Development 5 months. The world around us and its perception by a child

Your baby is 5 months old. Another 4 eventful weeks will pass, and he will cross the cherished mark of six months. Observing the development and training of your little one, you have already noticed that he has changed dramatically. This is no longer that clumsy fool you brought from the maternity hospital, but active, smart, sometimes even cunning small man. Yes, he doesn’t speak, crawl, or even sit yet, but his skills and mental development have stepped far forward.

What does a 5 month old baby look like?

The baby’s movements are conscious and clear, his voice is loud and emotional, his desires are clear, his daily routine is established. A little more, the baby will crawl and sit up, consciously say “mom” for the first time, rise to his feet and walk. Each child does this in his own time and at his own speed. Your task is to support him in mastering the necessary skills.

Every day you will observe how quickly the child learns new things, every day he reaches small but peaks of perfection. A baby in the sixth month of life performs the same exercises several times in a row, training his muscles and realizing how this or that movement is performed. Due to the improvement of the nervous system, the child can already be aware of his actions and strive for new skills.

A pleasant feature of this period is the filling of the house with babbling and children's laughter. The baby needs communication and actively participates in dialogue with adults. A little more time will pass and the first words will begin to appear instead of babbling.

Physiological changes

The baby's body becomes strong and strong. The baby can already do a lot, strives to move and change position, rolls over from his stomach to his back and back. The child grabs toys, shakes them, brings them to his eyes and mouth, and knocks. The abdominal and back muscles become developed, and soon the baby will sit down and laugh joyfully.

Depending on the characteristics inherent in nature, temperament, character, children learn to sit in different time. Some cope with the task at 5.5 months, others have already exceeded the 6 month mark. No matter how much you would like to help your little one, you should not force things. You can offer muscle training exercises, massage and attract him with toys. new level, but don’t force him to do something he can’t yet do.

At underdevelopment back muscles, the load to support the body falls on the spine, which is fragile and easily bent. This is especially true for girls. It's all about the formation of the reproductive system. The girl's uterus and ovaries are located directly at the bend of the torso and are protected from external factors by the abdominal muscles that hold internal organs. The effect of early placement of babies on the formation of infertility has not been proven, but such suspicions exist. Of course, if your daughter sits up on her own before 6 months, having developed her muscles sufficiently, you shouldn’t stop her, but you shouldn’t force her either.

In the sixth month, the desire to move after an object appears. The stronger this desire, the faster the little one will crawl. The basis for the future ability to crawl is constant rollovers from the stomach to the back and back, lifting the body up while lying on the stomach. Every day the muscles of the arms and legs become stronger, allowing the baby to crawl without raising his stomach, spin, and crawl away. To help master this skill, offer to reach for toys more often, stimulate the desire to change their location.

By six months, the baby can easily stand for several minutes, holding onto a support. The development of the muscles of the legs and arms allows him to hold himself upright. But you shouldn’t offer him such entertainment too often. Everything has its time. First, the baby needs to master the ability to sit or crawl, only after that can he move to a standing position.

The ability to stand upright when parents hold the armpits appears as a consequence of the complete attenuation of innate reflexes. Now the baby, being in this position, does not move his legs or try to bend them, but straightens them completely at the knees and hips.

Physical development

The rate of weight gain is still quite high. For the next 4 weeks, the goal is 600 grams. Height increases by an average of 1-3 cm. The head grows by 1 cm, and the chest by 1.5 cm. The baby has grown to the age when the chest circumference should gradually become larger than the head circumference.

The most active children, who learned to crawl and sit early, may gain slightly less than the established norm by the end of the 6th month of life. This is due to increased waste of energy and physical activity. If the baby is slowly gaining weight, but is actively moving, playing, eating with pleasure, cheerful and cheerful, then there is no reason to worry. At your monthly pediatrician appointment, tell the doctor about your progress.

Boundary indicators of a child’s physical development at 5-6 months depending on gender

Psycho-emotional development

Along with the emergence of new motor skills and increased daily activity, progress in improving the nervous system is noticeable. The toddler is already responding to the name, reacting to the presence strangers, tries to imitate speech. If you work on speech development, then already during this period the baby can repeat some syllables quite well and pronounce sounds accurately.

To stimulate speech development during this period of life, it is necessary to talk to the child as much as possible, read books to him, and sing songs. Between 5 and 6 months, active speech perception is formed. How bigger baby hears, the better he will understand you.

When talking to your baby, you should try to use his name as often as possible. You shouldn’t constantly call him a bunny or a cat. Perception of one's own name - important stage in personality formation. Application affectionate nicknames perhaps, but several times less often than the child’s own name.

The baby enjoys communicating with familiar adults, attracts attention with a variety of sounds, and babbles. New ones appear emotional manifestations joy. The baby may scream at the sight of his mother or his favorite toy. The child really likes the expansion of sound capabilities and during the waking period he constantly improves this skill.

The baby behaves warily with strangers. Basic instincts of self-preservation begin to work. He understands intonation, distinguishes sound, associates the voice with a person. If just 2 months ago anyone could pick up the baby, now it can end in crying and attempts to return to the mother’s arms. The baby's memory of faces is still short-term. The person whom the baby saw 2 weeks ago becomes a stranger and stranger. If grandparents want to play and communicate with the baby, then they need to take care of frequent visits.

Normal development is impossible without a calm atmosphere. The baby needs a daily routine, the absence of an excess of emotions, and consistency. Until six months, you should refrain from having a large number of guests, and do not take the baby with you to noisy events. With excessive nervous stress, babies become capricious, sleep and eat poorly.

