The regimen of the day of the child at 12 months: sleep, feeding, walking, developing activities

A child is one year old - the first significant date in the life of a child, without which no family can do without a celebration. For some babies, this event does not entail any changes regarding changes in the usual daily routine; for others, the transition to a new age category is associated with the restructuring of the daytime regimen and feeding schedule.

The table with the daily routine for the child at 12 months of life

• 6:00-6:30 An awakened baby is breastfed or given a milk mixture.
• 6:30-10:00 A series of familiar morning routines: washing, brushing your teeth, taking air baths and a morning gymnastics complex.
• 10:00-10:30 A serving of porridge seasoned with a drop of butter will give the baby strength and cheer up.
• 10:30-12:00 The first period of daytime sleep.
• 12:00-14:00 Rested baby goes for a walk.
• 14:00-14:30 It's time to have lunch.
• 14:30-15:30 The most successful moment for intellectual and creative activity: reading children's books, sculpting and drawing.
• 15:30-17:00 The second period of daytime sleep.
• 17:00-18:00 Time for outdoor games and physical education: a well-rested baby is full of strength and energy.
• 18:00-18:30 A hearty dinner will restore the supply of calories spent in the process of active physical activity.
• 18:30-20:30 A reinforced child is going for a walk with his closest people.
• 20:30-22:00 Communication with family members continues: it is time for developmental games, during which intelligence and motor skills of small muscles are actively developing. Around the middle of this time period, you can cut a quarter of an hour for bathing the baby.
• 22:00-22:30 An evening snack, preceding the laying of crumbs.
• 22:30-6:00 It's time for night dreams.

This daily routine, which unchanged preserves the sequence and duration of all regime moments of the previous month, is suitable only for those babies who still need two periods of daytime rest.

However, among yearlings there are babies whose nervous system has grown so strong that frequent rest is no longer needed to restore it. For such children, a new regimen is required, providing only one period of daytime sleep.

Sleep

The daily routine governing the life of a one-year-old child may contain one of two options for sleep patterns:

1. The first, which has become habitual for a child who has obeyed him over the past two months, provides for two-phase daytime sleep, consisting of two 1.5-hour periods. Kids in need of such a sleep regimen are able to stay awake for four hours. The evening time for them comes at 22 o’clock. With this option of a day's rest, two long walks and five meals a day fit perfectly into the daily routine.
2. The second option, providing only one long period of daytime sleep, requires a radical restructuring of the entire daily routine.The crumbs for whom such a schedule of rest is comfortable demonstrate the characteristic features inherent in the temperament of “owls”: they Awaken not earlier than seven (and sometimes eight) hours of the morning. "Quiet hour" (lasting at least 2-3 hours) for them will have to arrange closer to 13:00. Since it will end no earlier than 16:00, there can be no question of any five-time feeding: the baby will be able to feed only four times. Such a daily routine has two important advantages: it is close to the conditions of keeping babies in a preschool institution, so the adaptation of the crumbs who went to kindergarten will take place without any problems (adaptation of the child in kindergarten) The second plus is that the parents of the baby who sets out for a night's rest at 21:00 have the opportunity to devote a little more time to each other.

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What sleep schedule suits the baby at 1 year old, parents decide by observing his behavior. An indication for the transition to a one-day nap is a combination of the following manifestations:

• Despite the fact that the time has come for the first day's sleep, the baby continues to be awake and energetic. Without showing the slightest sign of drowsiness, he is ready to play or engage with his mother;
• Attempts to put in a bed cause strong protest crumbs;
• The process of daytime laying is delayed so much that it leads to a significant time shift of all regime moments.

If this behavior is repeated day after day, you can gradually change the usual daily routine, giving the baby the opportunity of a one-time, but longer day rest. Of course, there should be no talk of any violence by adults.

Feeding

The nutritional schedule of a twelve-month-old child depends entirely on how many times he rests during the day.

• In the two-phase regimen of daytime sleep, the baby is fed five times. If your mother still has breast milk, it is perfect for both first breakfast and evening feeding of the baby before laying it at night (you can feed the artificial milk formula).

During lunch, lunch and dinner, the year-old receives food from the common table. His diet consists of cereals, soups, boiled and stewed vegetables, meat and fish dishes. A child of this age does not need any additional rubbing of food. Fish and meat intended for feeding the baby (if they are not served in the form of meatballs and meatballs) can be cut into small pieces: this is necessary for the development of a chewing reflex and the formation of a proper bite.

The list of products contraindicated for a small child remains the same: on his table should not be spicy, spicy and fried foods, citrus fruits, chocolate, nuts, smoked meats, canned goods, sausages and pastries. Instead of factory sweets (sweets, cakes and fatty biscuits) that you really want to treat your beloved baby with, it is better to give him fresh berries and fruits or add them to ready-made dishes.

