Growth Jumps In Children Under One Year Old

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Waiting for the birth of a new life, women can hardly imagine how many nights they can be sleepless, and endurance is steel. In order to somehow resolve the chaos that is happening in the minds of newly-made mothers, American scientists clearly identified the so-called growth spikes in the development of children and even painted in what week of the baby's life they should be expected.

As you know, children never develop as quickly as in the first year of life, and therefore there are as many as 8 leaps during this period.

▫️1 jump - 4-5 weeks of life. The kid begins to understand what he sees with his eyes, hears with his ears, while feeling something, but he cannot understand what exactly. It is not the sensations themselves that change, but their perception by the child.

▫️ 2 jump - 8-9 weeks. The child will be able to recognize the simplest phenomena, and this change will affect all the senses. The kid realizes that he can control the movements of his legs and arms, that with the help of his voice, interesting sounds can be made.

▫️ 3 jump - 12 weeks. Movements become coordinated, changes in the world around you begin to seem orderly, for example, the room becomes dark because the sun has hidden behind the clouds.

▫️ 4 jump - 19 weeks. The development of the nervous system moves to a higher level. The child learns to combine separate actions and changing states, and then shape them into what we, as adults, call events.

▫️ 5 jump - 26 weeks. Based on the knowledge gained while mastering the world of events, the baby begins to understand that there are certain relationships between all objects and phenomena. One of the most important discoveries is the awareness of space.

▫️6 jump - 37 weeks. The child classifies objects and phenomena of the surrounding world. There is an active development of speech skills.

▫️ 7 jump - 46 weeks. Moving into the world of sequences. From this moment, the baby begins to understand that in order to achieve the goal, several consecutive actions need to be performed.

▫️ 8 jump - 55 weeks. In order to achieve the goal, you need to draw up a plan 😏 The kid begins to understand that certain steps need to be taken to achieve the task. The child now perceives daily activities as a plan.

Our children grow incredibly fast, and although we never cease to be amazed at their lightning-fast development, babies have a much harder time. The development of new "skilled workers" is very exciting for them and during these periods they are most in need of care and affection. It is very important to understand that it is more difficult for children to cope with emotions than adults.