Baby Development Guide for Baby’s Tenth Month (weeks 40-43)
Month ten in the life of your baby will be as fun and unique as the previous months. Again your child will be flirting with increased mobility, mainly standing up and walking, he will practice communication (both verbal and non-verbal) and he will even start to copy your words and actions at this age, so beware!
If your child has not started walking yet, expect for her to at least be trying to stand up and holding on to furniture. She will be polishing and perfecting this new found skill over the next weeks and months, gaining confidence and experience along the way. This spike in activity might lead to poor sleep as your child has so much on her mind. To combat this, create a soft, soothing night time routine (if you do not already have on) where the lights are low, you rock him and give him a few of his favorite toys for the bed.
It is around now that you will want to upgrade your baby’s car seat situation. Babies that are 20 pounds and higher need to be out of the rear-facing infant car seats and into the convertible ones made for children up to 30 pounds.
Your ten month old will be trying to communicate more whether it is verbally or with motions. For example, he might push food away when he is finished or doesn’t like it or he might repeatedly say “mo” to indicate that he wants more of something he just finished (a bottle, perhaps). During this time you can help him verbalize his feelings and needs. When he indicates that he wants more of his bottle, ask him, “Do you want more of your bottle?”.
A very important step is being taken at ten months in your child’s social development. She has developed her own sense of identification! She expresses more emotions, whether positive or negative emotions and again you can help her learn by providing words to help her verbalize what she is feeling.
Due to the intellectual developments of your child he might appear to be stubborn. Really he is probably simply concentrating on what he is doing so much so that it seems he’s ignoring you. Do not worry, he probably isn’t blatantly ignoring you- he is just learning to use his new skills, mainly learning! Oh and he will do quite a few mischievous things to learn too, such as taste, rip and throw objects!
Something major that your child will begin to be aware of in this stage is the concepts of time, distance and depth. Playtime opens up in a whole new way as he applies what he has learned.
During this month, try to incorporate several learning techniques into her development. He will probably enjoy it if you let him practice standing up by pulling up using your fingers. Afterwards, gently let him sit back down and then try it again several more times. You should also read to her at night as it will help her development and help create a peaceful atmosphere as she enters into a restful sleep period. Consider also teaching her to use a safe sippy cup since that is a skill that will be used often in the near future.
And finally, make sure you check and verify caretakers’ experience before turning your child over to them. Consider dropping in unannounced a couple times to see how your son or daughter is doing and call a few references to see how they liked the overall experience of that particular caretaker. Be suspicious of places that do not allow unannounced visits and cannot provide references.
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Month ten in the life of your baby will be as fun and unique as the previous months. Again your child will be flirting with increased mobility, mainly standing up and walking, he will practice communication (both verbal and non-verbal) and he will even start to copy your words and actions at this age, so beware!
If your child has not started walking yet, expect for her to at least be trying to stand up and holding on to furniture. She will be polishing and perfecting this new found skill over the next weeks and months, gaining confidence and experience along the way. This spike in activity might lead to poor sleep as your child has so much on her mind. To combat this, create a soft, soothing night time routine (if you do not already have on) where the lights are low, you rock him and give him a few of his favorite toys for the bed.
It is around now that you will want to upgrade your baby’s car seat situation. Babies that are 20 pounds and higher need to be out of the rear-facing infant car seats and into the convertible ones made for children up to 30 pounds.
Your ten month old will be trying to communicate more whether it is verbally or with motions. For example, he might push food away when he is finished or doesn’t like it or he might repeatedly say “mo” to indicate that he wants more of something he just finished (a bottle, perhaps). During this time you can help him verbalize his feelings and needs. When he indicates that he wants more of his bottle, ask him, “Do you want more of your bottle?”.
A very important step is being taken at ten months in your child’s social development. She has developed her own sense of identification! She expresses more emotions, whether positive or negative emotions and again you can help her learn by providing words to help her verbalize what she is feeling.
Due to the intellectual developments of your child he might appear to be stubborn. Really he is probably simply concentrating on what he is doing so much so that it seems he’s ignoring you. Do not worry, he probably isn’t blatantly ignoring you- he is just learning to use his new skills, mainly learning! Oh and he will do quite a few mischievous things to learn too, such as taste, rip and throw objects!
Something major that your child will begin to be aware of in this stage is the concepts of time, distance and depth. Playtime opens up in a whole new way as he applies what he has learned.
During this month, try to incorporate several learning techniques into her development. He will probably enjoy it if you let him practice standing up by pulling up using your fingers. Afterwards, gently let him sit back down and then try it again several more times. You should also read to her at night as it will help her development and help create a peaceful atmosphere as she enters into a restful sleep period. Consider also teaching her to use a safe sippy cup since that is a skill that will be used often in the near future.
And finally, make sure you check and verify caretakers’ experience before turning your child over to them. Consider dropping in unannounced a couple times to see how your son or daughter is doing and call a few references to see how they liked the overall experience of that particular caretaker. Be suspicious of places that do not allow unannounced visits and cannot provide references.
For these and more great tips and for tons of parenting freebies, visit http://www.birthannouncements4baby.com/yearone
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