Is your baby turning 9 months? Congratulations, that little earthquake is about to enter the last trimester before your first birthday. The 9 months are the beginning of a new stage, full of events, surprises and new skills. The development of your child is increasingly important and every day you can see how your little baby is walking towards a new phase, that of the child.
The development of the 9-month-old baby
Each baby has a completely different development, so you should not compare your child with other children even if they are the same age. However, there are certain milestones that all children should reach by reaching a certain age, always taking into account the maturational development of each child. Most likely, by 9 months, your child can already sit by himself for several minutes.
Although all babies do not crawl before they walk, this most often happens. If your child has started to crawl, by now he will be an expert in this field and will increasingly want more independence. This means that your little one will no longer want to be in your arms all day, as this prevents him from exploring at ease. Will soon try to stand up and this will mark the passage to a new stage, that of learning to walk.
At this stage, it is very important that make your home as safe as possible. Put protectors on the plugs, since they are especially at the hand of babies. You should also place protectors in those cabinets and drawers where you keep dangerous elements, such as cleaning products, medicines or kitchen utensils.
Feeding the 9-month-old baby
At 9 months, a new adventure in complementary feeding begins, despite the fact that your baby will have tried most fruits and vegetables. If you have not already introduced the white fish, this it is time to offer your baby fish such as hake or whiting, always well cooked and clean of thorns. You can also start the introduction of the egg, if you do not know how to do it, this link you will find the guidelines that pediatricians recommend.
Other foods that you should introduce in your child's diet are legumes, very important at this age as well as carbohydrates. Your child's new motor skills are a great expenditure of energy, the little one will get more and more appetite and therefore, it will need more food. It is important that you regulate your child's meals well, so that all his nutritional needs are well covered.
If you have opted for a diet based on ground foods and purees, it will be interesting that little by little you change the texture of some foods. This allows your child to strengthen his jaw and the muscles of his mouth and also prepares him for the new phase that will soon come, that of eating whole foods.
You can give him a piece of bread, from the crust part. You can also give him other whole foods, such as boiled carrot, potato, or sweet potato.
How to stimulate the 9-month-old baby
This stage is very important for the development of your baby, so it is important that you stimulate different areas such as language o fine motor skills. Use lifelong nursery rhymes such as "the five little wolves" "palms palms" or "cuckoo behind" these songs that include hand movements, are especially beneficial for the development of babies.
Your son soon he will begin to articulate his first words, syllables that in principle will not make sense but that little by little will give way to the language of your baby. Begin to stimulate this ability to help your baby in this process, try to talk to him a lot with good gestures with your mouth, read many stories with your baby in your arms, sing songs to him or practice with him the famous "garlic" "ma-ma" or " father".
Now that he begins to sit more skillfully, you can take him to the park and ride him on the swings adapted for babies. He will love that new feeling and will let you know with his laughs and happy face.