What a child can and should be able to do at 7 months

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Your little bundle of happiness is seven months old! And on the playground, you are increasingly discussing with other mothers what the baby can do at 7 months old and trying to compare the success of their crumbs with their peers. And you immediately realize how different the kids are. But the basic skills of all children are similar.

Physical skills

At 7 months, the child should be able to easily roll in any direction. If you still don’t know how, then here are the exercises that will help the baby learn to roll over - we teach the baby to roll over independently;
Congratulations, baby made the first step. True, in place. The child now loves to get up near the support, and cross legs. Lower the bed lounger to the lowest level - otherwise your strong man may fall out of it. If you hold the baby by the armpits, he confidently rearranges his legs and actively steps;
It turns out that standing is easier than sitting. And many of the kids who stand firmly on their legs at the support are still very uncertain. It’s not worth putting a pillow under their backs - everything has its own time, every child will learn this simple art. Give him a hand, he will cling to and sit down. True, at first it will sit, leaning forward slightly. It can be difficult for him to recover from this situation; he will soon get tired and will call for help. (When children start to sit on their own);

The skill appears both at six months of age and later. In some mothers, the child begins to sit quite late - about 9 months. Therefore, if the baby cannot do this at 7, you should not worry (although the doctor still needs to show the baby).

The first method of transportation was mastered - the baby crawled! Some babies crawl backwards in the early days, and very quickly. Now the edges of the tablecloths hanging from the table are very dangerous for him - he will definitely cling to them when he wants to get up. He can pull not only the tablecloth off the table, but also everything on it. Hot on the table, when next to the baby - a taboo! (Details about crawling);
Able to take food with his fingers. If you put a bowl of cookies in front of the child, he will be able to eat a little thing or two on his own. Parental assistance is not required for this. Dr. Komarovsky says that you need to give an opportunity to a child of this age to independently take food and eat it. So he gradually begins to develop the ability to eat independently;
It also happens that the child skips the crawl stage. But if at seven months he knows how to sit and tries to get up, then this is normal. His reluctance to crawl should not upset you;
The kid can gradually eat from a spoon, drink from a cup;
It rests on one hand, in parallel, some object can grab with the other palm;
He takes a bottle. Can drink without it from adults;
Can shift things from one palm to another;
Tries to play with several toys at once.

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Emotional development

His affection for you grows into a real passionate love. At your request, the child will happily look at each member of the family. But she will turn away from strangers, “hide” at mom’s shoulder. True, some strangers suddenly arouse his interest and curiosity;
A new achievement - the baby learned to understand the prohibitions, the word “impossible”, strict intonation upset him utterly. Especially scary - when they threaten him with a finger. He himself can categorically refuse something. If the child says "you can’t do this", he will stop and will carefully look at his parents;
The kid understands the tone and intonation of the voice well, reacts differently to gentle and strict voices, can understand by gestures and facial expressions the mood of the mother and her feelings for him;
An interesting “toy” for him becomes a mirror - he adores looking at himself in it. He is very interested in all parts of his body, he feels himself, looks at what happens, pulls him in his mouth;
Really doesn't like to be alone. The absence of a mother in sight is very frustrating for the baby. He begins to feel fear when parting with his mother, clings to her;
He likes to listen to melodic music. Familiar melodies begins to sing along. Sometimes - bass, unexpected at such a tender age;
The child responds to his name by turning his head towards the adult;
During this period, the child constantly imitates adults. The kid copies their facial expressions, gestures, intonation. You can benefit from this age-specific feature of the child’s development: show by your example how to eat with a spoon, drink from a cup, wave “hello” and “bye” - all this the baby is already able to master in 7 months.

Games and toys

When they play with him, he smiles joyfully, even bursts out laughing;
You can already play “Ladushki” and other gesture games with him. He loves simple tales and rhymes, nursery rhymes;
He will surely like books with vivid pictures and tearing thick pages that he can turn over;
For several minutes can concentrate on your favorite toys;
At seven months old, the child loves all sounding toys - rattles, musical ones with buttons that you can knock on. Well, or with which you can knock. The kid has already learned to get small toys out of the bucket. Able to invest small objects in large ones;
A child can find a toy hidden under a blanket in front of his eyes. He understands where the subject is;
Most children already have first teeth erupted - one or two lower incisors. Therefore, he actively uses his new acquisition - begins to gnaw at everything.

Speech

Your talker confidently pronounces many syllables, and speech skills are being improved more and more. He seriously trains in pronunciation of all these “ma”, “ba”, “pa”, and can “give out” any intricate sound in general.

He is experimenting with loudness of speech, pitch, intonation. He is training his vocal apparatus with all his might to tell him as quickly as possible about how much he loves you!

Understands the meaning of many words.

Development test

Put the child on a sofa or on the floor, where there is a lot of space. Observe the behavior. The kid should turn over in different directions.
Ignore the baby a bit. If the baby sees that they do not notice him, he will begin to cry and attract attention.
Observe the behavior when an outsider appears in the room.The curious look of the baby will be riveted to him.
Put the child on his knees and move to the table. The kid should stretch his hands to him, pull himself up, knock on the surface of the furniture. If there are objects on the table, they will surely attract the attention of the child.
Give the baby 2 toys in both hands, and then offer one more. The first reaction in a healthy child will be to think about further behavior. After that, children usually put one toy and then take a new one.
Put the child on his back and cover his face with a napkin. The kid must remove it himself.

These techniques help to understand how well a baby develops at 7 months.

What should alert

Kids acquire all skills gradually and in their individual mode. Do not compare your baby’s skills with tables daily. But there is a list of reasons why you should contact a specialist. Pay special attention if the child:

does not roll over;
not trying to sit on her own;
Does not watch the toy;
does not respond to sounds;
Does not taste objects;
Do not knock the toy on the surface;
does not pronounce syllables;
Does not attract attention and does not show feelings and emotions;
Don't worry if mom leaves.

Watch the baby. Do not postpone visiting specialists if something worries you. Any problem can be fixed if you notice it in a timely manner and choose the right treatment.

At seven months, the babies are very different. Someone is already getting up on his feet and trying to walk, someone is just starting to crawl in a Plastusian way. Mark the main milestones of the development of your crumbs, observe it, take more photos. After all, this time will never happen again!

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