4-month-old baby development standard 4-month-old baby development index

Babies change every day. With the careful care of their parents, babies grow very fast. Today, I will tell you about the development level of a 4-month-old baby.

4-month-old baby development

Social and Emotional Development:

1. Smile spontaneously, especially when facing people;

2. Likes to play with others and will cry if stopped;

3. There will be some movements and facial expressions, such as smiling or frowning.

Language Development:

1. Start babbling;

2. Make sounds in response to sounds;

3. Express hunger, pain or tiredness through crying in different ways.

Cognitive Development:

1. Let you know whether he is happy or sad;

2. Respond to emotions;

3. Use one hand to grab the toy;

4. Coordinate hand-eye movements to see a toy and get it;

5. Eyes follow the trajectory of moving objects, from one side to the other;

6. Observe people’s faces carefully;

7. Ability to recognize familiar people and objects at a distance.

Motor Development:

1. The head can remain upright without support;

2. Squat when feet are placed on hard ground;

3. Can change from prone position to supine position;

4. You can use your hands to fiddle with objects hanging in front of you;

5. You can put your hands in your mouth;

6. When lying prone, you can use your arms to support your upper body.

Abnormal signal:

1. Cannot follow moving objects;

2. Can’t smile at others;

3. The head cannot be lifted up well;

4. Cannot babble or make any sound;

5. Not putting things in mouth;

6. When the feet touch the hard ground, they will not kick;

7. One or both eyes cannot move flexibly.

Baby's development indicators at 4 months

Boys: height 57.9-71.7cm; weight 5.25-10.39kg; head circumference 38.0-45.9cm.

Baby girl: height 56.7-70.0cm; weight 4.93-9.66kg; head circumference 37.2-44.6cm.

Note: This is compiled based on the Ministry of Health's "Reference Standards for Growth and Development of Children Under 7 Years Old in China".

Recommended complementary foods for 4-month-olds

4-6 months is the stage when babies first start to eat complementary foods. It is best to start with light-tasting foods. The type and hardness of the food should be changed according to the baby's development. Rice soup, which is not likely to cause allergies in babies, is a more suitable first staple complementary food for babies to try.

1. Fresh millet paste ingredients: 15 grams of rice. Method: Wash the rice and soak it in warm water for 2 hours. Put the soaked rice into a blender, add a little water, and stir it into a fine rice paste. Pour the paste-like rice paste into a container. Pour the rice paste into a milk pot, add about 8 times the amount of water, and heat it slowly over low heat. During this time, use a spoon to stir the rice paste constantly to avoid sticking to the pot. After the rice paste boils, continue to cook for 2 minutes and then serve. Nutrition Tips: Rice paste has the effects of nourishing the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, and clearing the lungs. It also has the functions of invigorating qi, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness. It is beneficial to the development and health of the human body, and can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, and promote the absorption of fat. It can also cause the casein in the milk powder to form loose and soft small clots, making it easy to digest and absorb.

2. Millet porridge ingredients: millet, water, ratio (1:10). Method: Soak the millet for 30 minutes, put it into the pot and cook it. After boiling, simmer for 40 minutes on low heat, then turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Nutrition tips: Millet porridge is rich in nutrients and rich in vitamins and minerals, such as carotene, vitamin B1, B2, etc. The protein content is 8.9%, and the fat content is 3.0%, which is 1%-3% higher than ordinary rice. Be careful not to make the millet porridge too thin.