Parents all know that their baby’s growth must conform to the laws of nature, and must not be pushed to move quicker, but if you see another baby of the same age who already knows how to walk and talk, you start worrying. What if your childcare method wrong? Are the baby’s genes not good enough? Is his or her nutritional supplement insufficient?
Although the baby’s teeth grow out sooner or later, their height can grow faster or slower, and they learn to talk and walk at different paces, they are normal within a certain range. Don’t be too nervous, but you shouldn’t let them down because, in the process of the baby’s growth, there is a sensitive period in the development of the senses, body, language, and consciousness. If parents can prepare in advance and seize the development laws of sensitive periods and conduct scientific guidance and care, they can do more with less. Let your baby grow up healthily. And if you miss the sensitive period, your baby may actually be one step behind this!
Eye Development
The baby’s visual development will continue for more than 2 years before it matures. The baby within 2 months can only see the black and white within 15-25 centimeters. At 4-6 months, the baby will have red, yellow, green, orange, and blue. After 7 months, the baby can gaze at distant objects and at the age of 3 he or she can independently read children’s books.
The health of the visual system is crucial, and even affects the baby’s life, so in these 3 years, parents need to pay special attention to the baby’s vitamin A supplement – vitamin A is the key to ensure the healthy development of the baby’s visual system. Vitamin A is also a “firewall” to defend against eye disorders such as myopia, dry eye, and night blindness. At this stage, the baby’s demand for vitamin A is very large. The simple daily diet cannot meet the need for additional daily supplements.
When children are three or four years old, they come to the most crucial period for practicing observational skills. At this time, the baby may stare at the hole and watch it for a long time. When parents find out that these “special favors” are good, they can guide him to explore more mysteries, so that the baby can virtually intensify his or her observational skills!
Limb and Bone Growth
6-12 months is a critical period of physical development, so the baby will often like to throw things, parents must be patient to accompany him or her through this stage to enter the coordination period of body movements. After the baby’s first birthday, the baby starts to be more and more active. Parents can accompany him or her to play games such as climbing stairs and throwing toy balls. This not only helps the emotional interaction between parents and children but also improves the baby’s physical coordination.
In the limb sensitive period, in addition to the balanced development of the left and right brains, the baby’s height growth at this stage is also the fastest, which requires parents to pay special attention to the baby’s healthy development of the skeletal system. Parents have the awareness of calcium supplementation and vitamin AD in their babies. The emphasis of calcium supplements lies not only in “quantity” but also in “quality”, that is, the absorption rate is more important than calcium content. If the body is deficient in vitamin D, the baby’s calcium absorption is less than 10%, and the intake will not help much. Although the daily diet contains vitamin D, the sun can also allow the baby to synthesize vitamin D, but it is still too small for the baby’s daily demand. Therefore, the daily supplement of vitamin D is very important.
In addition, vitamin A can promote the differentiation of bone cells, promote the development of long bones, and ensure the health of the skeletal system. Therefore, the pediatrician will recommend that the baby starts from the 15th day of birth, every day a new Iraqi vitamin AD, and insisted to 3 years of age or older, the purpose is to make the baby AD with the same, to ensure the healthy growth and development of the skeletal system, visual system, and immune system.
Language Development
Entering group life, into the career of the workplace, the most important is the ability of interpersonal communication, this ability is formed in the child’s language sensitive period (0-3 years old). The baby is interested in polysyllabic and rhyming children’s songs before the age of 1, and parents can take time out to read to him every day. After their first birthday, the baby will slowly learn to express wishes with short words, and the mother explains the complete sentence for him or her. One and a half years to two years old are the best times for babies to learn nouns. Parents want to repeat the names of things they encounter. After 2 years old, the baby enters the language outbreak and the parents encourage him or her to speak more and guide him or her to try simple reading.
When the baby begins to have the desire to communicate with others, parental encouragement is particularly important. When the baby is 2 and a half years old, parents can teach him daily etiquette, establish a living standard for him, and encourage him to integrate into group life.
Characteristic Development
The self-consciousness formed by the baby during infant and toddler times determines what kind of person he or she will grow up to be. One and a half to three years of age are the times of the baby’s self-consciousness. They declare ownership over things. When they are unwilling to share, parents should help them to correctly distinguish boundaries; if they do something wrong, parents must point out and help them correct mistakes. When the parents are concerned about their baby’s emotional experience, they should look at them with appreciation, protect their self-esteem, and form a correct assessment of their self.