: first birthday, first cake, first friends. Think about how to make this day unforgettable for you, interesting and not tiring for the crumbs.

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