There are many changes that babies experience month by month from birth. To the three months have already given their little push with an advance in their mobility and strength. It has been observed how the little one has much sharper hearing and vision. From this point there are many more changes, so we are going to discover what does a 5 month old baby do.
About half a year of life you will notice much more your skill in physical and cognitive mobility, from now on time will pass much faster and it will be much more interesting. Observe their month step by step, as we love to live with them how it evolves physically and emotionally.
How does a 5 month old baby evolve?
At 5 months the baby already weighs between 6 and 9,3 kg in children and between 5,5 and 8,9 kg in girls. They already gain between 400 and 600 g per month, although it is the prescribed average, if the baby does not reach this weight and is in good health, there is no need to worry excessively. The pediatrician is the one who will indicate visits and their evolutionIf you give the go-ahead and see that your baby is healthy, it will be a good sign.
feeding remains exclusively from milk, either with breast milk or artificial milk. Complementary feeding will be implemented after 6 months. From this age it is normal for the baby demand much more milk because he sleeps a little less and moves a lot more. It is necessary to continue with the regularization in time of its intakes, but there are pediatricians who recommend giving it on demand if the child requests it.
They will sleep between 12 and 16 hours a day, where it will be divided into two daytime naps. Your sleep is not yet set to be continuous throughout the night. Yes, it can be true that some children already do their little pull, but there may still be an awakening if they are also taken with breast milk. Some parents point at co-sleeping in bed or having a co-sleeping crib, so that the night's rest is much more pleasant and they can sleep more peacefully.
Psychomotor development of the 5-month-old baby
The sight will be much sharper and you will be able to follow the movements of the objects without any difficulty. You can focus on what you are looking at without squinting or squinting.
The ear is also more developed, you will listen more carefully when people speak. They have the ability to know how to identify some sounds and to structure some words. From now on they will begin to babble and try to imitate some sounds.
Your hand coordination is much safer, he is already beginning to perfectly grasp objects, throw them and even put them in his mouth. Even on his back he will play with his feet, explore with them, and try to put them in his mouth.
Some babies will already start the sitting process, where you will already begin to be stronger to sit independently. And even if you have not mastered the pose yet, you will try to adopt it by leaning your body forward to correct that balance. It is time for you to transfer the baby from the carrycot to the seat if he already requests it.
You will also like try to stand up and that you take him by the hands so that you help him to get up. Although it seems that you are already trying to take your first steps, you should not reinforce your desire with a tacatá, since it is not recommended yet.
How to stimulate your baby with speech
From 5 months their neural connections continue to be established and therefore everything that you experience will be of vital importance to be established within your head. It is very nice that listen to soft sounds and talk a lot. Your own voice, your smile and your songs will be the basis for verbal learning. Everything related to their phonological level will be related to listening to the music and language, it will be the foundation of your skill and interpretation.