Massage is an important procedure that allows you to gradually strengthen the baby's muscles and helps the child learn how to perform simple actions. Massage techniques and certain exercises must be selected taking into account the age of the child. Massage for a baby at 8 months helps to master and consolidate those new movement skills that will be useful to the baby in the future. Regular massage for an 8 month old baby will help get rid of excess tension with severe muscle hypertonia.

Massage for a baby 8 months old - hygiene requirements

Massage the child should be carried out in a well-ventilated, light room (at an air temperature of about 22 degrees). In summer, you can massage your baby naked. And in the fall, in early spring and in winter only the massaged area can be left open.

Massage for an 8 month old baby should be done gently and gently. The child's reaction to this procedure must be positive. You cannot perform a massage if the baby is capricious for some reason. It is best to start the session with those techniques that give the child the most pleasure. Movement during massaging must be directed along the current of the vessels. You can not massage the liver area and the genital area of the child, and when massaging the back, you cannot use tapping and patting in the kidney area.

If the baby has any rashes on the skin, then it is better to refrain from the procedure for a while. Massage for a child of 8 months is contraindicated for heart pathologies, hernias (inguinal, umbilical, femoral), as well as for infectious diseases and rickets in the acute period.

Massage technique for an 8-month-old baby

Massage for an 8 month old baby can consist of stroking, rubbing, kneading and vibration. Stroking is always performed at the beginning of the procedure, as this technique is considered the most gentle. Stroking helps to relax muscles, improve blood circulation, and relieve soreness.

This massage technique is performed with the back of the hand or palm in the direction of movement of lymph to the lymph nodes. On the hands, movements are performed from the hand, and on the legs - from the foot to the genitals. Movements are performed slowly, with light and smooth movements. In the abdomen, circular strokes are performed clockwise. Then the oblique abdominal muscles are stroked. Massaging movements are directed towards the navel and spine. Stroking the chest is performed in a circular motion, and stroking the back along the spine (while not touching the spine).

After stroking, kneading is usually applied. In kneading, two techniques are alternately used - felting and tong-like kneading. The long muscles of the neck, legs and buttocks are massaged with a forceps-like kneading. With this massage technique, the baby's skin is displaced with the thumb, index and middle fingers. In this case, the middle and index fingers should be located opposite the thumb.

Felting is used when massaging the legs. With this massage technique, one palm touches the outer surface of the lower leg, and the other - to its inner surface. And then simultaneously with both palms in a clockwise direction, massage the leg of the foot to the thigh and in the opposite direction. Movements should be energetic, but gentle and soft.

The vibration technique includes several types - shaking, beating and shaking. All movements with vibration during massage to a child of 8 months are performed softly, rhythmically and quickly. Shaking is used when massaging the chest. At the same time, palms are applied to the lower region of the child's chest and, as it were, clasped it, making rhythmic light pressure.

The shaking technique is used when massaging the limbs. Rubbing an 8-month-old baby during massage improves blood circulation and tissue nutrition, soothes nervous system... This technique has a positive effect not only on subcutaneous tissues and skin, but also on tendons, ligaments, muscles. Rubbing is performed with the fingertips in a spiral and rectilinear manner. When massaging the legs and arms, ring rubbing is performed. All movements are done quickly, with light pressure. In this case, the fingers should not slide over the surface of the skin, but move it.

Massage for a child of 8 months should be aimed at strengthening the muscles of the back, legs, abdomen to prepare them for walking, as well as to warm up the feet and palms, which develops fine motor skills... In order for the baby to develop correctly, in addition to massage, it is imperative to include in the daily regimen gymnastic exercises.

A six-month-old baby is developing rapidly. Every day we live brings something new. This applies not only to emotional and mental development, but also to physical development. A baby at the age of 6-8 months demonstrates new motor skills and abilities with enviable regularity.

The answer to the question whether a child needs massage at this age is quite obvious: the fragile musculoskeletal system of the baby needs support and development. We will tell you about how to independently do a child's general strengthening massage to a child at 6-8 months old in this material.

The need for a procedure

A 6-month-old child is interested in everything. As a rule, after six months, a period of crawling begins, an active cognition of the surrounding world. The kid needs communication, development of understanding of native speech. Many kids start to sit. Crawling is considered the most favorable and correct transition from a horizontal position (in which the baby was until this age) to a vertical one.

With the adoption of a new position of the body, the load on the limbs, joints, and spine increases. In order for the musculoskeletal system to develop correctly, it is imperative to maintain the muscles and ligaments in an active and developed state. Massage helps to cope with this task. It also contributes to the development of speech, because during the session, the mother actively communicates with the baby. The kid can already answer her with a cheerful hum, with separate sounds and syllables.

The massage effect is based on improving blood circulation, strengthening muscles, which will allow the joints and vertebrae to be anatomically correct position even with increasing load.

Active children with the help of massage become calmer, and lethargic and inactive babies revive. This is due to irritation of the skin receptors that occurs when massaging. Nerve endings send intense signals to the brain, the activity of which is noticeably stimulated, the state of the nervous system becomes more balanced.

Massage for a healthy child is called prophylactic. His mother may well spend at home.

If a child has certain pathologies that require the use of a special therapeutic massage, you need to contact a specialist to carry it out. A professional massage therapist will not allow the baby's condition to deteriorate, his actions will have a narrow focus.

Peculiarities

After six months, the baby sleeps much less, and is awake more often. Waking periods are excellent times for physical and mental development. They must be used. For a child after 6 months, classical massage can pursue two goals at once - a general strengthening massage and procedures of a soothing relaxation nature.

At the age of 6-7 months, the duration of the massage session increases from 15 to 20 minutes. For a child aged 7-8 months, the duration of the manipulation can be increased to 30 minutes. The massage now includes both active and passive techniques. In the first case, the baby performs gymnastics elements simultaneously with massage or after it, in the second, only massage techniques take place.

The techniques themselves are used more complex than before. The impact becomes more noticeable, the loads increase. To the already familiar techniques - stroking, rubbing, kneading - plucking and percussion techniques are added. We will talk about them below. However, the basis of the session is classical massage, as before.

The soothing massage is still carried out in the evening, before going to bed, before bathing. Sessions to strengthen muscles, joints and ligaments are carried out only during the day, when the child does not have a long rest, since it has an exciting effect on the nervous system.

Preparation

Mom should be ready for the massage in the best possible way.