Motor skills

The period between 5 and 6 months of life is filled with many different changes in the baby's motor skills. Some children master them a little earlier, others closer to six months, and others after exceeding the 6-month mark. Among the most striking motor skills are 5-6 one month old baby stand out:

• Confidently lifting the body from a supine position to a sitting position with the help of parents. Some children by 5.5 months master the ability to independently perform this exercise. Keep the body in a sitting position for some time. Raising the body from a position on all fours is considered correct, but in most cases, children first learn to sit down by lifting the body from a lying position, leaning on their hand.
• Trying to crawl or mastering this skill. Depending on muscle development, the baby may begin to crawl or may only attempt to move its body. Quite often this skill begins with moving backwards. The baby backs away because the mechanism of moving the body backward is easier for the baby to understand. You can help your toddler master this skill by showing him the position on all fours. Holding your belly at some distance from the surface, move your baby's arms and legs, imitating the movements. In order to move the toddler’s limbs correctly, it is worth remembering that crawling is achieved if the arm moves together with the opposite leg. If you move right hand forward, then you need to move your left leg along with it.
• Strong arching of the body while lying on the stomach. The baby confidently raises his shoulders, resting on his hands. May lift one hand from the rest to reach a toy. During this exercise, the spine bends, giving the baby the opportunity to rise higher and see more. Being in such a stance, the child turns his head to the sides in search of interesting objects. Carrying out such exercises involves placing bright objects and toys on all sides.
• Quickly and confidently rolls over from back to stomach and back. Can perform this action while holding a toy. The maturation of the psycho-emotional sphere gives the baby an understanding of a comfortable body position. Depending on the desired manipulations with the toy, the baby can choose a position lying on his back or stomach. During this period, you should give him small rattles for independent study so that turning over is easy.
• Lying on his back, he raises his legs high and pulls them into his mouth. The flexibility and plasticity of the spine, the development of the back muscles make this pastime accessible to the baby. It is necessary to monitor the length of the toenails and the cleanliness of the baby’s feet so that germs do not get into the mouth and it does not scratch the delicate body.
• Makes confident grasping movements. Holds the toy, moves it from hand to hand, pulls it into the mouth and examines it. Copying the behavior of adults, he can knock, shake, and pat it. Can find a rattle hidden under a diaper. Developing basic fine motor skills is very beneficial for the brain. It’s good when the baby has several small, light toys that fit comfortably in his hand. On them he will hone his skill in manipulating his hands.
• When raised to vertical position The baby fully extends his legs at the knees and strives to find support.

Hearing, vision, reaction to sounds

The capabilities of the senses increase. They play a critical role in building the knowledge base, so they continue to improve. The eyes can distinguish primary colors and several shades. The baby with pleasure carefully examines the faces of adults who take him in their arms, touches his cheeks and nose, and hair. During the dialogue he tries to touch his lips.

The child actively reacts to changes happening around him and babbles joyfully when replacing toys. It is recommended to completely change the rattles once a week. Don’t rush to buy new ones; just hide the items you’ve already studied from your little one for a week and they’ll become interesting again. This happens for several reasons. Firstly, the preferential use short term memory, secondly, the formation of a knowledge base. Every day the amount of information received about the world increases, the baby masters new movements. If today he used his entire arsenal of research skills on a rattle, then in a week he will understand that he did not perform new exercises with this object.

Hearing becomes more perfect. The little one constantly listens to the sounds around him and reacts to them. The usual measured sound calms him, new sharp sounds frighten him. The need to see an object making a sound is growing. Now the baby demands to see what he hears. The reason is the development of the brain. It requires more and more audio-visual information to expand the knowledge base.

The formation of connections between visual and auditory information in the first year of life is the basis for future mental success. Do not try to create complete silence in the room or exclude natural sounds. The more of them the baby hears and relates to certain objects, the better. White noise from TV and radio is still undesirable. It is advisable to reduce the time spent with these items to a minimum.

Being in the same room with a TV, the baby will look at the screen, trying to understand what is making the sound, and will try to understand the changing picture. Frail nervous system, vision and hearing will be subject to information attack, which can affect the baby’s peace of mind and his comfort.

Hair and nails

Already in the previous month, hair and nails began to grow faster, making adjustments to hygiene procedures. In place of the bald patches on the back of the head and the sides of the scalp, new smooth hairs appear, and the fluff with which the baby was born gradually disappears.

If you haven't bought a brush for combing yet, then you should take care of it. It is recommended to use a special comb-brush for babies. It differs from items used by adults because it has soft, thick fibers. It is better not to use an adult comb. The comb can scratch the head, the massager is too bulky, and it is inconvenient for it to tidy up the child’s head. It is recommended to carry out the combing procedure twice a day as part of morning and evening hygiene procedures.

Using hair shampoo is not yet required. The baby is still in minimal contact with the outside world, and excessive use soap solution on the scalp can lead to excessive drying of the hair and reduced growth.

Your baby's nails require weekly monitoring. You should carefully monitor their length and trim the protruding parts in a timely manner. This must be done with special scissors with rounded ends. It is not recommended to use tweezers or items from an adult manicure set. The child must have his own scissors, intended only for cutting nail plates. It is not recommended to perform other actions or use them on another person.

Nails should be trimmed straight, without rounding the shape of the nail. This way you will maintain the shape of the nail plate and avoid abnormal growth, formation of hangnails. The ideal time to carry out this procedure is the hygiene block after an evening swim.

First tooth

Children who did not acquire their first teeth earlier will definitely do so at the age of 5-6 months. They will have increased salivation and gum swelling will be noticeable. Babies react to this process differently. Some pass through it quite calmly, almost unnoticed. Others become moody and have trouble sleeping or eating. Still others experience the appearance of teeth very hard. Among the most common difficulties accompanying the appearance of teeth are:

• Disturbance of night and daytime sleep. Children on breastfeeding often ask for the breast and cry while eating. Babies receiving artificial feeding have difficulty falling asleep and sleep restlessly.
• Diarrhea. Often, on the eve of the appearance of the top of the teeth, babies begin to defecate, the structure of the feces becomes more liquid.
• Temperature. On days of active teething, the baby’s temperature may rise to 38.5 degrees, which does not require the use of antipyretics. If teething and infection are combined, the temperature may be higher, so you should have a suitable antipyretic and pain reliever on hand.
• Runny nose and increased drooling. Some children experience nasal congestion and itching in the gums.

Usually the most difficult process is the appearance of the first teeth, and then the manifestations will be less intense.

The following help reduce the intensity of negative symptoms:

• Frequent breastfeeding. Mother's milk has an analgesic effect. If the baby changes the frequency of eating during teething , let him do it.
• Using teethers. Pharmacies and children's departments sell special toys made from materials that allow you to scratch itchy gums. They often contain a gel that allows them to cool the inflamed skin, relieving pain to some extent. When using teethers with cooling gel, you should carefully read the instructions and use them correctly. Most require pre-chilling in the refrigerator. The duration of preparation for use is indicated by the manufacturer on the packaging and can be from 10 to 40 minutes.
• Pain relief gels prescribed by your pediatrician. Typically, specially developed gels containing an analgesic are prescribed to facilitate teething. Their use is possible after consultation with a pediatrician and strictly in the indicated dosage and frequency.
• Suppositories prescribed by a doctor to reduce fever and pain. Most often they contain ibuprofen and are used when the temperature rises. Their use is possible only after consultation with a doctor, in the absence allergic reaction to components.
• Manual mode. Many children, during the teething period, begin to intensively ask to be held in the arms of mom or dad. The increased need to be held is due to the discomfort experienced by the toddler. If you clearly know that the baby is not feeling well, then do not deprive him of the feeling of comfort and calm. Teeth will soon appear, and your baby will once again set off to explore the world on his own.

