7 MONTH BABY DEVELOPMENT
Dropping Games
This month your baby will enjoy dropping things and watching them fall. Sitting in his high chair creates the perfect opportunity to drop a spoon, a rattle or whatever else is handy. Pick it up and he'll drop it again. This cycle can become frustrating for Mom and Dad. But your baby is learning lots in the process. Amazing as it seems, dropping helps your baby to understand an object's characteristics. Heavy or light? Hard or soft? Noisy or quiet? Your baby is also learning that his actions make things happen; cause-and-effect. Your baby is developing a memory of the object; remembering that it still exists as it falls through the air and lands on the floor.
Reaching with One Hand
As your baby masters sitting up, you'll notice that he's beginning to grab things with one hand, instead of two. This step allows your little guy to make all kinds of new discoveries. Holding a toy with only one hand means that he can use the other to do something useful. Push a button, for example, or pull a lever. In the next few months, he'll get much better at using his hands as tools. Fingers are tools, too. Have you noticed that your baby sometimes picks things up with a palmer grasp, using his fingers to push something into his palm? Around this age, he may also begin picking up small things by pressing his thumb against the base of his pointer finger. This is called the scissors grasp.
Hearing and Language
Your seven-month-old is a remarkably good listener. That's why he's already making big strides toward learning how language works. He listens carefully to the words he hears most often, like "mommy," "daddy" and his own name. Amazingly, your baby knows the sound of some familiar words. When babies hear people talk, they hear a continuous stream of words, all slurred together without periods or commas. But your seven-month-old is already learning to pick out where words begin and end. The next step is understanding what words mean which usually begins between eight and ten months.
This month your baby will enjoy dropping things and watching them fall. Sitting in his high chair creates the perfect opportunity to drop a spoon, a rattle or whatever else is handy. Pick it up and he'll drop it again. This cycle can become frustrating for Mom and Dad. But your baby is learning lots in the process. Amazing as it seems, dropping helps your baby to understand an object's characteristics. Heavy or light? Hard or soft? Noisy or quiet? Your baby is also learning that his actions make things happen; cause-and-effect. Your baby is developing a memory of the object; remembering that it still exists as it falls through the air and lands on the floor.
Reaching with One Hand
As your baby masters sitting up, you'll notice that he's beginning to grab things with one hand, instead of two. This step allows your little guy to make all kinds of new discoveries. Holding a toy with only one hand means that he can use the other to do something useful. Push a button, for example, or pull a lever. In the next few months, he'll get much better at using his hands as tools. Fingers are tools, too. Have you noticed that your baby sometimes picks things up with a palmer grasp, using his fingers to push something into his palm? Around this age, he may also begin picking up small things by pressing his thumb against the base of his pointer finger. This is called the scissors grasp.
Hearing and Language
Your seven-month-old is a remarkably good listener. That's why he's already making big strides toward learning how language works. He listens carefully to the words he hears most often, like "mommy," "daddy" and his own name. Amazingly, your baby knows the sound of some familiar words. When babies hear people talk, they hear a continuous stream of words, all slurred together without periods or commas. But your seven-month-old is already learning to pick out where words begin and end. The next step is understanding what words mean which usually begins between eight and ten months.
7 MONTH BABY ACTIVITIES
Your baby is creating "spatial memories" of familiar places, like her crib and feeding chair.
Help her develop richer memories by switching her position in the crib, and moving or turning her feeding chair.
Play simple cause and effect games with your baby, letting her be an active partner. Like moving your hands toward her as you count to three, then giving her a good tickle.
Show your baby magazines and picture books. Hard books are fun for her to hold and look through.
Hold your baby in front of a mirror. Point to her image and call her by name.
Play some upbeat music and dance. Explain what you're doing.
Play simple cause and effect games with your baby, letting her be an active partner. Like moving your hands toward her as you count to three, then giving her a good tickle.
Show your baby magazines and picture books. Hard books are fun for her to hold and look through.
Hold your baby in front of a mirror. Point to her image and call her by name.
Play some upbeat music and dance. Explain what you're doing.
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