You need to remove rings, bracelets, watches from your hands.
Short nails and a remote manicure will help make the massage safer.
You should also prepare a massage place in advance. It is quite possible that the changing table, on which the sessions were held earlier, will no longer be suitable for these purposes: the child has grown noticeably, he needs a place for coups, "crawling" movements. A small table, which should be used as a dressing area, no longer meets all the requirements of a massage table. It is best to choose a wider dining table, and if the floor is not cold in the apartment, procedures can even be done on it.
A gymnastic rug made of polyurethane foam should be prepared for the child - "foam", it does not let the cold through.
A diaper and a pack of wet wipes will also come in handy in case the child decides to relieve natural needs right in the midst of a massage session.
Next to the massage place, you should put massage oil or baby cream, put a dry towel or paper napkins for mom's hands, as well as bright and attention-grabbing toys.
Take a fitball if you have one.
Place rings and a few large objects, such as large cube blocks. For what they are useful, we will tell below.

The air temperature in the room should not exceed 21 degrees Celsius. Make sure that there are no open drafts, especially if you massage on the floor.

Mom should undress the baby and start massaging him only with clean and warm hands. Warm up your palms and fingers beforehand, do not forget to lubricate them with a thin layer of baby cream.

A undressed baby needs to be given a few minutes to get used to the air temperature, to touching, after which you can start performing one of the complexes, which is relevant for children aged 6 to 8 months.

Execution technique

General recommendations for parents of children of this age group are quite simple: you need to perform massage, as before, increasing the load. In other words, at the first stage, the mother easily strokes the whole body of the crumbs, then proceeds to massage the arms and legs. When massaging the limbs, it is important that the trajectory of the masseur's arms is from the bottom up. Start by kneading each finger and gradually work your way up.

Avoid directly massaging the elbow and knee joints as well as the popliteal and armpits.

After rubbing, you can make a few pinching movements with your fingertips. Make sure that the child is not hurt and unpleasant. Then, knead your major muscles and finish off the massage on each arm or leg with gentle, soothing strokes.

Move on to massage your chest and abdomen. This is done in a circular motion around the navel. After 6 months, you can add light pinching movements around the navel to your usual strokes to strengthen your tummy muscles. Chest massage with light strokes: pinching and hitting in the ribs are strictly prohibited.

In the prone position, the child is given a back massage. To the already familiar rubbing for six-month-old children, the plucked effects of longitudinal long muscles, as well as weak blows with the ribs of the palms along the spine. You cannot massage the vertebrae themselves.

You can also stimulate the buttocks with tweaks and pats. These are all passive exercises. Active for each of the ages. Let's consider them in more detail.

Complex for babies 6-7 months

After massaging the handles, add the Boxer exercise. Let your toddler have a secure grip on your index or thumbs and make boxing movements with your hands. Try to do this often. This exercise is very useful for hypotonia, which replaces increased muscle tone after 6 months of life.

After the massage of the legs, you should additionally enter the exercise "Skier". Take the baby, lying on his back, by the shins and make sliding movements with your legs, as if the baby is skiing. This exercise perfectly develops the ankle, which in the future will be needed to master walking.

Bending and extension of the legs and arms are mandatory at this age. After the back massage, invite the baby to take out the toy, turning towards it and reaching for it from the position on the back, on the stomach.

Stimulate crawling, coups. At the end of the massage, you can try to pull up by the handles, as well as sit down. You should be extremely careful with sitting down: if the child does not yet show independent attempts to sit down, you do not need to do this exercise - an excessive load on the spine will only harm the baby.

Complex for children 7-8 months

For such children, the complex is complicated by some active exercises. The massage itself is done according to the above scheme, nothing essentially new should be introduced into it. However, the range of active techniques is expanding. As a rule, children are already tolerable crawling, and therefore after massaging and techniques to strengthen the back, add an exercise for crawling with obstacles. This is what you need our large soft cubes-blocks, as well as rolls of towels. Teach your child to crawl over obstacles, go around them, look for new trajectories of movement.

Practice stretching after hand massage: hold the toy high above the child, let him try to reach it with all his might. After the massage of the legs, add circular motion feet - be careful with knee and hip joints!

Sitting down can be done by pulling the child both by the handles from the supine position, or by one handle, provided that he is already trying to sit on his own.

From 8 full months, you can add exercises while sitting, for example, "boxing" with handles from just such starting position... They also add active techniques for the development of the vestibular apparatus: flying "airplane" on the stomach around the room in the hands of the dad (avoid tossing the child - they can negatively affect the development of his spine).

From 8 months you can start doing the "Wheelbarrow" exercise - all toddlers adore it. The child should walk on the arms while the mother keeps the legs up.

The following tips will help you massage more effectively without hurting your baby.

Do not massage if the child has teething or fever, and you should also stop exercising on vaccination days.
Consult your pediatrician about massage and gymnastics options for your little one.
Accompany all your manipulations with fairy tales, rhymes, nursery rhymes and songs. For a child, the session should not be burdensome and boring. It should be a fun game for him. Do not forget to say aloud the names of body parts, your actions, this will help the baby to remember and reproduce them faster.
If the child is not in the mood and cries during the massage, skip the session and transfer it to more late time or the next day. Only a massage that gives the baby pleasure, whether it is a relaxing or invigorating session, will be most beneficial.
Do not try to fit all the exercises that you have planned into the complex. Focus on the condition and mood of the baby. Any number on your list can be donated if the child is not too complacent about the massage in general.
If the temperature rises after a massage session, if the child's well-being changes, be sure to consult a doctor.

It is no secret that in the first year of their life, children develop most rapidly. Indeed, in such a short period of time, they need to learn a huge number of things: sit, walk, hold various objects with their little hands. Yes, a lot more. But in the very first months of his life, the baby is only adapting in a world that is still alien to him. Some newborns can sleep 20-22 hours a day, so on their own full workout there is simply no time left for the muscular apparatus.

That is why the topic of today's article will be massage and gymnastics for children under one year old. How exactly is it better to perform such a procedure, why is it needed and what benefits can it bring to the child? This is what will be discussed.

What is massage

Hardly anyone can dispute the fact that massage is a must for a child. First of all, such a procedure affects the condition muscular system baby and helps to improve his physical activity. Also, massage has a beneficial effect on the development of the nervous system of the baby, improves motor skills.

These are minutes of communication between two dearest people. Scientists have unequivocally established that a child who receives a sufficient number of mother's touches for up to a year develops much faster and better than their peers who are deprived of such contact.

The massage procedure can be preventive and curative. In the first case, the mother can handle it on her own. In this case, massage at 9-12 months is especially useful, although it is worth starting already a month after birth.

Therapeutic massage can only be prescribed by a doctor. And he should also carry it out. With the help of such a procedure, you can cope with various diseases of the musculoskeletal system, alleviate the condition of a child with asthma or long-term treatment of pathologies of the respiratory system.