The appearance of teeth is the most difficult period for mother and baby. It is unlikely that it will be possible to completely get rid of unpleasant manifestations. You just need to get through this time.

Digestive system

By five months, the toddler’s digestive system is already fully formed. Left behind intestinal colic, accompanying the colonization of the gastrointestinal tract with beneficial microflora. The baby no longer spits up or does it very rarely. The body is ready to receive new, more varied foods.

Usually, in the sixth month of life, healthy babies who are on breastfeeding begin to receive complementary foods. Children who eat formula begin to become familiar with porridge. The volume of non-dairy food gradually increases and by 6 months it is advisable to replace the second feeding with it.

Social contact

The child needs communication more and more. Conversation and reading books become in an important way formation of the toddler’s sound base, contribute to the development of speech perception, establishing contact between the child and parents.

During this period, it is worth filling the baby’s life with various types of communication: dialogue, skin-to-skin contact, joint dancing and singing. The more you communicate with your baby, the faster and better he will speak.

Care instructions

Child care in the 6th month of life remains the same. As before, in the morning it is necessary to perform a gymnastic complex, wash, clean the auricle and nose. Don't forget to keep yourself clean throughout the day. groin area, clean your hands, feet, and body as they become dirty. In the evening, every day you need to bathe the baby in a bath or offer to swim in a bathtub with a special circle.

It is good to gradually wean your baby from constantly wearing a diaper. You can wear it on night sleep and a walk outside. At home, it is advisable to keep it in panties. Early weaning from diapers will make it easier for you to potty train your toddler. The baby will not get used to the constant absorption of urine and feces, and will understand the difference between dry and wet panties. All this will quickly demonstrate the benefit of using a potty and the need to communicate to you when you want to pee.

Bathing and hygiene

Bathing a baby in the 6th month of life remains daily procedure. There is still no need to use soap. If desired or prescribed by a doctor, you can use herbal decoctions, but do not overdo it. Any herbs have side effects if used incorrectly; you should treat them wisely.

Bathing a child lasts 15-20 minutes and consists of completely washing and wiping the entire body. It is good to use cotton swabs to wash your face. Soak in separately standing water cotton pad. Wipe your toddler's face from the nose to the ears.

You should be careful when cleaning your fingers. You need to not only rinse your palm, but also wipe the skin between your fingers.

The groin area requires special attention. Be sure to wash all folds. When washing a girl, do not spread the labia and rub the vaginal area. This area is very delicate and can clean itself. Simply rinse with water.

The water when bathing in a bath should be about 37 degrees, when swimming in a bath - about 27. The temperature difference for different types of bathing is determined by the purpose. In the bath you relax the baby, wash, and when bathing in the bath you stimulate muscle movement.

After any type of bathing, you should additionally rinse your baby. clean water not from a tub or tub. It should be prepared before swimming so that it is a little cooler than the water in which the little one swam.

Nutrition

Between 5 and 6 months of age, all children begin to introduce complementary foods. Babies who are on artificial feeding, continue to increase the amount of fruit puree and juice received, and the crumbs on breastfeeding begin to receive additional products in the second morning feeding.

During the second feeding in the first week of the 6th month of life, the baby receives juice for introduction. Parents usually prefer apple juice. If no reaction is observed, then during the first week the amount of juice offered is increased to a teaspoon. After a week, you can offer a different type of juice. By 5.5 months, you can invite the baby to get acquainted with fruit puree.

Table of ages for introducing new products depending on the type of feeding

Table of allowed foods for children under 6 months

When introducing complementary foods to your baby, you can prepare the food yourself or buy it already finished products. When using canned or boxed food, you should carefully examine the packaging for age rating. For of different ages food goes through different degrees of processing, so you shouldn’t choose for the 5th one month old baby porridge with a 7 month mark on it.

Sleep and daily routine

A child's nightly sleep reaches 10-11 hours and most children do not wake up for a snack. During the day the baby sleeps 2 times. Daytime sleep usually lasts 2-3 hours and coincides with a walk.

During the period of active teething, night and daytime sleep may become intermittent. It is worth consulting with your pediatrician about the use of painkillers to maintain your usual regimen.

Hardening

The hardening of a child in the 6th month of life remains the same. Air and sun baths must be carried out several times daily. Rubbing with water at room temperature can be done in the morning and evening after waking up.

How to develop a baby

Separately, in the sixth month of life, it is worth paying attention to the variety of developmental activities. Strengthening the cognitive function of the brain allows you to introduce the first games and educational activities into the life of the little ones. Adults can offer the child:

• Learn to throw toys, knock them on different surfaces.
• Exploration games. Offer to the baby a bright toy and subject. Let him look at it, touch it, taste it. Name the thing. Show what you can do with it, what sounds it makes.
• Games with a mirror. First, let your baby look at his reflection. Afterwards, you can wave to the baby and show him an articulation exercise. It’s good to sing in front of the mirror, recite poetry.
• Capture game. Try to train fine motor skills child, inviting him to take objects of different sizes and shapes from your hands.
• Games with music. While listening musical composition turn the sound on and off, knock and clap to the beat of the melody.
• Dance with your baby in your arms.
• Let's try the surrounding objects by touch. This greatly helps the child in developing a knowledge base.
• Smell different smells. Offer to smell a flower, perfume, fruit, etc. Name the subject proposed for study.
• Sensory development. It’s good to let your baby explore objects of different textures. Special soft mats made from different types fabrics.

The development of a child in the 6th month of life involves a comprehensive study of the world around him using the senses. Logical and analytical operations are not yet available to the baby, but for them to arise, strong connections must be formed between the object, its name, sound, appearance, taste, and sensory qualities.

