Eight-month baby so quickly absorb new knowledge and acquire new skills that adults sometimes do not have time to catch everything. Just a month later he learns to step on the bed, holding its edge, and unless it is a simple skill - for thousands of years, our ancestors learned to walk upright.

Anatomical and physiological characteristics of an eight-month baby

The child is actively developing central and peripheral nervous system. Form new gyrus in the brain stronger connection right and left hemisphere of the brain mature bark. It allows the child so quickly acquire new knowledge and skills.

Unfortunately, there is danger. Reduced passive (transmitted by the mother during pregnancy) and incomplete maturation of the active (own) immune sensitization (allergy) to some foreign substances and fragile skin and mucous membranes create preconditions for different pyogenic and other infections, which often occur very hard. Cause severe almost any disease lies in the fact that infants are characterized by a tendency to common reactions and inability to delimitation of a pathological process only one in some organ or tissue, as it does in adults. For example, some local process often takes them for a rapid response of the whole organism. That is why the proper care and feeding of the child are of vital importance.

At this age, even one feeding is completely replaced by a third lure The lure: a spoon first adult food   - Dairy products (yogurt or yogurt). In addition, a child of eight months should receive other foods. In the seven months he was given a children's cottage cheese, and in eight months - meat sauce (can be in the form of baby food Baby food - what to feed the baby?   in jars), then gradually introduced into the yolk for half a day, starting with the fifth part of the yolk.

Psychomotor development of a child in eight months

At the age of eight months, the child smiles at her reflection in the mirror and touches him, he is looking for the right eye thing. Significant changes undergo facial expressions: the expression on his face, you can already determine when he is surprised, delighted or just interested in something new. He loudly and happily laughing, babbling (sometimes even words like "mama"), expressing his pleasure, frowns and turns away, if he do not like something. He is afraid of strangers and almost never goes to them. Actively interested in new things. It can recognize and point the finger of familiar people in pictures

Says some syllables that sometimes develop in words, but it is involuntary. His babbling takes necessary and appropriate to the tone of the moment. If an adult tells a child rhythmic nursery rhymes, he tries to clap. He was already quite capable to master "Ladushki" and "forty" feeding pen, if asked and waving a pen at parting Parting: punctuation rules . He does not like when the mother leaves, and he is left alone.

A child at this age have learned to sit alone in the prone position and falls from a sitting position, get up in bed, holding the handle of the rim. He tries to walk around the beds very good crawling on their bellies or on all fours. It climbs and descends the stairs on all fours, a small children's slides, ladders. Play toys he can have for a long time, indicating that the development of concentration.

Develops fine motor skills: the child can hold their own thing and play them (for example knock them or roll), and holds that eating, for example, a slice of bread, bringing it to his mouth. Already could drink from a cup, but no liquid spilled, still need the support of adults.

Developing games for the baby of eight months

With the eight-month baby can play, developing it both physically and teaching individual words and names of objects. For example, if the child is crawling, you need to put on a small distance from the beautiful bright (but unbreakable and not dangerous for the child) the subject and clearly pronounce his name (it is better if it is simple and easy to pronounce). Typically, the child exhibits curiosity about this subject and trying to get it, which, if necessary, can turn around and crawl right away. Over time, he will try to repeat the names of objects.

You can show and pictures, just big enough and clear that the object or animal they can be easily found. Very soon, the child first learns to choose from several images desired, and then begin to denote it in some words, such as cat - "meow" dog "aw-aw." It is like a child playing with a mirror, he sees it as a mom, toys, and compares the image in the mirror that he sees in reality. He already finds himself in the mirror.

You can play this way: to hide a small box interesting toy, cover (it must be easy to open), and give a child, he himself must open the lid and get the toy. These games are particularly popular with the child.

It should also continue to gymnastics and tempering treatments in the form of outdoor activities, air baths and swimming.

Galina Romanenko

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