YOUR BABY AT FIVE MONTHS
You'll notice your baby becoming
increasingly sociable this month, which is lovely. He'll warm your heart by
giving you spontaneous hugs and trying to kiss you - a fabulous 'first'.
He'll probably start to recognise his name during the next few weeks and he'll laugh when you amuse him: he's your best audience, for now at least!
You'll notice your baby becoming
increasingly sociable this month, which is lovely. He'll warm your heart by
giving you spontaneous hugs and trying to kiss you - a fabulous 'first'.He'll probably start to recognise his name during the next few weeks and he'll laugh when you amuse him: he's your best audience, for now at least!
Here's a rundown of other likely developments and how you can encourage your baby:
• Your baby is close to being able to sit
unsupported, and you can encourage him by sitting him supported with cushions
with his legs in a fairly wide 'V' shape - although you must supervise him at
all times until he can sit completely unsupported.
• Your baby will amuse you by blowing raspberries as he experiments with 'language'. You can encourage him in this by blowing some back. Join in with his babbling, too, and introduce new sounds for him to try to copy: 'mamamama', for instance!
• Your baby will amuse you by blowing raspberries as he experiments with 'language'. You can encourage him in this by blowing some back. Join in with his babbling, too, and introduce new sounds for him to try to copy: 'mamamama', for instance!
• Use your baby's name often, and
point to him when you do so. Point yourself when you say 'Mummy',too, so he
gets to understand that everyone has a name of his or her own.
• He'll start to bear his own weight when you stand him in your lap, but make sure you always support him well under his arms or around his waist.
• From 17 weeks it's OK to introduce first solid foods if your baby seems desperate for more than milk.
Go gently at first, offering small tasters of baby rice, made up with breast or formula milk; or fruit or veg purees, fortified with a little baby rice. Start off with only a couple of teaspoonsful, offered mid milk feed when she's not starving, but not yet satiated either.
• Your baby may try to grab his feeding spoon off you: let him! Be prepared for plenty of mess by laying down a plastic mat first of all, then let him experiment to his heart's content. He might want to put his fingers into the food or spit it straight back. However he reacts, go with it: if you seem uptight, your baby will notice and be put off the idea of solids. Make it fun and let him take the lead.
• He'll start to bear his own weight when you stand him in your lap, but make sure you always support him well under his arms or around his waist.
• From 17 weeks it's OK to introduce first solid foods if your baby seems desperate for more than milk.
Go gently at first, offering small tasters of baby rice, made up with breast or formula milk; or fruit or veg purees, fortified with a little baby rice. Start off with only a couple of teaspoonsful, offered mid milk feed when she's not starving, but not yet satiated either.
• Your baby may try to grab his feeding spoon off you: let him! Be prepared for plenty of mess by laying down a plastic mat first of all, then let him experiment to his heart's content. He might want to put his fingers into the food or spit it straight back. However he reacts, go with it: if you seem uptight, your baby will notice and be put off the idea of solids. Make it fun and let him take the lead.
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