Toys for development

In the sixth month of life, in addition to rattles and garlands, you can offer your little one new types of toys. Increased motor skills allow you to play:

• A pyramid. Please note that the plastic from which the pyramid is made must be safe. Its structure should be smooth and uniform, color scheme elements - close to the primary colors of the spectrum. For the first pyramid, it is enough to take a small one, up to 6 elements.
• Tumblers. Children aged 5 months really like this type of toy. They are happy to push them, touch them, make them sound.
• Soft earbuds. Sold for babies special sets large mosaic inserts, on which at the age of 5 months the baby can develop fine motor skills, and when older, study the depicted objects.
• Books for babies. There are many books on sale for children under one year old. They can be made of fabric, hard cardboard or even plastic. The main requirements for such products are safety, durability, brightness and availability of images.
• Educational mats. Exists great amount a variety of rugs for babies. To enhance the developmental and massaging effect, it is good to use options filled not only with soft materials, but also small details. But when using them, you should carefully monitor the integrity of the item to prevent ingestion of small filler. Babies don't understand the danger, they just play with what they see and put it in their mouth.
• Sensory pads and cubes. To develop hand motor skills, you can invite your baby to feel special sensory toys, filled with various small objects of different sizes. After each game, carefully inspect such toys for integrity. If holes, ties or tears appear, it is worth removing the item from permanent use or repairing it.

Do I need to go to the clinic every month?

By the age of 5 months, many parents are faced with the question of the need for monthly visits to the pediatrician. In the absence of developmental and behavioral problems, some adults consider this unnecessary. This is not a correct judgment. In the first year of life, the baby’s body goes through a difficult stage of development, requiring constant monitoring by specialists. It is imperative to monitor harmonious development, establish the normal operation of all systems, and the emergence and formation of basic skills. Parents are not always able to notice some deviations from the norm in time and choose the right sequence of actions.

Modern medicine makes it possible to promptly detect and eliminate a large number of unwanted manifestations, so you should not neglect the need for monthly visits to the pediatrician and be sure to see specialists. Monitoring by a neurologist, otolaryngologist, ophthalmologist and orthopedist is mandatory.

What should you be wary of?

In the sixth month of a child’s life, it is necessary to carefully monitor the timeliness of the development of skills. You should immediately contact your pediatrician if your baby has:

• innate reflexes have not disappeared;
• the skills of turning over from back to side have not appeared;
• there are difficulties in raising your body from a position lying on your stomach;
• decreased activity. While awake, he does not want to move or play, the reaction to the offer to exercise becomes sharply negative;
• no reaction to given name, he does not turn his head towards the sound;
• There is a very noticeable decrease in the rate of weight gain and growth. His indicators differ greatly from the lower limit of the age norm;
• if outwardly everything is fine, but you feel unreasonably anxious.

Weaning off the pacifier

Many children from birth use them as sedative pacifier If you are not weaned from using this item in a timely manner, symptoms may appear. undesirable consequences. Using a pacifier does not give the baby enough jaw freedom and reduces the activity of the muscles responsible for speech. In addition, the pacifier can negatively affect dental health and jaw formation.

To avoid consequences, it is worth reducing the frequency of use of the pacifier by your child. It is optimal to completely get rid of this item by 6 months. If your child makes a request, you should offer him something to do and talk to him. Distract him and entertain him. Gradually, the child will get used to the new circumstances and will stop asking for a pacifier.

The sixth month of life is a wonderful period. The child has changed dramatically and is improving every day. The emergence of new skills gradual transition into a new plane, active socialization allows you to introduce new options for spending time, coloring life with new activities. During this period, mother should think about herself, remember the need for rest and proper nutrition. The older your baby gets, the more strength you will need.

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Nutrition and baby care

Sleep and safety

Educational games

Learning to recognize familiar faces

Game 1. “Family Album”

During this period, the child develops the ability to distinguish between friends and strangers by their faces. The appearance of a familiar face brings the baby great joy. Alternating between different images helps you learn to distinguish familiar faces in a fraction of a second.

You will need

5 color photographs of relatives' faces measuring 10x15 cm, 2 sheets of cardboard or thick paper, 5 cocktail straws, glue, tape and scissors.

How to make a toy

Cut cards measuring 10x15 cm from a sheet of cardboard and stick a photo on each of them. Then tape the top end to the back of each photo card. cocktail straw. You now have 5 tablets with portraits of relatives, which we can show to the baby.

Game plan

1. Place your baby in a carrier or on your lap so that you can see his facial expression. 2. Show one of the portraits at a distance of 30 cm and ask in surprise: “Who is this?” 3. Wait until the child recognizes the face in the portrait and smiles, and confirm that he is right: “Yes, this is grandpa!” If the baby does not recognize a relative, smile yourself and say: “This is grandpa!” 4. Repeat the same with the rest of the portraits. Pay attention to which faces your baby reacts to the least, and try to make sure that he communicates with these relatives more often.

Note to parents

1. There may be more portraits, but it is better to include in the game photographs of those relatives whom the baby sees most often. 2. Do not cover your face with someone else's portrait while playing. This can confuse or even frighten your baby. Look at the portrait with him. 3. For the same reasons, do not use your portrait during the game - let someone else from your family do it. The game was prepared by Maria Baulina – neuropsychologist, candidate of psychological sciences, specialist in child neuropsychology and developmental problems psychological functions child.

Development: watching the baby

Now the baby is growing and gaining weight less rapidly than in the first months after birth. At this age, boys weigh 6.7-8.4 kg with a height of 63.8-68.0 cm, the corresponding figures for girls are: 6.1-7.8 kg and 61.8-66.2 cm*.

Five month old baby able not only to reach a toy, but also to grab it first with one and then with the other hand. The baby has much better control over his fingers and can grasp and hold even small objects.

The child discovers new and mysterious world, in which it is important to find a use for all surrounding objects. In a child's mind, things take on meaning when they can not only be examined, but also touched and tasted. If a baby loses interest in a toy and drops it, it ceases to exist for him. If the child cannot reach the toy, he will look at it and slowly clench and unclench his fingers. Just a month ago, the main criterion for the “usefulness” of objects was their taste; the baby preferred to first put the toy in his mouth and only then look at it. Now he first turns the object in his hands, looking at it, shakes it, and only then puts it into his mouth.

The child has a keen ear; he turns his head and tries to find the source of even the quietest sounds. The baby feels the musical rhythm and perks up when it hears a cheerful, cheerful melody.

Perhaps the baby already knows how to pronounce some semblance of the words “ma-ma-ma”, “na-na-na” or “da-da-da-da”, moreover, he almost never pronounces syllables one at a time, but produces whole series repeating sounds. He does not yet put meaning into the “words” that he pronounces, but, responding to the enthusiastic reaction of those around him, he repeats them again and again.

