9-month-old babies: Physical, motor, cognitive and emotional development

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9 months old is when babies can start to crawl, roll and move on their own to explore the world around them. In fact, children can now distinguish between people and objects at a distance, they even hear and try to figure out where the sounds are coming from. Therefore, the 9-month-old baby is considered the golden period of physical development, cognitive, motor and emotional formation.

1. Development in 9-month-old babies

When babies are 9 months old, they often like to be active, move to explore the world around them outside. Children can crawl, crawl, roll, get up to reach for objects around them. At this time, children can recognize people and objects at long distances, thereby having the motivation to move to grasp, if there is a sound, they will also try to find out where they are coming from to aim.
This behavior is not simply a milestone in the development of motor skills, but also an expression of the child's understanding of the concept of depth in space (when children recognize distant objects), about decision-making (which way to go) and even about setting and focusing on a goal (what the child wants and how to get it).
When babies are 9 months old, they can communicate through gestures, body language, sounds from human speech. Children can move and move at this stage, but they are still not really flexible. However, parents should not be too worried because over time, the child's development direction is increasingly separate and sometimes children focus on a particular skill without paying attention to other skills. other ability.
At this point, you should trust your instinct as a father and mother and give your child a good nutrition so that he can both develop mentally and physically in the right direction.

2. Some outstanding developmental features in 9-month-old babies

In fact, many parents often wonder what a 9-month-old child can do? The answer depends on the development and movement of each child. For the most part, however, a 9-month-old baby will experience dramatic physical, motor, cognitive, and emotional development.

2.1. Brain development in 9-month-old babies

Rapid brain development makes children remember things for a long time and feel that everything is familiar, so they are often looking for fun and new experiences. Therefore, this is an important time for parents to try out a few toys with them like finding objects, waving or playing peek-a-boo. At this time, a 9-month-old baby can be more consistent with the search, even crying when he can't see the object. The concept of “object existence” for children now means that even when you are out of sight, they know that you are still there.

2.2. The development of motor skills of 9 months old baby

Moving like crawling, rolling, .. requires great concentration in 9 months old baby. Although, it may be that the child can't or give up crawling, most children are trying to form different movements, such as crawling, crawling, learning to stand up against the wall, the bed.
At this point parents can encourage children by sitting on the floor together and playing catch. Children's fine motor skills are also improving gradually, parents may find that children pick up small objects more easily. This skill can help children feed themselves, hold their own milk and water bottles to suck without the help of parents.

2.3. The development of 9-month-old children in communication skills

At the age of 9 months, babies begin to learn to communicate with their loved ones by gestures and actions such as pointing, greeting, clapping. If in the previous stages, children often cried when they were hungry, when the baby was 9 months old, they could ask for "mom, mom" or point to the high chair to express their wishes.
Besides, children will also begin to learn to speak and babble familiar sentences, so parents should start teaching children about communication skills by pointing to objects, animals, colors or telling stories to children. children hear about your day's activities. The dialogues seem to be simple but have a great effect on communication skills for children.
When children pay attention to your words, they will learn to take turns when communicating, that is, they will try babbling and pause for a moment for you to answer and then continue. You may also notice at this time that your child is able to combine vowels and consonants and try to imitate words he hears when you speak. In fact, children who are exposed to a lot of sign language learn this communication skill very quickly.

2.4. Emotional development of 9-month-old babies

When babies are 9 months old, babies also develop strong emotions, they may appear happy, smile when they see friends or parents, but at this time they have also begun to distinguish strangers. Children may show anxiety, fear when not seeing their parents, this is called phobia of strangers. For example, new grandparents or maids, nannies, children may burst into tears, not allowing strangers to carry them.
This is completely normal and parents can completely comfort them by hugging and letting their 9 month old baby play with strangers so that the baby can get used to it and interact with more people. In addition, children have also begun to learn some behaviors in older children such as shaking hands, waving goodbye, showing displeasure, not liking when someone rejects them. Parents should acknowledge and respond to these types of interactions so that children can further develop their social skills.
In addition to physical, motor, cognitive and emotional development, this stage also develops in many aspects. At this time, parents need to pay attention to the nutrition of 9-month-old children, as well as fully vaccinated children to create the best resistance. This is also the period when the baby starts teething, so parents need to pay special attention to the child's development stages to have the best preparation and parenting.

For children to be healthy and develop well, it is necessary to have a nutritious diet in terms of quantity and quality balance. If children are not provided with adequate and balanced nutrients, it will lead to diseases of excess or lack of nutrients, which adversely affect the comprehensive development of children in terms of physical, mental and motor skills.
Children who do not eat properly are at risk of micro-mineral deficiency causing anorexia, growth retardation, malabsorption,... If they notice the above signs, parents should supplement their children with products. The supplement contains lysine, essential micro-minerals and vitamins such as zinc, chromium, selenium, and B vitamins to help fully meet the nutritional needs of children. At the same time, these essential vitamins also support digestion, enhance nutrient absorption, help improve anorexia, and help children eat well.
Parents can learn more:
Signs of zinc deficiency in children
Micronutrient deficiency and failure to gain weight in children
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