Gymnastics and massage for babies

Preventive massage for a child up to six months significantly improves blood circulation and breathing of the baby, tones up the nervous system, improves the baby's mood and prepares him for future physical activity.

Before starting such a procedure, you must familiarize yourself with the technique of its implementation. You can ask your local nurse or pediatrician for advice. Please note that all movements should be mainly limited to light strokes and pats. A stronger impact can damage the delicate body of the child.

Until the age of six months, babies are most often given a general massage of the whole body. Massage at 9-12 months is more aimed at strengthening the locomotor system. A general session at this age is usually indicated for children with sagging skin or muscles, prone to rickets or showing signs of hypotrophy.

Basic rules of execution

During the session, use different techniques: stroking, rubbing, kneading, patting. Alternate exercises.
It is best to carry out the procedure on a table. Take a duvet and fold it 4 times. Put a blanket on the table, spread an oilcloth on top, and then a linen swaddle.
Massage with exceptionally clean, warm and dry hands. Make sure that there are no rings on your fingers, but on the wrist of the watch.
Never start the procedure if you have long, sharp nails, burrs on your fingers. Also, do not massage if you have calloused skin on your hands, or have sores or pustules.
Perform each movement slowly and repeat no more than 5 times.
Try to maintain eye and speech contact with your child. Smile at the baby, talk to him affectionately, you can sing a quiet, quiet song.
Observe the regime. Do not massage more than once a day. The procedure is performed 1 hour before or after meals.

We develop walking skills

Foot massage for children under one year old develops the child's ligamentous apparatus and prepares the baby for walking. Although a free and confident gait is developed only by the end of the second year of life, its formation should begin much earlier. This is facilitated by massage 9-12 months of life. At this age, children are already able to perform simple gymnastic exercises. These include, for example, the following:

Getting up from a lying or sitting position. You need to take the child under the arms, raise it a little and slowly put it on its legs. You can spring a little by performing an imitation of jumping. It is necessary to ensure that the child, being in an upright position, rests tightly on the entire surface of the foot. The exercise should be repeated up to 10 times throughout the day.
It is very helpful to stimulate standing up by placing the interesting toy a little higher than the sitting child. Trying to get it, the baby will try to get up on its own.

From this age, muscle development exercises are very useful. abdominal and backs:

Sit or stand behind your baby's back. Hold the front of the thighs with one hand and the belly with the other. Tilt the child's torso slightly and carefully remove your hand from the crumbs' belly. The child will reflexively lean forward and then straighten on its own. In this case, the baby involuntarily strains the necessary muscles.

When performing developmental exercises, you should not make the baby sit down, get up and walk prematurely. This can lead to injuries and deformities of the skeleton, scoliosis and other unpleasant consequences.

Gymnastics at 9-12 months

Baby massage at 9-12 months is quite different from the "baby" procedure. While all movements remain smooth and pleasant, many of them are aimed at developing the child's activity. During this period, it is not so much the massage itself that is relevant as developing gymnastic exercises. For example, such:

Flexion / extension of the knees.
Hand work in elbow joints imitating the movements of a boxer.
Exercise "Kucher" - wave-like movements of the hands as the driver does, driving the horse with a whip.
Turning the pelvis from a supine position with the legs bent at the knees.
Torso bends. Place the child on the floor, holding the knees with your hands, and ask the child to hand you an object lying on the floor.
"Swimming" on the ball. Take a large ball, such as a beach ball or fitball. Place the baby face down on it and gently rock back and forth. Support your baby to avoid falling.
Exercises for arching the spine. Put the child on his back and firmly grasping the handles, gently lift first into a sitting position, and then into a standing position and back.

Also at this age, massage of the feet, back, buttocks and tummy has an excellent effect. Circular stroking around the navel can help relieve colic. A gentle massage on the back and buttocks has a calming effect, promotes sound sleep and good appetite.

The Pilot exercise is very useful: holding the baby under the tummy, lift him up in the air in a horizontal position and spin a little. The crumb reflexively strains all muscle groups and trains them.

Exercises for one year old toddlers

After 9-12 months, massage is also not canceled. But still it is more and more replaced by gaming and training exercises... Massage movements are less and less reminiscent of stroking and tingling and are more like the "adult" version, only in a very lightweight form.

To the previously described exercises, you can add the following:

"Bicycle" is an imitation of riding this type of transport in a supine position.
Squatting and crawling, imitation of the movement of animals.
Climbing low stairs, onto a sofa, armchair or chair.
Turning the body, rolling or throwing the ball.
"Bridge in reverse" - put the child on his tummy, grab the handles and pull up a little, forcing the baby to bend in the lower back.

The benefits of massage for children under one year old

Correct and regular activities with your child, of course, will only have a positive effect.

Strengthening the muscular system and the musculoskeletal system.
Removal of hypertonicity.
Prevention of hypodynamia and rickets.
Organization correct work digestive system, eliminating the problem of colic.
Strengthening the immune system and the nervous system.
Healthy sleep and appetite.
Development of motor skills and vestibular apparatus.

And this is not a complete list of all the benefits. Anyone can add a few more points to it.

Contraindications

However, there are moments in which a massage for a child is not just impossible, but also quite dangerous:

heart disease;
large hernias;
hepatitis;
rickets;
acute nephritis and other diseases of internal organs;
bone tuberculosis, acute arthritis;
various abscesses.

You should also not do massage during any other illness in the acute and subacute period. Especially if there is a rise in temperature, vomiting or diarrhea. There is a fairly small list of diseases in which massage is not only not prohibited, but also allows you to recover faster. These include torticollis, flat feet, umbilical hernia, asthma, dystrophy, deformity of the legs, and some others. But all procedures in this case should be carried out exclusively by a doctor.

The time for massage and gymnastics, which is done to the baby at home, increases significantly after 6 months. Now we spend at least 30 minutes on various exercises with the child. What is it for? Children need to strengthen the musculoskeletal system: the muscle tone of the legs should be normal, the support reaction of the feet should be developed, the baby should be able to hold objects well and actively move. At the age of one year, development is so intense that not a single day should be missed. We use a variety of techniques: all kinds of exercises, swimming, toys and exercise equipment for the development of physical activity, as well as massage. The video shows how it looks in practice. In our article, we will describe in detail all the techniques.

After six months of life, the child sleeps less time and is more awake. The duration of gymnastics and massage also increases markedly, the baby perceives such activity with pleasure

Remember to regularly see your child at the pediatrician. Light massage also has contraindications if any abnormalities are found in the physical development of the baby. The likelihood of even the slightest risk must be ruled out. Any practice is meant to be beneficial. If careless movements can harm, all techniques should be canceled before the specialist again approves massage and exercises.

