GRAND Magazine- Winter 2020 - 26

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6-12 MONTHS

* Working to get a toy that's out
of reach
* Using fingers to eat crackers or other
easy-to-grasp good
* Drinking from a cup
* Creeping, crawling, cruising
* Getting up to a sitting position from
stomach and to a crawling position
from sitting

First Teeth

* Playing peek-a-boo
* Playing patty cake
* Waving bye-bye
* Rolling a ball back and forth
* Understanding "no"
* Using gestures and sounds,
and eventually words to try to
communicate
* Standing without support
* Taking first steps

Babies get their first teeth at different times, but generally, if
at least one tooth has popped up by the age of one, there's
no cause for concern. Most babies sprout teeth a little
earlier, around six or seven months. The signs
of teething haven't changed - irritability
because of painful gums, some extra
drooling, and the baby wanting to
put everything in his or her mouth.
Our mothers told us that teething
also causes fevers or diarrhea, but
chances are our daughters or daughterin-laws have learned that isn't
true. There is also another big
reason babies drool around
the age of four or five
months: their salivary glands
are getting ready to digest
solid food. Typically, babies
may have eight teeth by
age one year and add eight
more by the time they are
two.
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JAN., FEB. & MAR. 2020

The Importance of Crawling

With the current practice of putting babies on their back to sleep,
some babies are crawling later than they used to - and some
may miss that milestone altogether. They haven't necessarily
developed the upper body strength that tummy-sleeping babies
did, but researchers understand that crawling is important for
more than just developing trunk and shoulder muscles. All sorts
of cognitive functions and abilities are developed and strengthened through crawling, including hand-eye coordination, binocular vision (looking at something far away and then close), and
cross lateral movement that stimulates communication between
left and right sides of the brain (an important aspect of being
able to read well). It's said that crawling strengthens the tongue
muscles that help with speech. When babies are on their hands
and knees, they seem to love to rock back and forth. Therapists
call this skill "quadruped rocking," and babies get all kinds of
stimulation from this movement.
If that inspires you to encourage your GRANDbaby to crawl, here
are a few things you can do:
* Encourage tummy time
* Play games that put objects and toys slightly out of reach
* Get down on your own hands and knees and show baby how
much fun it is to crawl.
* Let the baby play with toys that move away as he or she
touches them.

Cheryl Harbour is the
special editor of the
"My GRANDbaby"
section and author
of Good to Be Grand:
Making the Most of your
Grandchild's First Year,
a combination of upto-date information and
grandparently inspiration.

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