The most smart kids They are already excellent crawlers; others will master this skill only after a few months. Remember that all babies are different, and their rates of development may not coincide.

*Based on data provided by World Health Organization (WHO) experts based on the results of the Multifocus Growth Reference Study (MGRS).

It involved children who were cared for in accordance with WHO health guidelines, such as breastfeeding and maternal cessation of smoking. Today, the MGRS results are recognized international standards with which the development of children can and should be compared, regardless of their place of residence, type of feeding and belonging to different ethnic groups and cultures.

Behavior: we understand the baby

Previously, a child's life flowed between two states: he was happy or unhappy. Now the diversity of the surrounding world evokes in the baby a whole range of feelings, which he tries to express in all ways available to him, including incoherent babble. The behavior of the crumbs begins to manifest itself individual characteristics character and temperament.

Seeing mom and dad, the baby smiles, waves his arms and makes loud sounds. He celebrates the appearance of other close people much more reservedly, and an unfamiliar guest will receive a simple friendly smile.

When a child tries to pronounce certain “words,” for example, “ma-ma” or “pa-pa,” the strong approving reaction of others encourages him to repeat them again and again. He already understands that by using these combinations of sounds, he can attract the attention of his parents, even when they are out of his field of vision. The baby expresses his dissatisfaction as loudly and directly as his delight. A mother, for example, can anger her child if she takes too long to change his clothes.

Mom and dad are a child's favorite objects to study. The baby will carefully observe all their actions and listen to their speech. If the mother has left the room, the baby’s gaze will remain focused on the place where she was just for some time, as if he is trying to mentally call her back.

Your baby now has favorites among toys, and he will not hide his irritation if he is separated from his favorite rattle.

Nutrition

Gradually the amount of breast milk (or adapted milk formula, if not possible) breastfeeding), necessary for good nutrition baby, decreases. The daily intake for 5 months is 800-900 g.

If your doctor decides to add children's diet complementary foods, then it’s time to treat your baby to fruit puree. It’s better to start with a small portion (no more than 5 g) applesauce, then diversify the menu with banana, plum, pear and peach purees. If the child tolerated the introduction well fruit complementary foods, then the amount of puree can be gradually increased to 30 g. You can also add porridge and vegetable puree to your baby’s diet.

Follow the norms for food consumption for children of this age: vegetable puree - 50-100 g, porridge - 50-100 g, fruit puree- 5-30 g. For breakfast, you can prepare buckwheat or rice porridge for your baby and dilute it with breast milk (or formula if bottle-fed). A child can drink no more than 50 ml of juice per meal.

During breastfeeding the baby receives not only food: it is time important communication with the mother, when the child feels her love and support like never before. Therefore, in addition to three full feedings with breast milk, it is necessary to supplement the baby on demand during the day.

Baby care

For a five-month-old baby, every bath is a real adventure. A grown-up child can hit the water with his palms and create splashing waterfalls. By playing, he learns to react to change environment: if water flies straight into the eyes, the baby squints or turns his face away.

All movements in water are much easier, so your baby will be happy to learn to sit and crawl on his tummy.

When you dry your baby with a towel, be sure to name out loud all the parts of his body that you touch.

Education and communication: working with your baby

It's time to bring down the toys that decorated the playpen or crib, and onto which earlier baby I could only watch. Simple observation is no longer enough for him: every thing needs to be grabbed, shaken, turned and examined closer. If toys are not intended for contact play, it is better to remove them completely. At this age, it is important for a child to touch everything that interests him.

Use the baby carrier to do household chores with your baby, and be sure to describe everything you do out loud to your little helper.

Extend your arms to the baby and say “Oops!” before picking him up. Soon the baby will begin to reach out to meet you.

Look together in a large mirror: the child will not only admire his reflection, but also compare it with yours.

When your baby is awake, you can place several small toys next to him. Over time, he will begin to distinguish between them and choose his favorite.

Show your child how to pronounce sounds correctly “by touch.” Place his little fingers on your lips and repeat the sounds after him so that your baby feels the vibration when you say them.

Place your child on your lap and start reading funny poems or sing a funny song. At the end of each verse or stanza, arrange a surprise: highlight a word with your voice or insert the baby’s name into the song at the moment when, with your help, he bounces on your lap.

Help your baby learn to make independent decisions: give him a toy first in one hand, then in the other. Gradually, the baby will learn to use both hands in turn.

Dream

Five-month-old babies sleep about 16 hours a day*. Gradually, children's daily routine is leveling out, night sleep is becoming longer, but night feeding is not yet possible.

If the child is tired, but cannot calm down on his own, lean him against your shoulder and gently and rhythmically pat him on the back. Gradually the baby will relax and fall asleep.

If you have a rocking chair, then relax in it with your child. While rocking your baby, whisper in his ear tender words- this will also help him calm down faster.

A lullaby is a time-tested means of falling asleep. It will certainly help the baby fall asleep faster if it is sung by a familiar voice, especially the mother’s.

At this age, the baby feels comfortable in the company of only the closest people, so it will be better if mom or dad puts him to bed.

Note:

(*) The above norms are average; the duration and time of sleep depends on the baby’s temperament. The main criterion for the “norm” is always the baby’s good health, smiles and cheerfulness. If you still have any doubts, consult your pediatrician.

Safety

Prepare your child's room for the fact that very soon they will be crawling around and exploring the area. active baby. If possible, remove excess furniture. Chests of drawers, cabinets, televisions and large appliances must be secured to the wall. There should be enough on the floor free space for games and exercise.

Some children are already starting to erupt their first teeth. When choosing teething toys, pay attention to the material from which they are made. The safest are flat teethers made of transparent food-grade silicone. They are easy to disinfect and difficult to bite through (unlike bulky teethers filled with cooling gel).

Be especially careful when choosing toys for a baby who has already lost at least one tooth. A child can easily bite off a piece of the object that seems hardest at first glance.

The child has already grown noticeably - he is 5 months old! The active and independent baby has changed a lot - it seems like just yesterday he was lying in a stroller and sleeping almost all the time, now he is constantly busy important matters: examines, reaches somewhere, grabs things, throws them on the floor and listens with pleasure to the sound of falling, watches. The most important thing is that he simply needs communication with mom, dad, grandmothers, and other family members. He already recognizes his loved ones very well. After birth, the baby’s weight more than doubled, and although every little person develops in his own way, almost all babies by this time grow by 13-15 cm, increasing their weight over time. last month on average 650-700 grams.