If up to six months baby massage was simple, now more complex techniques will be required, and therefore it is advisable to receive qualified training from a specialist in order to correctly perform all the exercises. It is better to conduct the first sessions under the supervision of a masseur, who will control your actions, give recommendations and correct mistakes. All this is needed for safety and greater efficiency... Competently working with the muscles of the back, arms and legs, we will help the child's body, which is not yet fully strengthened, to develop correctly, shape posture, etc.

Gymnastics and massage classes with 6-month-old babies begin with the techniques that we have already used before - (for more details in the article :), and then new exercises are gradually added. When the abdomen and buttocks are massaged, not only strokes are used, but also pinching around the navel. It strengthens. Tingling on the lower back is not recommended. The massage ends with relaxing and soothing strokes - they relieve tension and have a relaxing effect.

Classes are conducted in the form of a game and are accompanied by funny jokes, nursery rhymes, rhymes, songs. The mother herself needs to be in a great mood for the child to feel it too - a positive emotional attitude will maximize the benefits of the lessons.

Baby massage at 6-7 months

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From 6 to 7 months, babies are very active and try to sit and crawl. We do the following:
Hand stroking.
Boxing (5-6 times). Lay the child on their back and reach out to him - he will grab your thumbs. Simulate boxing movements, but without jerking. Bend one handle, straighten the second, then straighten the bent handle, and bend the straight one. Move the handle closer to the center so that the shoulder rises slightly. In this case, it will slightly turn over on one side, then on the other (we recommend that you read :). The exercise is aimed at strengthening the muscles of the arms and shoulder girdle.
Foot massage.
"Sliding legs" (5-6 times). Laying the baby on the back, grab his legs so that your thumbs are on the front of the lower leg, and the rest are on the back. The child's leg needs to be straightened, and the other to make sliding movements along the surface, as if he is skiing - this helps to strengthen the leg muscles and develop a support reaction. If the muscles are tense, you can start with stomping, gradually moving to sliding.
Active stretching (4-6 times). Encourage your toddler to reach for the toys by hanging them a little further than usual.
Flexion and extension of the legs (6-8 times). It is done in turn and at the same time.
Circles with legs (3-5 times). It is necessary with the child's legs bent at the knees and hips to make circular movements clockwise and back.
"Swallow" (2-3 times). Lay the baby on his stomach with arms outstretched. Grasp his torso from below by the sides and lift, resting his legs on your stomach.
Belly massage.
Rollover. When the baby is lying on his stomach, turn him over on his back, and then again on his stomach (3-4 times).
Back and buttocks massage.
Sitting down for the divorced arms (3-4 times). The baby should lie on his back and rest his legs against your stomach. Holding his hands, spread them apart and gently lift, giving him a sitting position.
Crawl.

Many begin to sit down before six months. You should not support the baby in this, since the musculoskeletal system is not yet ready for such loads.
Massage program at 7-8 months
When the stage of self-acceptance of a sitting position has passed, the children try to crawl. To support this desire, they are spread on the floor. New massage techniques and exercises are being added, but you should not ignore the already familiar ones - they will also be useful. How can motor activity, coordination of movements and rhythm be developed in a child:
"Boxing".
Active pulling of the handles upward for the object (4 or more times).
Flexion and extension of the legs (8-10 times). It is done in turn and at the same time.
Circular leg movements (6-8 times).
"Bridge" (2-3 times). It is done only with the help of mom.
Tummy massage.
Turns (4 or more times). At 6-7 months, the child himself turns from tummy to back and back. If he still does not quite succeed in a full turn, you can help a little - slightly push under the ass, pull the handle out from under the side, or put the toy as additional incentive on the side where the baby turns over.
Sitting on the handle. The child is holding onto you, as already described, but not with both hands. You grip the handle with one hand and hold your knees with the other. It is necessary to slightly raise the baby so that the elbow of the second handle rests on the surface, trying to rise. You can briefly hold him in a half-sitting position on one buttock, and then gently lay him on his side. The exercise is repeated 2 times with each handle.
Back and buttocks massage (we recommend to read :).
Hand rotation. When the baby is sitting, draw circles with his pens clockwise and counterclockwise 2-4 times.
Crawling for an object.
"Martin". Vaping options vary. So, a 7-month-old baby can be circled around the room, supporting it under the chest. "Swallows" and "Airplanes" train well the vestibular apparatus and muscles of the entire back surface of the body.

Crawling for a toy - too physical activity, and considerable. Such an exercise can be offered to a child when he is already a little tired of ordinary gymnastics.
The desire for activity in children should be maintained, but the kids should be left alone for a second. Parents need to be very attentive to all movements so that, through negligence, the child does not receive even a slight injury.
Supplements at 8-9 months
The more the child moves, the less massage he needs. At 8-9 months, it is no longer necessary to do it every day, but still up to a year, periodic repetition is useful (see also:). This is especially true for massage of the abdomen, back and buttocks.
Stroking is necessary to relax the muscles, and pinching, rubbing, patting and kneading - to strengthen them. It is imperative to combine these two types of load so that the development takes place evenly.
We continue to use the previously mastered skills and add new ones:
"Boxing".
Flexion and extension of the legs in turn and at the same time (8-10 times).
"Kucher" (8-10 times). It is done while sitting, imitating the swaying of the coachman.
Slopes (from 4 times). Having laid the baby on the back, his legs need to be bent and connected with his knees. The knees need to bend rhythmically to the right and left along with the pelvis. From such movements, the oblique muscles of the abdomen are strengthened, and the child learns to independently turn to the right and left.
Belly massage.
Back and buttocks massage.
"Swallow" (2-3 minutes).
Crawling on all fours. You can arrange a catch-up or competition.
Turns of the body after the ball (from 4 times). For this exercise, the baby must be seated.
"Wheelbarrow". An exercise loved by all children. It cheers you up and trains your muscles well. It is recommended to perform it both as part of the massage program, and separately, whenever there is free time... First, the child must be laid on his stomach, and then raised. upper part torso with emphasis on handles. The mother also raises and holds the legs herself, and the baby walks on straight arms.
"Bike". When the child lies on her back, the mother makes movements with her legs, as if turning the pedals of a bicycle. Change the direction - now towards yourself, then away from yourself.

Normally, 8-month-old babies already sit confidently, crawl quickly, and the most active ones try to get up and even walk, holding onto the support. Of course, such activity pleases the parents, but there is nothing wrong if the baby has not yet begun these attempts. Over time, everything will come, but now the main thing is to prepare him for further achievements and discoveries, and the result of his efforts will please you very soon.

