How to Ensure Normal Development in a Child?

It is very natural for a parent to worry about the growth and development of their child. In fact, this is a concern that they have right form when their child is a few days old. They want the child to develop and grow in proper and healthy way.

They want to ensure both physical and mental health of their child. No wonder pediatricians suggest measuring weight and height of a child soon after the birth and each month till the child enters a specific age.

There are several things one can do in order to ensure proper growth of a child. A proper understanding of standard development of a child can also help you keep tabs on whether or not the child is growing in a healthy manner. When your child is 12 weeks old, he is an infant who is on his way to a normal child.

It is learning to raise head and shoulders. You must have noticed this when they start to lie on their belly. Let them do this as often they want and are comfortable. This will enhance their physical strength.

One of the best things you can do is to make the child lie on a soft blanket and let him play. You basic motive should be to attract the child towards you and encourage him to look at you or the toy that you are holding. Call the baby.

This is the best way to build baby’s neck and shoulder muscles. You need to try this for a few times. This will help the baby to react to certain things and enhances his physical strength.

Do you know that normal development of a child is usually measured by cognitive abilities? This also includes physical development of the child.

Babies start to develop the ability of object permanence at six months of age. This means that the babies develop a tendency to remember the existence of things that have been taken out of their sight.

If you want to let your child build cognitive ability, then you need to play peek-a-boo with him. Try covering your face with a soft blanket and then suddenly whip it off. Smile while doing this. Repeat this a few times. You will see a smile on your child’s face. He is enjoying it.

The basic idea is to please the baby by appearing, vanishing and then reappearing. This is one of the best ways to amuse the baby.

Babies try practicing object permanence via dropping toys and then expecting you to pick them up. This may irritate you a little.

However you must respond the child when he drops the toy for the 10th time. He is actually developing his cognitive skills.

Developing a basic understanding of a child’s standard growth and keeping close tabs on how he is growing will help you keep the child healthy and growing well.

Try to spend quality time with the child to help him grow normally. This will also help you focus on developing cognitive ability of the child.

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