Milestones for 7-9 months

As you can see there’s a lot of progress in your child development even in their short life time. They are able to do many more things. It’s just really important to keep up with what your child should be doing at each age group. If they aren’t doing the milestones, it’s a good idea to talk to the doctor about it, because there may be a problem. But don’t stress too much because they can be getting close to doing it, some develop slower than others. It also depends on the parents, and how much they work with the child. This will make a big difference in your child’s development. It’s really important to take the time and practice and help your child develop is a big step in their future life.

      Some of the milestones your child should be at when they are between the months of seven and nine are; they should be banging toys together such as blocks, sitting up unsupported,  progress of crawling( can crawl a tiny distance), and able to wave bye-bye. A good way to get your child crawling is put a toy that they love to play with and place it away from them and tell them to come get it. This is a really good technique to get them crawling because they will get frustrated if they don’t have that toy.

     A walker is a fabulous tool to have when your child is about eight months. This is a good technique to use for your child because they should be able to pull themselves up and able to walk with holding on to it.  This will help your child start the big step in their life known as walking. This is the month that they should begin to start saying a few months such as mama and dada, which is pretty exciting but don’t be upset if they don’t know which one is which. That will talk a little practice until they can separate the two.

      This is the month that they will act like a big kid now. At nine months they should be able to hold and use a Sippy cup and are able to feed themselves with finger foods.  Some suggested finger foods to start off with is small chunks of bananas, or other fruits, just make sure that the peels are off. Pasta noodles, bread, etc. are ok too.  Just make sure that you have everything cut up in small chunks and if it has peels, to take the peels off. Your child does not have enough or strong teeth to chew the food small enough. They don’t have the concept to chew the food up well enough before swallowing.

     You can see within these three months you child has developed a lot of important things. And exciting things as well because it so fun to watch them feed themselves, saying mama and dada and almost to the point of walking. Just keep working with your child and you will see the progress in your child from day to day.