A child of 8 months: what a baby can do, educational games and exercises.

Baby 8 months old: features of the development of a child at 8 months, educational games and exercises.

Baby 8 months: what is important to know about the development of the baby and what to do

Age 8 months- one of the determining factors in the development of a child. By the end of the month, the entire period of development of the baby (from 6 to 8 months) ends.

From this article you will learn:

features of the child's social development,
features of the cognitive and speech development of a child of 8 months,
peculiarities physical development,
educational games and exercises for a child of 8 months,
what the baby can do by the end of the month and by the end of the important three-month period of its development.

Features of social times Vitia baby at the age of 8 months

One of the leading lines of development of the child at 8 months- social development, which goes into a new round this month.

First feature. Business conversation. The kid really wants to know what kind of objects he is surrounded by, what can be done with them, how his mother uses them. For him, just affection is not enough, he requires business communication with a close adult and with interesting subjects. The kid begins to imitate adults - he is ready to pick up a cup and spoon, perform movements in nursery rhymes.

Second feature- new in communication with adults. A child at 8 months feels good about the attitude of people towards himself. The child already understands your emotional attitude to the life situation in which he is now. If he is scolded, he reacts to it emotionally. Never scold him, assessing the whole personality (“What a mischief you are!”), Rather say: “I don’t allow you to do that” or “You are so wonderful. I love you so much. But now you have upset me. " This applies not only to the age of 8 months, but to all other ages of children.

It should be noted that at the age of 8 months, the baby cannot control his behavior, guided by the requirements of adults or their prohibitions. Therefore, it is much more effective and easier to switch it to another business or another subject than to prohibit it.

He begins to observe other children, older sisters and brothers.

By the end of this month of development, the child will begin to focus on the assessment of his actions, i.e. he repeats the approved action and stops the disapproved action. He enjoys being rewarded and gets angry or offended in response to censure. Therefore, we need to be especially careful about when and how we praise the baby and when we blame him. At the age of 8 months, joint actions with an adult are very important for a child, encouraging the baby to imitate an adult - requests "give", "show" and others.

Third feature- emotional attachment to mom or other close adult. The kid really needs this tender age in an emotionally positive relationship with his mother and in a positive mood in the whole family. He needs to be spoken to when he wakes up, to call him by name, read a nursery rhyme or sing a song, pat him on the head, and maybe dance. Together with the baby in the morning you can already greet the toys: “Hello, bunny! Hello, Lala! " It is very important that when the child is in the family, they do not swear and do not sort things out, the baby feels it.

Fourth feature. A kid at this age is more independent and can already do a lot on his own. In joint games with toys with a child of 8 months, a reasonable adult is in no hurry to do everything for the child, but gives him the opportunity to try it himself. If everything works out, you need to give him complete independence.

But - it is very important that the game has good result and so that the baby already at this age gets positive impressions from cooperation with people. Therefore, if the kid does not succeed, then the adult helps him.

At 8 months old, you can already tell the child the prohibitions, that is, say "no" to him - in cases that are dangerous for the child's life. But there should not be many prohibitions. As adults, we need to make sure that the baby feels safe and that we forbid him to do something as little as possible.

Games for sensory development and development of actions with objects with a baby of 8 months

Home for baby activity at 8 months- this is activities with objects. He can connect and disconnect parts, put them back in and out, and do many other things. Moreover, the movements of the child at 8 months become more accurate and clear.

For the development of speech, it is very important to accompany all games with objects with your speech - to comment on what is happening, developing understanding of speech: "take", "show where", "on", "give", "collect toys".

Starting from the eighth month of life, at 8 months onwards, the department in the cerebral cortex begins to fully function in the child, registering and storing memories. Therefore, he is already acting purposefully, reproducing his experience and achieving results: he crumples, pushes in and pokes out, takes out, opens and closes, string and removes from the rod, throws and picks up, strikes a drum or tambourine. The kid likes to repeat the same action many times, which is natural, because the main thing for him is the repetition of sensory impressions and the desired result.

You need to know:

- In order to develop tactile sensitivity, it is very useful to offer the baby educational toys of different textures (smooth, rough, fluffy, soft, hard, cool, warm).

- At the age of 8 months it's time to teach your baby tweezers(thumb and forefinger grab the object like tweezers, the fingers close almost along the entire length) and pinch grip(the pads of the thumb and forefinger close). To do this, let the child grab a variety of ribbons and laces, bright threads. And then slowly, playing, pull them out of the baby's handles - he will try to grab and hold them with his fingers.

- You can also offer the baby items of different sizes to put them in a box or in a bucket - the baby will take large items in a handful, and small ones with his fingertips, since you cannot take a handful of them.

- It is very convenient to use stable bottles and cans with a narrow neck - the baby, together with you, will put small objects in them with his fingers, and then pour them into the box. Do not push a small object into a narrow neck with your whole palm. Therefore this good exercise for tweezers and pinching of small objects.

Game 1. "Box with toys." Developed by L.N. Pavlova

You will need a cardboard box (approximate side size is 40 cm), a ribbon, and several small toys ranging in size from 3 to 7 cm.

How to make a box for playing with a child:

- Make holes on opposite sides of the cardboard box (for example, on the left on the side of the box and on the right on the side of the box). The size of the holes is 15 X15 cm.

- Tie all small toys with a chain on a satin ribbon (animals, bell, ball, cube, etc.) Pass the ribbon through the holes in the box and tie its ends.

- You will get a garland with toys that fits into a box and can come out of it (such a detail is often called a "drag" in modern educational books for toddlers).

How to play with the box:

- Show the kid the way of working with the box: pull the ribbon so that the toy appears out of the box, then the second, third, fourth, fifth. Let the kid play with them, touch them, examine them.

- Let the kid act with the box himself, tighten the tape to get the toys out of the box. If it doesn’t work, help him (you can use the "hand in hand" method - take the child's hand in your hand and act together, then remove your hand)

- Untie the tape and place it in the box so that only one end is visible. Pull on the end (or have your baby do it himself). Let your toddler take all the toys out of the box. When all the toys are out of the box, show the empty box to your child and say, “There’s nothing! Empty! "

Game options: change toys on the tape. You can take objects of the same shape, but from different materials (knitted, sewn, plastic, wooden, fur balls). Or take one shape, but a different color (rings of different colors, knitted animals of different colors, cubes different sizes and flowers). For the parts of the tape, you can use the parts of the rattles that you previously gave to the baby.

