43 weeks

Behavior and development

How does the baby develop?

Your baby should now be able to walk while you are holding his hand. Your baby has also been able to spontaneously extend his arms or legs to help you dress him up more easily. At mealtimes, babies may drink from a cup on their own (although some babies may not do this well after months or even a year). In addition, the baby can also pick up food.

By week 43, your baby may be able to:

Stand up alone momentarily;

Knowing to distinguish to call "baba" or "mama";

Point to what the baby wants to ask for.

What do you need to do to support your baby?

At this stage, your baby will feel excited when deliberately throwing objects away for others to pick up for them. If you get bored with this throw-and-pick game, hide objects for a few minutes and distract your baby with another game that is equally fun and engaging, like peek-a-boo.

Health and safety

What should mom discuss with the doctor?

Most doctors won't schedule a routine checkup for your baby this month. But you can always call your doctor if you have any questions and can't wait for your next visit.

Mother should know more?

Things you need to know about antibiotics

You should be very careful when giving antibiotics to your child. Antibiotics only work against bacteria but not viruses - the culprits cause colds, flu and many respiratory diseases in the baby. So if your child has any of the diseases listed above, the antibiotics will not work. Giving your baby antibiotics when not needed will make the bacteria resistant to the drug and this will make it difficult for the baby to have real illnesses that need antibiotics later. In addition, taking antibiotics can cause side effects or even severe allergies.

When should mothers give antibiotics to their babies?

You should only give your baby antibiotics in accordance with the prescribed dose as directed by your doctor. Stopping the medication early may not provide complete treatment, but may also cause other serious health conditions.

How to help your baby take antibiotics?

If your baby vomits right after taking an antibiotic or the spray causes most of the medicine to pass out of his or her mouth, you can give him another dose. However, try to find out why the baby vomits the medicine: because he simply does not want to drink, so he spits the medicine or does he really vomit because he is sick?

You can try mixing it with drinks such as apple juice to make it taste better. In addition, it is usually more effective to use a dropper or a syringe-shaped device to put the medicine directly into your baby's throat than using a spoon. You can also find special flavorings at pharmacies to make them easier to drink with your baby.

Mother's concern

What are the things you need to care about?

At week 43, there are a lot of things you might be interested in:

Chatter

Like banging heads, pulling hair or sucking fingers, grinding teeth is a popular way for some babies to relieve stress. However, teeth grinding can affect the baby teeth as well as the future development of permanent teeth. There are two causes of this: stress and curiosity.

If your baby grits his teeth because of stress, make sure he is comfortable and less stressed. In addition, please give more love and care to your baby more. In many cases, the teeth grinding habit will gradually disappear when the baby is no longer facing the pressures of daily life.

Stress isn't always the cause of your baby's teeth grinding. Sometimes she accidentally discovers this action when she tests what her pretty little teeth can do, then she feels like the feel and sound of the action and quickly adds it to her name. a book of your growing skills. If your baby grits her teeth out of curiosity, soon that interest will disappear and she will no longer be interested in the act.

If you notice that your baby is clenching more and more often and are concerned that his or her teeth may be damaged, immediately take him or her to the doctor or dentist for prompt advice and help. .

Bite

It is very normal for babies to try using their new teeth to check for everything. However, biting can become a bad habit and can affect those around you, especially as the baby grows more teeth, the more painful it will bite.

Why do some babies enjoy biting things like that? The initial bite seems fun and a refreshing experience. They are completely unaware that they are hurting others. But the reaction of those around is what makes the baby aware of his own actions. The baby feels the reaction on the mother's face when she bites her shoulder is really funny, the daddy startled and pretended "Ah!" Seriousness is also quite hilarious, and the way she says, "It bites you, cute!" clearly allowing her to do so. And even more strangely, there was even an "Asian!" Anger or harsh reprimand from parents even more encourages the baby to bite more because sometimes the baby feels it is very happy or sees it as a new feeling of independence.

The most effective way to handle this situation is to calmly remove the baby from the biting place and tell the baby firmly, "You mustn't bite." Then quickly distract your baby with a song, a toy or anything else. Do this every time your baby bites and eventually he will understand his problem. Never bite your baby again, as this can make the problem worse. Not only is the above act too violent, but the baby may also think that biting is a very normal thing.