What a child should be able to do in 5 months

Finally, 5 months of a new life behind, ahead of the first significant half-year boundary. What changes have occurred to the child during these 5 months? Now your little one is not as helpless as he was born. A conscious look, recognition of people close to him, the first attempts to move to your favorite toys. The most important thing that a child should be able to do in 5 months is to say something that reminds the very first and the main word - "mother". Most likely, he will pronounce it when he wants, that they pay attention to him, complain, call for help. However, the focus on the most dear and close friend, his mother, makes the utterance of this word almost meaningful.

The baby begins to babble in 5 months, trying to pronounce the simplest syllables "ba", "ma", "yes", "pa". In a good mood, during the period of revival, he pleases his simple grandmothers, grandmothers, moms, dads, and grandfathers, each of whom hopes that these first little words are addressed to him.

The child with pleasure communicates with adults during this period, not without reason the most attractive for him look poteshki in the form of dialogues, questions and answers. If you sing regularly with him, then soon the kid himself will start trying to sound sounds, as if answering questions from them.

What a child should be able to do in 5 months is the first skills of recognizing people and separating oneself from others. Strange people cause suspicion, and if, moreover, an unfamiliar person approaches the baby, when there is no mother nearby, it can cause severe anxiety crumbs.

Acquaintance with new people should be a gradual, unfamiliar for the baby person, no matter how close he seemed to his mother, to take the child in his arms, until he passes the rite of acquaintance: he touches him, looks around, makes sure that the stranger does not harbor danger.

In general, a five-month-old kid is actively engaged in dividing the world into "one's own" and "another's". And at this point, parents should closely follow the reaction and manifestations of the child's interest, telling him what a new thing or person is, as it is called. The kid has already learned to attract attention. In addition to crying, he is able to evoke the affection of adults when he begins to pull his hands to them, "walk" and smile. The laughter of a loved one can provoke a reaction from the baby.

Of the most important actions that a child should be able to do in 5 months, one should note the skill of conscious control of the movements of the hands, before looking at them.

The kid gradually gets used to independence - he is already able to occupy himself an interesting toy, examining, shaking, studying it by touch.

An important thing that a child must be able to do in 5 months is also the grasping of objects. He likes to grab everything, draw to him, put it in his mouth, swing, throw everything that is nearby, which causes interest. Of particular interest in him are the hair of a loved one, he grabs them, pulls them in his mouth, starts jerking in different directions, finding that process fascinating.

At this age, acquaintance with new subjects is carried out mainly through the mouth. The kid sees a new object, pulls his hands to him, grabs and tries to shove it into his mouth to bite, suck, etc. It is important to observe precautions, not allowing him to take dirty objects into his mouth or those that can cause injury.

There is no definite answer on the issue of sitting a child at this age. The fact is that it's still quite early to sit still, but some babies, starting from 3-4 months old, try to sit on their own, demand that they give it a vertical position, and by the age of 5 months they are able to rely on their hands, Lying on his side, and sit down. If you try to lay the baby, he begins to resent and demands to return him to a position that he was able to master independently. Therefore, some specialists, seeing at the control visit that the five-month-old crumb himself begins to sit down, condescendingly look at similar plantings at this age.

A lot of discoveries are made by a baby in 5 months. The important cases that a child should be able to do in 5 months are:

- viewing of pictures;

- walking and babbling;

- grasping and drawing objects;

- division into "one's own" and "another's";

- alertness to strangers;

- Ability to engage yourself in a game for 5-10 minutes.

All that a child can do in 5 months will get its further development and continuation by the age of six months, delivering more joy to moms and dads, grandparents: the baby grows! The baby is developing!