Game 2. "Rings"

You will need 5 pyramid rings (you can use one-color, but if there is none, then take multi-colored rings). Do not give the pyramid rod to the child during the game - hold it in your hands!

How to play: tilt the rod with the pyrimid rings towards the baby (it is very important that the rod is tilted towards the child!) Ask him to remove the rings: “Masha! Take off the ring! " When the child has removed all the rings, tell him: “There are no rings. Mashenka has taken off all the rings! " Then put the rings back on the rod. Toddlers can happily repeat the same action - take off the rings. Let him do it. Fill the rod with rings and have him take them off again. Repeat several times until the baby is interested. You need to finish the game with rings when the child is still interested in it.

You can also play with multi-colored barrels or buckets - inserts, bowls or plates (put them in a pile on top of each other and then arrange - disassemble back)

Game 3. Buttons

Sew buttons of different sizes, shapes, colors, textures onto the pillowcase (buttons must be sewn on very tightly to ensure the safety of the child). Consider them with the baby, be sure to give the baby the opportunity to iron the buttons (feel different textures), trace them around the contour with your finger (a round button or a button with different corners tactile sensations). Name the color, size of the button (large, small), texture (smooth, rough). Yes, the baby does not speak yet, but he hears you and memorizes words, separates familiar words from the flow of your speech.

The same can be done for examining and examining garlands with a child by stringing colored cubes of different materials and different textures on a ribbon (holes must be made in them for stringing) or small toys of different shapes and sizes.

Game 4. "Bunny went out for a walk" - Screen

Make a simple screen (cover the back of a chair or crib with a handkerchief). Prepare a toy, like a bunny. The kid sits in the crib, and you hide behind a screen with a toy. Start reading a rhyme behind the screen:

"One, two, three, four, five. The bunny came out for a walk. " If you have another toy, replace the words of the rhyme: "The bear went out for a walk" or "Lala went out for a walk."

After reading the lines, show the child a toy - a bunny above the screen from its edge.

The kid will begin to wait for the appearance of the toy at one end of the screen, then at its other end.

Game 5. Pour out of the bag (take it out of the bucket, box or other object)

In this game we will teach a child to turn over containers and empty the contents out of them.

Take a clean milk carton and place small toys in it. Prepare a second similar bag for your baby. All toys or objects used must be safe for the child. Take the bag and quickly empty the toys out of it: “Bang! Fell! " Let the kid also turn the bag over and pour out all the toys: "Boo! Boo!" Fell! "

Game 6. Box of sensations

For a child of 8 months, a very interesting lesson is to sort through scraps of fabric of different textures, colors, and thicknesses. Place in the box 10 x 10 cm shreds of different fabrics (corduroy, velvet, cotton, felt, knitwear, silk, wool, faux fur, artificial leather). Add squares of other materials there - wood, plastic, rubber.

Game 7. Meet the cup. Author - Yu.A. Razenkova

Place your baby on your lap. Place a small cup on the table. Show it to the kid: "This is what a cup!" Bring the cup to your mouth, pretending that you are drinking from it and say: “Drink, drink” (this word will then be understood by the child when he hears it in your speech - therefore it is important to say the word in this form). Smack with pleasure: "Oh, how delicious!" Offer the cup to the child by saying, "Drink."

Helpful Hint: The cup from which the baby drinks should be light and small. Pour in just a little bit - literally 2 teaspoons of liquid. A small portion will not scare the baby, he will not choke or splash. It is advisable that the first cup of the baby has two handles (if you find one).

When you feed your baby with a spoon, then in the other handle, give him a spoon or a crust of bread.

Play with the doll. Place real slices of bread, banana, boiled vegetable on a toy plate. Place a spoon next to it. Place the doll at the table and "feed" it - show your baby how to do it. Then give a spoon to the baby and let him “feed the lyalu”.

Game 8. "Take off your hat"

Pull the hat over the child so that it fits slightly over the eyes. Ask him to pull off the cap - “Take off the cap. Here is a clever girl! "

Game 9. "Car Tunnel"

You will need a container for chips (a cylinder) or any other "tunnel" - a cylinder made from scrap materials. Tie the toy car to the string, pass the string through the hole in the bottom of the cylinder, and tie the ends to form a ring.

Pull the tape, and the machine will "exit" the tunnel. Pull some more - it will hide. Show your toddler how to play with this toy. Make sure that he pulls the braid with two or three fingers (show how this is done, and if necessary, hold the baby's handle in your hand). Rejoice when the car appears: “The car has arrived. BBC! " And when she disappears, say: “No typewriter, no BBC. I left. "

The child's speech development is 8 months old. The development of babbling

What Parents Need to Know About Baby Babbling

Baby at 8 months babbles actively, new sounds and syllables appear in his repertoire. He understands his name, can find an object ("Where ...?"). In the babbling of an 8-month-old baby, whole chains of sounds (ba-ba-ba) are repeated. Gradually, in babbling, different sounds begin to combine. Most often in babbling there are sounds of the labial (p, p, b, b, m, m), lingual - middle palatal (ky, r), lingual - posterior palatine (g, k), vowels a, e.

Observe the babbling of the child. The most important thing to remember and understand is that the babbling of a child should become more complex and enriched. And do not compare your baby with others, the main thing for you is the dynamics of your baby's babbling, and not the number of sounds for today in comparison with the neighbor's baby.

While babbling, the baby plays with sounds, he repeats syllables with different intonations, he can babble alone or in the presence of his mother. It is very important that the mother “support” the baby in his babble, repeating his syllables after him. Perhaps the kid will repeat the syllables after you. A roll call will occur.

This is a very important play of sounds for the timely and complete development of speech. Most often, in such rolls, the baby repeats those syllables that the mother will highlight with her voice, for example, stretch out a vowel or say intonationally expressively. In roll calls, you need to be face to face with the child and so that nothing distracts him from you. If you have never resonated with a toddler before, try starting with simple vowels, repeating after the child. For example, pull: "Aaa" with any intonation (interrogative, exclamation). Ask the kid: "Say you too, ahh."

Usually, at this age, it is already possible to play roll calls with syllables with the child. Do not get the result from the kid - just play, repeat the syllables first after him. Then introduce new sound combinations yourself and tell them to the baby, "answering" him. And then the moment will come when the baby will repeat after you.

Scientific research tells us that babbling occurs at the same time in healthy children of all nations, regardless of nationality, social conditions of the family. Those. babbling is a certain level of maturation of the organism. Babbling is also present in children with hearing impairments, but it does not develop further in such children.

