How do babies develop? Six to Eight Months

Parents will be pleased to know that babies begin to calm down a bit from around six months, and should be able to sleep through the night. A break in the nerve shredding crying will be welcome, and the difficult period of high stress will start to recede.

This is also a time to be amazed by how quickl the baby grows and changes every month.

Babies can start to try opening boxes

At around six months babies are usually ready for solid food and they may watch when you eat or even make a grab for what’s on your plate. Most babies are able to roll over, and in a few months they will start crawling. Babies’ hand control is well developed and they can start to practice moving objects from one hand to the other.

Around seventh months is the time where most babies can sit without support and reach things with a sweeping motion. They also imitate speech sounds and combine syllables into wordlike sounds. Some babies can stand while holding onto something, and wave goodbye.

The new world of exploration is beginning to open up for babies of around eight months. Many babies start learning to crawl at this age so there will be many bumps and falls, and sometimes they can pull themselves to a standing position and cruise around furniture while holding on. They can also point at objects and pick things up. It’s quite possible that your baby will understand more from your tone of voice than the actual words. 

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