What should a child be able to do in 7 months?

During the first year of life, the kid learns new ones every day and improves previously learned skills. Despite the fact that all children are individual and develop differently, there are certain age norms on which paediatricians rely, when assessing the ability of crumbs. This information is useful to know and parents, to immediately draw the attention of the doctor to the lag of the baby in this or that sphere. In this article we will tell you what a child at the age of 7 months should be able to do, if his development fully corresponds to the age norm.

What can a child do in 7 months?

In most cases, seven-month-olds already have the following skills:

• With ease they turn over, both from the back to the abdomen, and from the abdomen to the back, and do it equally quickly in both directions;
• most of the kids already know how to get up at the pedestal and with pleasure they shift about from foot to foot. If you have not yet lowered the bottom of the crib, now is the time to do it, because the crumb can very easily fall out of it and hit hard. In general, a crib is not the safest place for games, it's much better to leave a child in an arena or on the floor;
• the development of a child-girl in 7 months is almost always characterized by the appearance of the ability to sit down independently and keep the back straight. Boys at this age very seldom sit down themselves, although there are exceptions. In addition, in most cases, if the child is placed, his back will lean forward quite strongly;
• At the same time, in the development of the child-boy about 7 months, a new important skill also appears - the baby learns to crawl. As a rule, at this age girls do not move from place to place, but boys, on the contrary, do it very confidently. Sometimes children initially crawl backwards, but do not worry, very soon your child will figure out how to do it right;
• most seven-month-olds begin to show interest in food and try to eat with a spoon or drink from a cup. Of course, while this turns out to be very bad for them, but it will take very little time, and the child will easily take food by himself.

Emotional development of a child at the 7th month of life

Seven-month babies unerringly recognize all members of their family. Especially strongly the crumb is attached to the mother or the person who spends more time with him. Strange people try to avoid the kid, turn away from them and hide behind their relatives.

The child already perfectly understands intonation, especially various prohibitions. However, it can greatly upset him. A seven-month-old boy or girl has an unusually rich facial expression. He loves to look at himself in the mirror, make up all sorts of grimaces, look at his body parts, clothes and so on.

Almost all children at the age of 7 months babble in every way. In their active speech, such elements as syllables "ha", "ma", "ba" and "pa" appear. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to understand that in six to seven months no child can say his first word. If it seemed to you that the baby was said by "mom" or "dad", be sure, so the little one simply trains his speech apparatus, and not consciously says the first words.

What to teach the child in 7 months?

In order to teach the crumbs the necessary skills, try to encourage him to take active measures in every possible way. For example, lay out his favorite toys at some distance, so that the baby tries to crawl. As much as possible talk with the child and teach him different onomatopoeic manifestations in a playful form. Thus, a seven-month-old baby in some cases can already depict how the dog, pussy and other animals "talk".

In addition, a child at the age of 7 months should be regularly done, the so-called "mother's massage". Light stroking movements will help improve blood circulation, which is very useful for mental and physical development of crumbs. If necessary, also do special gymnastic exercises, which the doctor will show you.

In most cases, everything that a child does in 7 months is the result of how parents deal with it. Try every month to assess objectively the level of development of your son or daughter and, if possible, help him to fill the gaps in certain areas.