Child development at 5 months (what should be able to do)

Intellectual development The baby has made significant progress - he is already pronouncing several vowels (a, e, s, i), and some consonant sounds (b, d, k, m). Looking in the mirror, he recognizes his reflection, pulls any object into his mouth, squeaks, and even growls with pleasure. Looking around in the new room, the baby notices interesting things and reaches out to them, does not give up toys when trying to take them by force, and begins to whine or cry loudly.

The baby is distrustful of strangers and especially does not like women. Motor development also gives results: the baby holds objects tightly in his hands, plays with rattles, squeakers, bites his toes and easily rolls over from his tummy to his back, while holding his head well. At this age, some children are already trying to sit in pillows and in the arms of adults.

Caring for a 5 month old baby

In the fifth month, the baby becomes very mobile, and irritation may appear on the skin in some places. Red spots on the back, head, legs, prickly heat are common phenomena, there is no need to worry. There is no need to wrap the baby up, wear a lot of clothes, and often keep him naked (if the temperature in the room allows). Make sure that your baby is not irritated by hard seams on sheets and clothes, and do not use the diaper for more than 3 hours. Wash your baby after every diaper change, as a last resort Wipe with napkins or a damp towel.

You need to bathe your baby every day, but use soap no more than 1-2 times a week. Swimming is better carry out before bedtime, but for hyper-active babies who only get a boost of energy from bathing, it is better to reschedule the procedure for the first half of the day. Every morning, wash your face and wipe your eyes. Clean the ears and nose as they become dirty. Caring for the baby remains the same, but much more opens up for its development. more possibilities. The baby has been awake for 1-2 hours between naps.

He is often capricious, and his behavior very often depends on the behavior of adults. Calm parents talking to the baby without irritation, in a calm, measured tone, the baby feels this perfectly and calms down much easier. The baby doesn't like strangers yet, so try not to leave him alone with strangers. You can take the baby with you in a kangaroo or slings; the presence of the mother nearby makes the baby bold and will allow him to look around. Observing their communication and behavior.

Baby nutrition at 5 months

At 5 months, infants can still rely entirely on mother's milk, with just a couple of spoons of applesauce and fruit or vegetable juice as complementary foods. If the baby is calm and sleeps well, then he has enough nutrition, but when he begins to gain weight poorly and becomes capricious more often, this may be due to malnutrition. Gradually introduce more serious complementary foods - liquid porridge. Within a month, the baby will get used to the new food, and one feeding will be completely new. First adult food- not only porridge, also potatoes, cabbage, carrots, zucchini. Boiled vegetables are ground to puree along with the broth to the consistency of kefir.

Give the baby a spoonful, gradually increasing the dose. Minerals and vitamins from complementary foods change intestinal motility. You need to carefully monitor these changes; your stool and skin condition may change. To introduce complementary foods, strict rules must be followed - this cannot be done if you have any diseases. If there is not enough breast milk, it is better to supplement the baby with formula milk from a bottle with a nipple. After complete recovery, other foods can be given very carefully. Vegetable puree is best given to a hungry baby. If he doesn't like it new food- don’t insist. Better to wait. Let your baby play with napkins and spoons at the table.

Baby's daily routine at 5 months

The fifth month in the baby’s life brings a change in schedule - he is awake almost half the time during the day, the active period lasts almost two hours. In the evening it is better to reduce it to 1 hour. Morning sleep takes place after breakfast, afternoon sleep after lunch, in two intervals, at night he sleeps for 10-11 hours, with short breaks, sleeps well deep sleep. It is better to adapt to the baby’s biorhythms and put him to bed according to his health and his desire.

The temperature in the room during sleep should be 21 degrees - you should not increase it, it is better to ventilate the room, in warm time The window can be left open for years. Don't neglect walks fresh air. For the baby optimal temperature from +30 to - 10 degrees C. In summer, 2-2.5 hours are enough, and in winter, 2 hours, 2 times a day. When caring for a child, he needs to pay maximum attention, talk to him, sing songs, talk about the world around him, plans for the day. Also useful physical exercise gymnastics, massage. The baby is trying to crawl - do not hinder him or push him.

Activities with a 5 month old baby (how to develop)

At five months old, a baby acquires an interesting habit - he happily throws toys on the floor. Some moms get irritated, but there is a huge developmental element to it. Do not scold the baby, but bend down with him and invite him to pick up objects. The baby will be interested - it will result in a kind of game. He acts like an adult! The child notes for himself how quickly this object falls, how loud or muffled it sounds. In addition, it develops motor skills and coordination of movements.

The game “Come on, catch it!” is a great way to develop a child’s development. - with a ball or a squeaker toy. Call toys by name when your baby pulls his hands - try to move the object further. To stimulate lexicon baby, show him large color pictures with animals or bright objects, tell us about components. Show your photo and tell where your nose, mouth, and so on are. Enrich your baby's knowledge about the world around him by describing his actions - riding a bike, laughing, waving his hand, and so on. Some kids are already sitting, trying to stand, but doing it ineptly.

Games and toys for children aged 5 months (how to entertain)

When choosing toys, you need to think about what your baby likes. Will the child be interested in it, not you? Toys are the most The best way for development, besides, they are a great distraction if the baby is naughty.
In addition, you can play the following games with him:

"Grab and Pull"
For a baby, any part of the body – his and yours – is a desirable toy. When they pull you on something, exclaim loudly, “Ouch!” If your baby reaches for the bottle or grabs your hand, pull it. Try to take it from him, but then give it back - the baby will be happy. The consciousness of their own achievements delights them.

Cubes
In this age best toy children are considered cubes. It is better if they are soft and without sharp corners, small, bright and contrasting. Eco-friendly products are fashionable today wooden Toys.

Pillows of different shapes
Starting from 5 months, playing with foam pillows is recommended various forms- cylindrical or wedge-shaped, triangular. Let them be soft and bright - with a contrasting pattern, striped.
Place the baby with his tummy on such a cylindrical pillow and roll him around, sit him on top, and watch how he behaves. Place his chest on a shaped pad and let him play with small toys in front of you.

