27 months

Behavior and development

How does the baby develop?

Your child is making great strides in building relationships around now. At this stage, your baby will begin to notice peers instead of always playing alone. Even when your baby does not interact with other babies while playing, he or she can still pay close attention to the friends around. Play with friends, even when babies are not together, will become even more important this year. Your child may still observe your play and behavior while playing with her toy and gradually change the way it plays to look like you.

In addition to developing a sense of friendship, studies have also shown that language learning becomes a lot easier if babies start learning early because their brain is now very active to create. connections in the nervous system. Children raised in bilingual families have less vocabulary in each language, but the total number of words they know in both languages ​​is the same as babies who only know one language. Furthermore, bilingualism will create lasting cognitive benefits for your baby.

From time to time you will find your baby has high concentration and strong determination - qualities commonly found in scientists. In fact, the fact that your baby performs a few actions over and over again is a common developmental trend that helps to perfect his or her functioning skills. This is part of the reason that sometimes you find your baby become "stubborn" and stubborn by insisting on an action over and over even though you haven't allowed and forbidden your baby.

What do you need to do to support your baby?

If your child has grown up in a bilingual family, the best way for your child to learn the language now is by talking with a native speaker. Other ways such as learning through audio tapes or learning in class will not be as effective as children being directly observed and repeated according to the adult's words.

Health and safety

What should mom discuss with the doctor?

If your child is not making the same progress in language skills mentioned above, don't worry. Although it develops slowly, as long as your baby is still progressing over time, you can rest assured that your baby will gradually grow like other children.

If your baby does not improve even a little, contact your doctor so you can accurately assess your baby's condition. Therapies for babies with language delays are often very popular, mostly inexpensive, and often work pretty well. However, you should also note that the cost of treatment will fluctuate depending on your baby's condition and the popularity of developmental support services for your baby in the place you live.

Mother should know more?

The best way to take care of and help your baby develop fully is to ask your doctor and ask him or her to answer all of your questions, including concerns about how to detect and recognize signs and symptoms. of some common childhood illnesses such as ear infections, colds and flu.

Mother's concern

What do you need to care about?

Keeping your baby's hands clean is the best way to prevent illness. So teaching your baby how to use soap to wash hands and how to properly wash hands is a very important step in this stage.

First of all, prepare the necessary items to wash your hands and choose the most easy to use items for your baby such as hand sanitizer, towel, stand for baby to stand in case the hand sink is too high for your reach. baby's. And yet, you must also set an appropriate time when washing your hands. To prevent the spread of bacteria, children and adults alike need to wash their hands for at least 15 seconds and rinse thoroughly inside and out, between fingers and under fingernails to secure hands. very clean and completely eliminate pathogenic bacteria.