Baby Development from 9-10 Months
Experts in the field of child development tell us that not all children will
develop at the exact same rate; however there is an average range at which they will accomplish certain tasks and gain particular understandings. Saying that, the following list of accomplishments is a good rule of thumb.
Babies 9-10 months of age usually:
- Begin to get up on their hands and knees, rock forward and backward and some may may even have been crawling for a few weeks.
- Love to feel and smell a special stuffed animal or blanket commonly called a “lovey”, which gives them a sense of calmness.
- Recognize their name and look in your direction when you tell them “No”.
- Explore their sense of touch and enjoy different textures, such as plush, velvet, flannel, corduroy and carpeting. Protect them from sharp or hot items that could hurt them.
- Are starting to grasp cause and effect and will let go of something knowing it will fall.
- Love banging on pots and pans with wooden or plastic spoons, are drawn to remote controls, cell phones, computer keyboards, and even pianos.
- Will whine and cry and even show signs of a temper when you take something away from them. Tell yourself calmly that you are in charge and they are not.
- Love attention, and get excited and happy when you spend time playing with them, reading little books and singing songs, chanting rhymes and doing finger plays.
- Like playing peek-a-boo and may have been enjoying it for a few months, but now baby can actually begin to cover and uncover herself and then appear very surprised.
- Begin to pull up to standing position and cruise around by holding onto the furniture. Some will even let go and begin to take a step.
- Have a stronger sense of separation anxiety and might be clingier since they now recognize that some people are known and others are not.
- Baby may have been saying “mama” or “dada”, but now he will begin to make some consonant sounds such as f and p.
- Enjoy dumping the contents of lower shelves onto the floor.
- Love a game of hide and seek where you crawl behind a chair or door and then pop out causing them to laugh hysterically.
- Have been looking at the baby in the mirror for a while, but by now they begin to realize that they are the baby, and will smile at themselves.
- Laugh, scream and squeal with delight or temper, unfortunately even in quiet restaurants.
- Are beginning to learn to feed themselves. Tiny chunks of soft cooked apple, or plain Cheerios are good foods to try.
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