You need to understand that even if in babbling a child at 8 months repeats syllables like babab or mamma, these are not words yet, this is just babbling, since at this age there is still no connection between the chain of syllables and the meaning of words. This connection - the sounds of words and their meanings - will begin to form later. At 8 months, even if you stimulate your child to repeat sound combinations, he will gladly demonstrate his achievements to dad, grandmother or grandfather, calling them ... mom mom! 🙂

By the end of the month, the baby will have the new kind babbling - it's called "verbal" or "Modulated" babbling... This is babbling with complex combinations of sounds, for example: "vowel - consonant - vowel" (aba, ata and other variants). And by the end of the first year of life, the first such long-awaited words of the child will appear from such verbal babble.

Warning signs associated with babbling an 8 month old baby to watch out for:

First. In deaf children, babbling appears at the same time as in ordinary children. But then the baby babbles less and less, there is no complication of babbling. What does this mean? If this is observed in your baby, you need to see a doctor. Perhaps the anxiety will be in vain, but it is better to play it safe than not to be insured. And it also suggests that for the development of babbling, it is very important that the child hears the speech of an adult addressed to him. Otherwise, the babble fades away.

Second. If a child at 8 months does not have babbling, and babbling appeared only after 10 months, then this indicates a possible risk of problems in the future in terms of speech development. This phenomenon is often observed in children with alalia, dyslexia, and also in autists. It is necessary to observe the baby and consult with specialists.

Third - when to see a doctor:

If the child does not have a consonant-vowel combination in babbling, and the child is already 8 months old,
If you simply have nothing to repeat after a child of 8 months in roll calls, since he speaks only individual sounds similar to vowels,
If there is no dynamics in the development of the child's babbling (normally, the baby goes sequentially from stage to stage. First: syllables like ba. Then - chains of syllables, for example, babab, gagaga, dadada, dididi, tititi, tatata. Then - to various chains of babbling - bapumenidya, and in the end to babbling words - uncle, grandfather, aunt)
If the child starts babbling and stops
If the child never repeats any sounds and sound combinations after you.

How to develop a baby's speech: looking at pictures

At 8 months, you can already look at pictures with your baby, and this is very useful. You can show your child not only individual pictures, but also pictures in books - realistic, vivid, without distracting details, in an understandable perspective. Of course, the baby will even taste the pictures, crush, squeeze, because he does not yet understand the value of the book. For him, a book or a picture is an ordinary object that must be examined from all sides. It will pass over time.

Looking at books and pictures, name what you see: “This is a ball. This is a cup. It's a meow-meow cat. " There is no need to “train” the kid, teaching him like in school: “Where is the ball? No, this is not a ball. Show me where the ball is, ”and there is no need to demand anything from him. A moment will come when he himself will "give you" everything that he can. In the meantime, let him look at the pictures with pleasure and joy. Encourage all attempts to review books and interest in them. If the child is mistaken when looking at the pictures - for example, you asked to show the lyalu (that is, the doll), and he showed the bear, then say: “You showed the bear. But Lala ”without repeating mistakes. Let me explain with an example.

Wrong option:“This is not lala. You showed it wrong. Here is Lala. And it was a bear. Show me where Lala is ”- the kid will get confused in your remarks, in which one or another word is used.

Correct option:“This is a bear. And this is Lala ”(pointing gestures to pictures) - everything is clear, understandable, without unnecessary words, and - this is important - with the intonation of approval of the child's actions!

Looking at pictures and books, call what the animals say: “This is a frog. She says: kwa-kwa. This is a mouse, it beeps: pee-pee. "

Remember that the main thing is your joy from communicating with your baby, and not your achievement of the planned results. There will be no results without joy! We can’t force events and get the child to say a certain syllable just today. The time will come - and it will be sure. If you scold that he is doing wrong, then we will only discourage any desire to deal with pictures and books.

How to develop speech in the course of everyday life: commenting

It is very important to talk to the baby, commenting on his actions and his actions, but at the same time speak slowly, slowly, clearly: “Give me a pen, let's get dressed. Where's your pen?". How to comment:

- Be sure to pause so that a dialogue can work out - and so that the baby can answer you with a gesture, smile or sounds and syllables.

- A baby at 8 months needs more time to react to your remark. Give him time to respond.

- It is harmful as well as complete silence, and speech as constant noise - the background for the life of the baby. We need to find a middle ground.

- When attracting the baby's attention, name objects, people, actions, properties and qualities. This is the basis for further development child's speech.

- Know that you will never be replaced by any so-called "developmental video" or "developmental audio" 0+. The baby learns words only in real life communication with a close adult, in which he acts with objects. From the video, that is, from the speech of someone else's uncle or aunt, accompanied by flashing pictures on the screen, words are not learned. This has already been proven in domestic and foreign studies.

Games with a baby 8 months for the development of speech

Game 1 "Where?"

Get your baby's attention by calling him by name and talking to him. You can play as if you lost your baby and suddenly found: “Here is our Anya! Here she is - our baby! "

Bring the baby to the mirror and ask: “Where is mom? Here is mom! Where is Anya? Here is Anya! " (we first touch ourselves with our hand, then the child). Speak slowly, expressively intonationally, pause, you cannot chatter with kids.

Then find familiar objects in the room: “Where is lyalya (doll)? Where is the BBC machine? "

Then show new toy and call it a lightweight word: "This is a tick-tock watch" (first we say the usual word, then onomatopoeia). Choose onomatopoeia so that the child can pronounce them in his babbling speech.

Game 2 "Where is my nose?"

Take the baby on the arms and go to the mirror. Start saying a rhyme and touch your nose, cheeks, ears, mouth, neck and so on along the text: “Nose, nose, where are you, nose? Mouth, mouth! Where are you, mouth? Ears, ears, where are you, ears? " And then we improvise a continuation, listing different parts of the body.

Game 3. "We jump and talk."

You will need a large gymnastic ball... If there is no ball, then you can jump on the couch.

Sit on a gymnastic ball, sit the child on your knees, hug him. Start jumping rhythmically, pronouncing different syllables in rhythm: “Yes, yes, yes. Ta-ta-ta! Doo-doo-doo, ma-ma-ma. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Moo-moo-moo. Well, well, well. Just about. Gop-gop-gop ". Songs or nursery rhymes with repeating syllables are also suitable. After each phrase, pause so that the baby can answer you. Play with pleasure - this is not a school exercise, but fun communication!

Game 4. "Sing syllables."

Take any sounding toy, such as a rattle. Take one for yourself, give one to the baby. Hum any melody you like from a folk or children's song and rhythmically rattle. Sing the song first with the usual words. Hide the rattle behind your back: “Oh, where is the rattle? No rattle! Where is she? There she is!".

