Physical development
For this month, children usually gain about 600 grams, and grow 2 cm. Many babies at this time begin to erupt teeth. Karapuz learns to crawl and diligently improve in this. Independently to sit and stand at a support - that should be able to be crumb at 7 months, and it speaks about normal development of the child. But do not worry if the kid does not have such skills, since all children are individual. The child is trying to reach out to the subjects that interested him. He can try to eat with a spoon. But do not expect that children at this age can eat and not get dirty. However, parents should encourage the desire of the child to eat their own cutlery and drink from the mug.
Children improve coordination of movements, they learn to shift the object from hand to hand. By this time the baby has already tried the lure and gradually his diet is expanding. Meat is introduced into the menu . It can be veal, chicken. The regime of the day should be comfortable for mom and baby, and depends on individual characteristics.
Mental and emotional development
The karapuz gladly studies the world around him. The child at 7 months makes the first discovery, which contributes to emotional and intellectual development. For the given age such features of behavior of the kid are characteristic:
- distinguishes familiar objects from each other;
- children are actively interested in their bodies and consider their reflection in the mirror;
- a child has a favorite toy that he selects from all the others;
- opens boxes, closes them, takes out things from them;
- can tear paper to pieces;
- learns relatives, shows them tender feelings;
- wary of strangers;
- does not like to be alone;
- learns his favorite songs, poems;
- a sense of humor begins to appear;
- learns his name;
- learns to speak syllables, doubles them, pronounces chains of them;
- children already distinguish intonation, they know how to laugh.
Everything that a child can do in 7 months is important, and these skills require a lot of strength and energy.
Sight and hearing
At this age, the kid is able to follow the sight of the rapid movements of objects. He can with interest consider bright children's books. For this purpose, it is good to choose those in which large illustrations are presented.
It is also worth noting that the child at 7 months has the ability to distinguish colors at the adult level.
Karapuz starts to distinguish even quiet sounds, precisely determines its source, turns its head towards it.
What can you teach a child in 7 months?
Now children are particularly interested in actions with objects, so you need to involve him in games with cubes, a pyramid. If you lay out toys at some distance from the baby, it will interest him and prompt him to get to the goal himself.
For the development of speech you need to talk a lot with a crumb, clearly pronouncing words. All their actions must be pronounced in words. All this allows you to teach your child to understand the speech, and also give him the opportunity to remember many new words.
You can teach the karapuza simple gestures, for example, waving "Bye", show "Give."