6-month-old baby development indicators 6-month-old baby development standards

When the baby is six months old, his body has grown a lot, and his abilities in all aspects have also changed significantly. The baby of June begins to sprout the shadow of wisdom. The baby at this stage is curious and begins to have his own consciousness. Here is a popular science introduction to the development indicators of June.

6-month-old baby development

Social and Emotional Development:

1. Recognize familiar faces and know that some people are strangers;

2. Like to play with others, especially parents

3. Respond to other people's emotions and often appear happy;

4. Like to look at myself in the mirror.

Language Development:

1. When hearing a sound, it will make a sound to respond;

2. They start to babble, can develop the sounds of "ah, um, oh", and like to communicate with their parents;

3. Respond to your own name;

4. Use sounds to express happiness and unhappiness;

5. Can make some consonants.

Cognitive Development:

1. Look around you;

2. Put the things you get into your mouth;

3. Show curiosity about things and try to get things far away;

4. Start transferring objects from one hand to the other.

Motor Development:

1. Can turn over in both directions (from prone to supine, and from supine to prone)

2. You can sit up without any other support

3. When standing, you can use your legs to support the weight of your entire body and bounce up and down

4. Move on the ground, sometimes crawling forward and sometimes crawling backward.

Abnormal signal:

1. Will not take the initiative to grab things;

2. Don’t like the people around you;

3. No response to surrounding sounds;

4. Difficulty putting objects into the mouth;

5. Not babbling, such as making sounds like "ah, um, oh";

6. Will not roll over in any direction;

7. Cannot laugh or scream;

8. Looks very stiff and has tense muscles;

9. It looks very soft, like a rag doll.

Physical development standards for 6-month-olds

At this stage, the baby's physique is further developed and the nervous system is becoming more mature. At this time, the baby has almost started to grow deciduous teeth, usually the two lower central incisors (lower front teeth) grow first, then the upper central incisors (upper front teeth), and then the upper lateral incisors. At six months: the weight of a male baby is 5.9-9.8 kg and the height is 62.4-73.2 cm; the weight of a female baby is 5.5-9.0 kg and the height is 60.6-71.2 cm. The head circumference is 44 cm and two teeth have grown.

June Diet Standards

For babies aged six months, the main food is still breast milk or other milk products. The baby still needs to be fed 3 to 4 times a day. If the baby is fed with milk, the total amount of milk should not be less than 600 ml. Dinner can gradually be based on complementary food, and the variety of complementary food can be increased step by step.

During this period, the complementary foods added include:

1. Add solid food: such as porridge, mashed noodles, wontons, toasted steamed bread slices, biscuits, melon and fruit slices, etc., to promote the growth of teeth and exercise chewing and swallowing abilities. You can also let your baby hold the food and eat it by himself to exercise his hand skills.

2. Add whole grains: You can let your baby eat some porridge made from whole grains such as cornmeal and millet. Whole grains are high in certain nutrients and are beneficial to the healthy growth of babies.

3. Increase the amount and variety of animal food: For example, you can feed your baby whole eggs, and you can also add meat floss, minced meat, etc.

In order to ensure a balanced nutrition for the baby, the daily diet should include five major categories, namely milk such as breast milk, cow's milk or formula milk; grains; meat, eggs, and soy products; vegetables, fruits and oils.