Then repeat the rattle game, but sing the song in the same syllable. Choose the syllable that your baby can already pronounce (for example, sing the melody to "mom" or "dad"). With such a song, we stimulate the baby to pronounce babbling sounds and sing along. The game was developed by Yu.A. Razenkova

Features of the physical development of a child of 8 months

What parents need to know about the physical development of an infant at 8 months

Usually a child for 8 months lives approximately according to this regime (although all children are very individual): 2 hours awake, 2 hours asleep, 10-11 hours of sleep at night, feeding 5 times a day. Of course, this is a very rough diagram.

The most important movement for a child in physical development at the age of 8 months is crawling. It is very harmful if the child, without crawling, immediately begins to walk (this happens if the baby is not allowed to crawl).

During crawling, favorable conditions for development are created. muscle mass, symmetrical movements of large muscle groups body, back and abdominal muscles are formed.

If the child did not crawl, but immediately began to walk, then he is not ready to hold the body in an upright position. As a result, asymmetric loads on the articular - ligamentous apparatus and preconditions for poor posture. Create all conditions for your baby to crawl actively at 8 months!

And do not rush to stand, do not rush - follow your baby, looking closely at his particular developmental features.

The most important thing to understand in terms of the physical development of a child at 8 months: For a child, it is most important and valuable to master motor functions (that is, movements with a change in the position of the body in space), and only then - static (that is, keeping the body in one position in space). Therefore, it is more important for the baby to learn how to sit down and get up, and not learn how to stand still for a long time.

When the child begins to crawl, what is the "correct" and "wrong" crawling of the child, what exercises prepare the child for crawling, read the series of articles:

a set of developmental gymnastics exercises for the little ones.
for children with developmental disabilities and delayed physical development.

Learn more about how your baby learns to sit and what physical exercises develop the ability to sit down and a sense of balance - in the article

Games for the physical development of a child at 8 months

Exercise 1 "Crawl to the rattle": stimulate to crawl.

Stand at a distance of 1.5-2 meters from the child, show the rattle, sound to it: “This is how the rattle rings: ding - ding - ding - ding. Anya, listen. Crawl to her. " The kid crawls to the rattle and takes it in his hands, plays with it, examines it. Then the adult takes the rattle and goes to the other end of the room and again invites the child to crawl to it. The game is repeated 3-4 times.

In the game, you can use not a rattle, but any other toy that will be interesting to your baby.

Exercise 2 "Get a toy." In this game, we encourage the toddler to get up and stand holding the barrier.

Place a bright toy on the barrier (playpen or crib barrier) and draw the baby's attention to it. The child, holding the rungs of the crib or playpen, gets up and takes the toy.

Exercise 3: learning to step over by holding onto a barrier

The kid stands holding on to the barrier. Move a short distance and show the toy, call the kid: "Vanya, go, take it." The kid, holding on to the barrier, makes several steps - steps over his legs, moving towards the toy. Start with the minimum distance. When the baby is already confidently stepping over, increase the distance. Show something new every time that will attract the child.

Exercise 4 "Catch the ball". Developing a crawl.

Play with the baby with the ball, suggesting to catch up with him. When the baby catches up with the ball (he crawls next to him), invite the baby to push the ball off and catch up with him.

Exercise 5. "Hide and Seek". We stimulate crawling.

Show your baby the toy, name it, draw attention to the toy, and then hide the toy under the handkerchief. "Where is the bear?" Take off the handkerchief: "Here is a bear."

Then remove the toy at a distance of about 2 meters from the baby and cover it again with a handkerchief: “Where is the bear? Anya, find a bear. " The kid crawls to the toy, picks up the handkerchief and finds it. Praise the kid: “Here is a clever girl! Found a bear! "

Exercise 6. "Catch-up" - develop the ability to crawl.

Imitate the chase: “I will catch up, I will catch up, I will catch up with Mashenka. I will catch up! ”, Encouraging the baby to crawl faster. Having caught up with the child, take him on the arms, hug, kiss and throw him up (do what your baby loves so much). Then repeat the fun catch-up game.

What can a child of 8 months by the end of the month (that is, by nine months):

after showing actions to adults, push the object through the hole into the box,
engage with toys for a long time - take out, lay out and insert parts using a finger grip,
remove the object from the rod or from the support (remove the rings from the rod, which are inclined towards the child and are in the horizontal plane, remove large balls - beads from the ribbon, which is in the horizontal plane),
separate the object into parts (remove the fungi from the wooden panel, pull the wooden bushings out of the holes in the toy),
remove lids from boxes,
hold a toy in both hands (Moreover, if a third toy appears, then the child lets go of one of the toys and takes a new one in this pen)
act with objects depending on their properties and qualities: roll balls, take out small objects from the box, look into the hole in the ring, and so on,
react emotionally in accordance with a situation of censure or approval, take offense in the event of a harsh tone of adults in a speech addressed to him,
miss your beloved adult and seek his attention to yourself (throw away toys, whine to attract attention, etc.),
in case of unsuccessful attempts to do something, worry or even cry,
easy to come into contact with close adults, show negative reactions when imposing communication on unfamiliar adults,
pull off the cap from the head,
show a variety of emotions: joy, sadness, resentment, interest, pleasure and others,
to the question “where” to find familiar objects in the room (even if they are in an unusual place),
understand the words "give", "get up", "on", "lie down", "go", "yes", "no", "bang - fell" and others that you use in communication with your child,
understand the purpose of objects - spoons, cups, plates and others that you often use with your baby,
imitate an adult with syllables that are already in his babble,
fulfill the requests of an adult - learned movements: "Okay", "Goodbye", "Give me a pen", "Ku-ku"
babble loudly and actively during periods of wakefulness, repeat sounds with different intonations, repeat sound combinations after mom,
drink from a cup held by an adult,
eat a piece (for example, bread, cookies, banana, boiled vegetable) that he himself holds in his hand,
sit down and lie down on your own; stand up holding on to the barrier; actively crawl; step over (just step over, not walk), holding on to the support or with the support of both hands; kneel at the support and hold in this position;
throw objects with a swing,
distinguish between your own name and the names of loved ones (for example, the name of a sister or brother),
lowering the head towards the sound, the source of which is below the level of his eyes (for example, a bell),
look for a toy hidden in front of his eyes,
listening to quiet sounds (for example, listening to the ticking of a clock), catching a familiar melody.

I wish you the joy of communicating with your kids! Surely, you will come up with your own games and ideas for the development of the child. I will be very glad if the article helped you.

I would be grateful for your comments and feedback :). Until we meet again at the “Native Path!