Never a person does not develop as fast as in the first year of his life. In just twelve months, the child triples its weight, learning to master his own body and understand their emotions. The rapid development of the child up to a year allows a helpless infant to become a man, able to move independently and even talk.

First month

In the first month of life the newborn adapts to the world around them. This process can be tedious, so the crumb sleeps a lot.

By the end of the first month of a baby can give parents their first smile. At this age, the child usually can already keep an eye out for a bright toy or other object.

Second month

By the end of the second month of life, the child is actively gaining weight and grows about three centimeters. His movements are poorly coordinated, but the emergence of adult pipsqueak can react strokes arms and legs.

The kid starts to say emotive sounds - it now attracts the attention of adults, not only cry, but agukanem. Prolonged periods of wakefulness: the baby can lie down for a long time, watching the moving toys or sunbeams on the wall.

Third Month

For three months the child begins to coordinate their movements. And although he is not very good command of their own hands, some progress is already there: the kid grabs and holds rattle, explores his own face, trying "to the tooth" everything that comes into his hands.

Scarce trying to engage in conversation with adults. He has a memory of the baby stores, for example, the ritual of bedtime, and enjoy performing it.

Fourth Month

For four months in children who previously were reluctant to my stomach begin to enjoy it: is not it possible to see more than just lying on his back. Many children already know how to roll your own.

At this age, children are not just smiling, but laughing and leaping with delight. But the mood of the baby can spoil if they start early teething Teething: one by one .

Fifth Month

At this age child can entertain yourself to half an hour. At other times, he still need to communicate with my mother. It is well know parents and adults who often sees.

The five month old children with delight listen to simple poems and jokes, sometimes even trying to repeat some words. Kids learn with fun new toys that develop fine motor skills.

Sixth Month

By the semi-annual anniversary of the majority of children are actively able to roll over and sit down. Some even try to crawl. If you keep your baby under the armpits, he can do the steps.

Babble six-month baby is becoming more distinct. The child may even say the first word, but it is still unconsciousness accidental. Most of the children in the first six months of teeth erupt, which is accompanied by unpleasant sensations.

Seventh Month

The seven-month baby can already show character: his favorite toys appear, it becomes selective in communicating and can refer to other people's disbelief. Movements become more accurate. Baby learns to crawl, inventing different ways to achieve it are interested in the subject.

It also improved. Random syllables increasingly develop in the word. Kid willingly shows the pictures of familiar objects and people. There comes a time for the development of sophisticated toys - such as music.

Eighth Month

Now parents do not have a moment's peace: the indefatigable researcher is exploring every corner of the house. Scarce can already be controlled with logical toys like the pyramids and learn to capture subjects thumb and forefinger. Now the kid interested in a variety of small objects: parents have to follow very closely, so he did not swallow them.

Passive vocabulary of a child is already quite large, but the time has not yet come to say: baby babbles something in their own language. The child may appear early fears. Scarce can be afraid of loud noises, strangers, and even oversized toys.

Ninth Month

By nine months, the child usually learns to stand, holding support. The ability to sit in a vertical position comes a little later, so at first the baby seat will have parents.

At this age, some children already pronounced the first meaningful words. The more talk with the child, the more words he knows, but it is still very difficult to utter these words yourself.

Tenth Month

Fingers kids become more obedient, and the children enthusiastically playing with small objects. Many people at this age may already have their own: it does not matter that in most of the food is not in the mouth and on the cheeks, or on the table.

Some ten months already know how to walk. Other actively crawling around the house. In walks the children of this age are very interested in other children.

Eleventh Month

Children are happy to improve motor skills, learning to walk, learning to ride a toy. In games there is a simple story: a walk with the dog, feed the doll with a spoon.

Active vocabulary is not rich yet, but the kid is well aware that he was told by adults. It is time to articulate bans, but do not expect that the child will remember from the first time that he could not do.

Twelve months

Most children by the year already begin to walk. Movements become confident. Children are able to take things carefully, are able to determine the distance from the eye to the favorite toys.

Some children are already actively talking, though increasingly used for communication gestures, not words. The child is easily show where he (and others), eyes, nose, mouth.

Maria Bykov

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