• If the sleep regimen provides for a single long rest, the baby's food becomes four times a day. Reducing the number of feedings does not mean that the amount of food offered to the child should be increased. For one feeding, he should eat no more than 250 ml of useful products for him.

With this feeding regime, the baby does not start breakfast immediately after waking up, but after washing, brushing his teeth and doing morning exercises. This should happen no earlier than 8:30. Four hours later - at 12:30 - the child is fed dinner consisting of any soups (vegetable, meat or fish), steam cutlets with vegetable puree (from broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes or carrots), juice or stewed fruit.

Twice a week, the baby is given fish and twice a month - beef liver dishes. After a long day's sleep - at 16:30 - it's time for an afternoon snack. Since with this food option the crumbs will have dinner before four hours have passed, during the midday snack they will be served lighter meals: baby curd, casserole or cottage cheese pancakes, fruit puree and favorite juice.

At 19:00 you can feed a yearling with milk porridge or vegetable puree; occasionally a steamed omelet or boiled egg is given. You can end dinner with a weak tea, compote or fruit juice.

Physical exercise

A child of 12 months of age needs constant building and strengthening of muscle mass. This can be done during the morning exercises and home physical education classes.. Complexes must include:

• walking on various (straight, inclined, smooth and hilly) surfaces;
• exercises with hanging the baby on the rings or horizontal bar;
• all kinds of squats (with support for the handles and without it);
• all kinds of crawls;
• slopes
• exercises with creeping through a hoop and under an obstacle;
• abdominal strengthening exercises;
• throwing the ball;
• circular rotation of the limbs;
• consolidation of skills of safe getting down from a chair, bed or sofa.

Gymnastics should be done only in a well-ventilated room and with an open window (of course, avoiding the occurrence of drafts). In order for physical education activities to be pleasing to the baby, you can conduct them under cheerful rhythmic music.

A child of one year old ceases to need a restorative massage: thanks to an active and constant movement, his muscles begin to develop without extraneous external efforts (the only exception is a special doctor’s prescription). Unhurried walks over fairly long distances are very useful for him. Many mothers enroll with the baby in a developmental school and study under the supervision of qualified specialists.

Hygiene

1 year is the age when the baby begins to understand that brushing your teeth, washing your face and washing your hands before eating are procedures that must be performed every day. It is from this age that it is necessary to develop hygiene skills in him, which over time will turn into a good habit.

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Daily bathing crumbs are now optional; if the mother is not going to refuse the ritual of his nightly bathing, after bathing, it is necessary to lubricate the delicate baby skin with special oil or cream. Salts with minerals and herbal extracts added to the baby bath have an excellent moisturizing effect.

Seasoned babies are bathed in water, the temperature of which does not exceed twenty-nine degrees (for the rest of the children this value is not less than thirty-four degrees), and they are doused with cooler (a couple of degrees) water.

Educational activities

The arsenal of educational toys for the year-old is wide enough. The baby should have:

• sets of different cubes (wooden, soft or plastic);
• nesting dolls;
• all kinds of pyramids (from rings, balls, hollow caps);
• children's musical instruments (drum, battery-operated piano, metallophone);
• sorter toys (with curly slots on the lid and a set of inserts corresponding to them);
• touch mats (laces, fasteners, buttons, Velcro on them contribute to the development of fine motor skills);
• game centers;
• puzzles (from 2-4 parts);
• rubber toys depicting birds and animals;
• lotto for little ones;
• wheelchairs (on a rope or with a long handle);
• big and small balls.

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Educational games with a baby of 12 months are becoming more complex and interesting:

1. Finger games are very useful for the development of fine motor skills: “Finger-boy”, “Magpie-crow”, “Ladushki”.
2. By teaching the baby to fold the matryoshka correctly, the mother will contribute to the development of his eye and logical thinking.
3. Looking at the pictures in the book with little, you can play the game "Find and Show." First you need to show the baby where the eyes of the cat are painted (dolls, dogs), and then ask him to find them on his own. This game can be played indefinitely, coming up with new tasks.
4. By turning on rhythmic music and moving under it along with the child, mother will contribute to the development of his hearing and sense of rhythm.
5. You can teach the baby to extract sounds from children's musical instruments (drum, tambourine, metallophone, pipes). The simplest tools can be done with your own hands, pouring peas, cereals or buttons into small plastic bottles.
6. An improvised “sandbox”, made up of a basin filled with moistened salt, will allow the baby to make beautiful Easter cakes. This game develops motor skills of small muscles, eye and perseverance.
7. For the development of fine motor skills and aesthetic perception of reality, drawing classes are very useful. Yearlings draw with pleasure paints, felt-tip pens and wax crayons. Before such an activity, it is necessary to put on the baby clothes that it is not a pity to stain and constantly be near him. The table at which the child sits is best covered with a newspaper.

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Compliance with the daily routine for a child of 1 year makes the baby more disciplined, obedient and healthy. A child accustomed to order will be able to quickly adapt to the new conditions for him in a kindergarten.

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