Medical observation at 5 months

At 5 months, the child needs to be examined by a pediatrician. First, weight and height are measured, physical and mental process development. In boys, if cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) is suspected, consultation with a urologist is required. Also, if pathology of the hip joints is detected, you need to consult a pediatric orthopedist-traumatologist. Some children may “scream” at themselves about a hernia - at the slightest suspicion, a consultation is required pediatric surgeon. If there are no contraindications, routine vaccination is carried out. If your baby is outwardly healthy, but is constantly capricious, take him to a pediatric neurologist. Also consult with your pediatrician, if your baby has been bitten by mosquitoes and has become irritated, the doctor will prescribe an anti-allergy drug, anti-itching gel or ointment.

Crybaby- what to do?

Every small one in varying degrees is capricious, and sometimes mom “doesn’t have any nerves.” This is quite understandable - after all, babies cry for any reason, but their crying is different. This must be taken into account in order to calm the screamer. After all, the child does not yet know how to express his feelings in any other way. It is imperative to calm the child down, and preferably as quickly as possible, despite some opinions that he should do it himself. To begin with, it is better to identify the cause - he may be hungry, cold, or, conversely, sweating from the heat. Sometimes he is capricious just like that - for no reason - perhaps he is just bored. In this case, toys themselves will not help distract him - it is better for one of the elders to play with him.

If the rash doesn't go away

If your baby becomes irritated by disposable diapers, and drops, ointments, powders do not help - perhaps he has an allergy. Ask your doctor to prescribe you special medications, change the type of diapers, wear them only at night and for walks. Wash the irritation with a solution of potassium permanganate, infusion of chamomile, string, and oak bark. Cream with panthenol helps. It is possible to have an allergy to some foods or milk mixtures - try to exclude from your diet anything that causes even the slightest doubt.

Weight gain is no longer as fast as in previous months. The baby begins to move more, therefore expending more energy. Many children at this stage already require the introduction of complementary foods due to increased energy needs.

The baby grows at approximately the same speed - 2 - 3 centimeters per month.

The daily routine of a five-month-old baby has changed little over last month. The baby still needs the same time to sleep - 15 hours, distributed between night and three. day dreams. Increased play time. Moreover, now the child can spend 5-10 minutes on his own, devoting them to studying parts of his body or a new interesting toy.

Many parents have already introduced or are thinking about introducing their child’s first complementary foods. Certain signs will help assess readiness for it - the baby’s interest in adult food, willingness to sit independently, the absence of pushing movements of the tongue when semi-liquid food enters the mouth.

A useful and relevant article from a pediatrician, which talks about how to properly include in a child’s diet and how to prepare this product at home.

Baby skills at 5 months

What a child can do at 5 months is not much different from what he could do a month ago. The difference between skills is what it does the child becomes more and more confident and complete:

• The baby confidently rolls over from back to side, stomach and back. Moreover, some children achieve such success that they can instantly roll off the sofa or bed onto the floor. Therefore, it is not worth leaving them alone with themselves;
• grabs the rattle. Can transfer it from one hand to another;
• When pulled by the handles, he rises and sits down.

You cannot force a child to sit down. If you don't want to, don't.

A 5-month-old boy can already sit up on his own. In the case of a girl, it is not recommended to plant before six months.

If the baby is already sitting on his own, do not forget to place a pillow behind him. The back muscles are not yet accustomed to such a load and get tired quickly. The child can lean back at any time.

• When feeding, holds a bottle with formula. If she is breastfeeding, supports her, adjusts her position for her convenience;
• coordination of body muscles improves. The baby learns to sway, can pull his legs up to his head, put his fingers in his mouth;
• most of the newborn’s transient reflexes fade away by this age;
• with support under the arms, the child stands on solid support, with his legs almost completely straightened.

Useful and always actual information in an article by a pediatric doctor describing and how to ensure full development baby.

Preparing your baby's back for future stress

The transition of the body to a vertical position requires certain preparation. To do this, you should regularly do massage and gymnastics. Massage movements at the same time you can diversify. Use not only stroking, rubbing and vibration, but also tapping with your fingertips, pinching and elements of light kneading.

Fitball exercises are good for strengthening a baby's back. The baby, lying on his stomach, will try to straighten his legs and point his arms forward, reminiscent of an airplane in his pose. From a supine position, it is convenient to sit the baby up, holding him by the palms. These simple exercises will help strengthen your back and abdominal muscles.

Also useful in this regard water procedures accompanied by muscle toning exercises (baby swimming).

Development of fine motor skills

Impact on certain points of the palmar surface of the hand helps the child to realize and feel his sensations and the work of the muscles of the hand. Will help with this finger games, rolling massage ball, sensory boxes.

When filling such a box, be sure to ensure that there are no too small or fragile things in there that a child could break or swallow.

Communication and tactile contact

The need for constant close contact runs like a red thread through the baby’s life. Thanks to him, the baby’s need for protection is satisfied and basic trust in the world is formed.

Constantly spoken speech, explanations regarding surrounding things and phenomena help the child understand their essence and replenish their vocabulary. Although not all sounding words understandable for a five-month-old baby.

But, trying to imitate the speech of his parents, the baby thereby makes a great contribution to its development.

Songs, sounds of music

The baby's hearing organ can already distinguish the rhythm. And words superimposed on this rhythm will be more understandable than ordinary speech. Hearing music, the child will try to move to its beat. Listening to a lullaby performed by your mother, you will soon begin to “purr”, trying to hit the notes.

You can also diversify your sound impressions with the help of bells. They can be tied to a handle or a leg. While moving, the child will listen, look for the source of the sound, be interested in his body parts, look at them, touch them and even put them in his mouth.

Getting to know the book

First of all – with pictures. The baby will be interested in looking at the colorful images. Animals are especially interesting in this regard. At the same time, having heard the simple “mu”, “woof”, “meow” and “kar”, the baby will try to repeat these simple syllables, thereby expanding his vocabulary.

A child in the 5th month continues to master the tools of communication: smiling, laughter, babbling, which become more expressive, lively, and filled with meaning every day. He becomes more active and mobile in movement: he turns over, gradually strives from a lying position to a sitting position, independently accepts various poses. The development of a child at 5 months is a period of consolidation and improvement of previously acquired skills and a transition to a new way of life, when the baby can already sit.

Height and weight

Multiply your baby's body weight at birth by two - this is approximately how much a five-month-old baby now weighs. At the end of the 5th month, the child should have a weight of 6.5 - 7.5 kg (±1 kg) and a height of 63 - 65 cm (±3 cm). During this month he gains up to 700 g and adds about 2 cm.

