Week 19: Babys 4th intellectual development milestone

After the 4th milestone of intellectual development, your baby will have a great change in perception. The world in baby's eyes becomes clearer and more vivid than ever

This change in perception will lead to subsequent changes in skills and performance. I have begun to realize that this world is made up of things we may not see and that everything moves and strung together, gently changing from one type to another. Like all other milestones of intellectual development , you will go through "stormy" and "sunny" periods with your child. Be prepared to make it all a "magic week", not a "crisis week".

4th intellectual development milestone lasts from about 14 to 19 weeks

Child's difficult manifestations in the 4th milestone of intellectual development

Around weeks 14-17, your baby will begin to show discomfort, as a step toward learning to adapt and master new abilities. Stay tuned to discover baby signals about to enter a new world. It could be:

Or crying, bad mood, nagging, more clingy

Want mom to play games continuously

Want to be held, hugged, caressed more

Sleep a little

Eat a little

Fear of strangers

Little babbling and looking forward to the story

Suck your finger often

On the side of parents, you will once again experience the feeling of stress and exhaustion as your child keeps nagging and crying. You will also feel irritable, find yourself greatly annoyed and eagerly look forward to resting in peace. You will need high mental focus so you don't lose control.

Welcome new skills

For this intellectual development milestone, most babies go through the leap stage in week 19, when they have felt the gentle movements of things and things around them. It could be the ball rolling on the floor, the pillow recessed when touched or the rising and falling in the rhythm of a tune ... Simple and noticeable changes of the world around for the first time. clearly captured eye-level by the baby. This will encourage your child to continue exploring, especially when new motor skills are formed such as the ability to reach, touch and hold objects, combined with the ability to twist or turn ...

You will also find that, with this intellectual development, your child will be able to pronounce many different vowels and consonants. From here on, you will hear all the time listening to these lovely and lovely baba mama, but it takes a long time for your child to speak a language you both understand!

The secret of language development for babies from the cradle New born, every baby has the same start. Over time, with parents' exposure to the environment and communication, babies will reach different developmental milestones in terms of language. Surprisingly, moms can start building their child's language "capital" from a young age.

Help children explore new worlds

After each step of development, your world has changed completely, becoming richer and more diverse, more alive and full of new things. You don't have a lot of experience to understand the movement rules of things, for example when a rubber ball is dropped, you won't know that the ball will bounce. You are also in the first step to explore your abilities, seemingly simple things like holding things, putting things in your mouth ... Therefore, you need to know how to encourage the practice of your skills. child.

First of all, encourage your child to exercise: Help your child practice crawling from front to back and vice versa, practice crawling forward, practice touching, shaking, rotating objects ...

Next, let's play with your kids more: The ideal games and activities for this milestone include talking with your kids, singing, watching pictures, peeking, looking in the mirror ...

In order for children to explore the world around them, parents also need to pay attention to the safety around them. Make sure the power outlets are covered, fragile items are kept on high, angular objects are not within reach of your child.