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What to expect the first year

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  Skills such as taking a first step, smiling for the first time, and waving “bye-bye” are called developmental milestones. Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age. Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move (like crawling, walking, or jumping). What to expect the first year ? In the first year, babies learn to focus their vision, reach out, explore, and learn about the things that are around them. Cognitive, or brain development means the learning process of memory, language, thinking, and reasoning. Listening, understanding, and knowing the names of people and things are all a part of language development. During this stage, babies also are developing bonds of love and trust with their parents and others as part of social and emotional development. The way parents cuddle, hold, and play with their baby will set the basis for how they will interact with them and others. All babies grow at different rates. But on...
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Newborn babies

The average newborn babies will weigh in around 7½ pounds and measure about 20 inches long. The vast majority of full-term newborns weigh between 5½ and 9½ pounds and clock in between 18 and 22 inches long. Newborn babies will lose some weight in the first few days after birth. In fact, nearly all newborns will leave the hospital or birthing center weighing less than when they first checked in, with an average loss of 5 to 10 percent of their birth weight during their first week. Several factors come into play, including your own diet and weight, both before and during pregnancy. Other factors that can play a role include your prenatal health; your own birth weight, plus genetics; whether your baby is a boy or a girl whether this is your firstborn whether your baby is a twin or triplet and your baby’s race. Breastfed infants who take in only teaspoons of colostrum during the early days of feeding won’t return to their birth weight until well into their second week. ...
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Newborn babies

Newborn babies up to 3 or 4 months old need 14 to 17 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period, usually waking every two to four hours to eat. Newborn babies typically exhibit several reflexes, including the rooting reflex, the sucking reflex and the startle reflex. Baby will lose weight after birth. Nearly all Newborn babies will leave the hospital or birthing center weighing less than when they first checked in. Newborn babies behavior will be those built-in reflexes that come standard issue to all newborns, including the all-important rooting reflex, which helps baby locate the breast or bottle, and the sucking reflex. Don’t be surprised if your baby seems very sleepy at first. A long stretch of pronounced drowsiness the second and even third day of life is to be expected and possibly designed to give newborns a chance to recover from the exhausting work of being born. They have longer periods of wakefulness as the weeks progress. For now, take advantage of their s...
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newborn babies

You didn’t expect newborn babies to be puffy-eyed and wrinkled with a bit of a cone head, but it makes sense considering them long stay in your cramped and watery uterus, followed by a tight squeeze through the birth canal. Luckily newborn babies beautiful to you, and happily they become even more photogenic as the week progresses. Remember to savor all those first cuddles, first feedings and first skin-to-skin snuggles. Now’s the time to start the bonding process with the newest member of your family. Keep in mind, those feelings of love and attachment don’t always happen automatically but sometimes take time to grow over the weeks and months ahead.  Newborn babies will be able to lift their head briefly when placed on their tummy. They will also be able to focus on objects that are within 8 to 15 inches away exactly the distance your face will be when you’re gazing at them, something you’ll likely be doing a lot this week.  
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4 month old baby

Your 4 month old baby working on lots of new physical skills from grabbing toys to doing her imitation of a turtle on its back. Baby may find her feet such fun toys that always available. If you put your 4 month old baby on her tummy, she'll work on pushing up her head and chest, as well as flipping over onto her back, where she'll begin to lift her head and shoulders if you gently pull her up. All this helps her build the muscles she'll need to sit up on her own. As long as your 4 month old baby has good neck control, try propping her in a seated position. If she slumps down or slips sideways, it's too soon. If not, you can assume she's comfortable and ready. If she does start fussing or slip-sliding away pick her up and try again another time. You ask lots of questions with 4 month old baby then follow up with answers. Yup, you're talking to yourself, but you're also modeling the give-and-take of conversation. While keeping up a steady stream of ...
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4 month old baby

At the age of 4 months your 4 month old baby is ready for fun, games and conversation, any kind of social interaction with you or anyone who happens by, so be prepared for lots of laughter at this age of baby. Your 4 month old baby sleep 10 to 12 hours at night, waking up for a feeding or two, and nap for three to five hours a day, spaced between two or three naps. Your 4 month old baby can raise up on her arms when placed on her tummy and keep her head level when propped in a sitting position. Baby can also roll over (though if she’s had little in the way of tummy time, she may reach this milestone later) and reach for an object. Half of all babies this age will be able to bear weight on their legs when held upright (try it with your little one!) and many babies will play with their toes (think of them as a built-in toy!) and even mouth them. If your baby is advanced in the milestone department, she could be sitting unassisted now or even be able to stand up while holding on ...
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5 month milestones

In 5 month milestones your baby is like a sponge, absorbing all kinds of information about the world from the environment around them. The groundwork for language begins this month, so along with talking and reading to your baby, play music in your home too. There’s no need to make it all “baby” music either. Anything with a beat is good to go! In 5 month milestones babies probably have even more need for downtime than adults, since their brain is literally being inundated with new information, new sounds, and new skills 24/7. Your baby needs downtime to rest, recover, and grow, so enjoy some snuggles if you’re both feeling overwhelmed. In 5 month milestones your child does not usually have to stay home from daycare if they have a simple cold without a fever even if they have a cough and green or yellow runny nose. That is good news for most parents, since cold symptoms commonly last 10 to 14 days and the average child can get five to six colds a year. You usually don't need...
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