Almost all unconditioned reflexes in a child they fade away by 4 - 5 months (), the Moro reflex should disappear by the end of the 5th month. ()

IN physical development The baby shows noticeable changes.

What can a baby do at the end of the 5th month?

1. A child at 5 months can already sit well with his back supported, holding onto something with his hands. He doesn't know how to sit on his own yet ().
2. If you put the child in a vertical position, supporting him by the armpits, then he stands almost straight, without bending his legs.
3. If you hold the baby in the air parallel to the floor with his face down, then he lifts top part body and head to the midline and holds them in this position.
4. If you pull him by the arms in a lying position, the baby will pull himself up and prevent his head from throwing back.
5. Lying on his back, the child raises his legs and arms, examines them, and pulls his feet into his mouth.
6. Lying on his stomach, he rises on his forearms and confidently holds his head.
7. He reaches out his hand to a moving object and is already able to grab it.
8. Actively rolls over onto its side, from its stomach to its back.
9. At 5 months, a child’s back muscles are already developed enough for him to be able to do an “airplane”: lying on his tummy with his head raised, moving his arms and legs.

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Mental development

1. The baby's babble becomes more intelligible; these are no longer primitive individual sounds, but a combination of them: “ma”, “nya”, “da”, “ba”. The child pronounces them, repeating them several times a day. different combinations, producing something like a pipe.
2. The baby sometimes “talks” to himself, clearly separating syllables.
3. Distinguishes between strict and gentle intonation. May be offended when people swear at him or shout at him. He becomes silent when people talk to him, listening carefully. Trying to attract attention.
4. The child easily recognizes familiar faces and becomes wary at the sight of new people. Reacts to facial expression. Captures connections between hairstyle, eyes, voice, and remembers the image as a whole. Likes to look at images of faces in pictures, prefers smiling ones.
5. Even if the baby seems sociable in the presence of his mother, then without her, next to strangers, he becomes fearful.
6. In the fifth month, the ability to visually control hand movements improves: the baby can easily pick up the desired object by looking at it.
7. So far he cannot find a toy covered with something, but if it is not completely covered, the child will understand where it is hidden.
8. Some children may already remember the qualitative characteristics of objects, for example: the color or size of a toy, what it feels like, and prefer these things to others.
9. By the beginning of the 6th month, the baby can not only grab and hold a toy, but also pull it towards himself and take it away.
10. The child can now devote 5 to 10 minutes to independent play.

If the child does not have some skills (see 4 months), then it is necessary to consult a pediatrician.

How to help your child develop

During this period, activities with the child must certainly be focused on the development of the musculoskeletal system. Particular attention should be paid to exercises for the back muscles, since the baby needs to learn to sit, as well as strengthen the skill of turning from back to tummy and back. It is necessary to conduct daily 20-30 minute exercises in combination with massage. It is recommended to accompany all exercises with counting, so the child develops a sense of rhythm. You can turn on rhythmic music.

Squat exercise with spine bending (do once a day):

• The child lies on his back. Place your thumbs in your baby's hands and let him squeeze them. Use your remaining fingers to grasp the child's wrists.
• Spread the child's arms slightly to the sides and pull him towards you until the baby sits down.
• Then lift your baby's arms up and secure them there with one hand.
• With your fingers free hand Swipe along the baby's spine from bottom to top. At the same time, the child will reflexively straighten his back.
• After this, carefully supporting the head, place the baby in its original position.

"Crawling": Lying on their tummy, babies are already trying to reach the toy lying nearby. This cannot be called crawling yet, but it can be considered the first step towards crawling. Place toys next to the baby at a distance slightly greater than outstretched arm child. Use your palm to create support for his legs. Let the baby try to crawl and grab objects. This will be good gymnastics for all muscle groups of the baby.

Massage for a 5 month old baby should be somewhat more complicated. In addition to rubbing, stroking, vibration and effleurage, you can use pinching, tong-like kneading and felting.

Continue to carry the baby in your arms. “Talk” to him, tell him and show him everything around him. Allow the baby to explore as many objects as possible, but be careful, because the child now puts everything in his mouth, so make sure the toys are clean and the surrounding objects are safe.

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For a while, the baby can now be placed in the playpen, but do not leave him there for a long time. A long stay in a playpen or crib gives the baby the impression of isolation and limited space and can dull the child’s desire to explore the world.

Games

For a five-month-old baby, games of “Peek-a-boo”, “Magpie-Crow”, “The Horned Goat is Coming”, “Ladushki” will be interesting. (see 4 months). At this age, kids love games with different sounds:

• “As Animals Speak”: Make sounds by imitating animals. At the same time, name the animal and show it in the picture.
• Read books with nursery rhymes and quatrains to your child; they develop the child’s memory.
• Touch different parts the child’s body, affectionately calling them: snub nose, blue eyes, rosy cheeks.
• Sew small bells to the baby's socks, let them ring when the baby moves his legs. You can make bracelets with bells or bright stripes (butterfly, flower) on the hands; the baby will look at them when he raises his hands.
• Roll call: gradually introduce new syllables into the baby’s “vocabulary”. Listen carefully to what the child is “saying”, and then respond to him as if you are holding a conversation. After some time, the baby will repeat after you. It is important that the baby sees your face, watches your gestures and facial expressions.

Play with your baby in front of the mirror. Take the child in your arms and wave your hand to the reflection in the mirror. Perhaps the baby will be very surprised by the appearance of the second mother with someone in her arms. While the child perceives the reflection in the mirror as another living object. If you take a toy in your hand, your baby will try to grab it in the mirror without noticing it in your hands. Until about 1.5 years old, children do not understand that there is only a reflection in the mirror.

For development tactile sensitivity make a set of multi-colored pillows from different fabrics (flannel, silk, corduroy). When the baby is lying on his tummy, give them to him, let him touch and look at them. When the child grows up, these pillows can be arranged in pairs according to color, size or pattern.

If you like to sew, you can make a textile book especially for your baby with appliqués from different fabrics, Velcro, lacing, and sewn buttons. The subject of the book may vary depending on the gender of the child.

Nutrition and sleep

A child's sleep and wakefulness patterns at 5 months remain the same as last month (see 4 months). For each baby it is individual and depends on biorhythms and temperament: some wake up early and go to bed the same way, while others like to get up later and “walk” half the night. Babies can still confuse day with night, but many children already sleep longer at night than during the day, waking up 1-2 times.