Parenting Blog

Are you getting used to having a baby?
2-month-old, your baby and you have been around each other long enough to get to know one another. Maybe you are starting to find it easier to interpret his cries for example.
Now many babies are becoming more social and also use their bodies more and more.
Don’t ever leave him alone on the changing table!

Baby milestones
Being a 2-month-old, your baby “should” be able to:
- lift his head if placed on his stomach
- open his hands
- smile back at you
- talk a little bit (grunting, cooing etc)
Your baby’s vision has improved so much that your baby starts to find more detailed patterns and colors interesting.

His hearing is good and he will turn his head towards different sounds to see where they come from.
As your baby has found his hands and started to get dome control of them, he will start putting his hands and everything in them in his mouth. At this point in time, he may also start drooling a lot. If he gets really wet, uses a bib to protect his clothes.

1-year-old and the baby year is over…
Well, a 12-month-old baby/toddler is still quite small I think!
Our daughter celebrated her first birthday by sleeping through the night for the first time ever. She must have felt that she was no longer a baby…
Five days later she walked a few steps for the first time. So happy!

1-year-old babies are fantastic! So able yet so young.

Baby milestones
Many babies take their first steps at around 1-year-old and actually start walking more and more. Some others need more time. In any case many 1-year-old babies crawl when they need to get somewhere fast.
Our oldest boy didn’t walk until he was well over 18 months and there is absolutely nothing wrong with him!
The same goes with using the language. Many children seem to be either “early” with their motorical skills or with the language. Some sit and talk other run around and say more or less nothing. But they do understand a lot!

12-month-old, it is a good idea to let your baby start feeding himself with a spoon if he is interested. It is very messy in the beginning, but so convenient after a while to not have to feed your baby.
Your baby has now a well enough developed hand-eye coordination and understanding to open cupboard doors and drawers that open easily.

The speech and language skills are converted into different rates for children. However, be sure that the milestones that most children reach the age specific. Interaction common, everyday among children and those around them is the best way to lift and enhance speech and language skills. From birth, the hearing is critical for children to learn and react to the world around them. An unidentified hearing loss can cause a delay in speech and language development. Therefore, it is best to identify and treat hearing loss early.

Parents and other caregivers can do many things to encourage the development of speech and language and to provide learning opportunities. Some examples:

• Listen and respond to your child. Recognize, encourage and praise the attempts to communicate.

• Talk with your child about what you are doing, what you see, what your child is doing, and what he sees his child. Use language that is appropriate for your child’s abilities ’speech and language s.

• Accept mistakes as your child the ’s speech becomes. Amplíese or simply repeat what was said, using words or sounds correct.