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The stages of developing your childs cognitive ability
Do you know that in the first months of your baby's life, your baby not only knows how to sleep or eat, but is also developing cognitive abilities at the same time?
Each baby will have a different growth rate. However, parents can foresee their child's leaps towards the stage milestones.
From birth to 3 months old
The children love their parents' voice very much. If she stuck out her tongue, she would imitate you. She still doesn't understand what she can do. At 6 weeks, children will not realize the existence of parents without or with anyone around. Therefore, the baby will not be afraid of strangers and welcome affection from anyone.
From 3 to 6 months old
Darling begins to know how to do many things. Babies recognize toys, classify and love to see pictures of their parents. By 6 months, your baby will happily reach for, hold, throw or even put it in his mouth. Your child may also find that he has held a toy before. Baby recognizes the shape, composition and color of objects. For example, as long as you show the pictures of cats, the other picture is a dog, your baby will be surprised and laughed.
From 7 to 9 months old
I already know my name and feel uncomfortable with strangers or when I go to new places. Children are able to perform many actions they want, know how to use toys, such as drums to hit and teddy bears to hug.
If you pay attention, you will see your children imitate what adults did yesterday. Babies learn a new game like releasing a swing from a cradle to make a cry. However, children still do not understand the game of hide and seek, so if parents hide toys, they will not be able to find them.
From 9 to 12 months old
Baby starts to follow and cry every time the parents leave. Baby is very uncomfortable when not seeing relatives anywhere. In addition, if you see a reflection of yourself in the mirror, your baby will not realize it is himself. Besides, you will know how to say the first words.
From 12 to 18 months old
Children will let parents understand what they want with a combination of words and actions. Children also learn to imitate the actions of their parents. Children will curiously open the closet or empty the toy box to explore, as well as know how to solve the problem and gradually be able to find the lost or hidden object.
From 18 to 24 months old
I started to practice walking and speaking, thinking, solving problems by concentrating on thinking rather than tinkering. Babies who are able to find and retrieve the items themselves have also started to pretend or imitate. Sometimes your child's frustration turns into anger. Babies will wear their parents in strange situations.
At the 18th month, she still plays with other friends, but when she is 2 years old, she won't want to share toys anymore. I do not know how to put myself in other people's shoes, so in case if I hit you accidentally, because I do not feel pain, she guesses other people will not hurt. Also, when they touch a chair, they say it hurts you.
Hope the article will help parents understand more about your child's cognitive development!
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