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Brain Builders
Stimulating Activities for Your 9-month-old Baby
By Tammy Morey
While it is almost impossible not to eagerly anticipate the milestones that lie ahead, it is equally important to remember that every baby is different and that she will reach developmental milestones at her own pace.
The following milestones are merely guidelines as to what your baby has the potential to accomplish within his or her age range. Remember that if she has not reached the milestone, she will shortly. If you are concerned, it's always best to speak with your pediatrician regarding your concerns.
In the 9th month of your baby's life, you'll observe some of the following milestones:
- From a seated position, pulls herself up into a standing position.
- Stands upright while holding onto something and cruises along the furniture.
- Stands alone for a few moments at a time.
- Looks for dropped objects and even plays a game where you pick it up and she drops it repeatedly.
- Claps her hands, bangs object together and plays patty cake.
- Uses sounds to get your attention by combining syllables together to make sounds that mimic words. Many of the sounds are vowel sounds, but she may also use one or two consonants and even string them together. The 10 earliest sounds she develops are m, n, b, d, g, w, l, y, s and sh. She may even be able to say one word other than "mama" and "dada."
- May begin to experience stranger and separation anxiety.
- Expresses her moods (happy versus upset).
- She has learned the conventional gestures such as reaching, waving, pushing away, pointing, nodding her head to indicate no or yes, giving and raising her arms to be picked up.
- Uses her pincher grasp (thumb and index finger) to pick up objects.
- Drinks from a sippy cup independently.
- Easily recognizes her name and will often stop what she is doing, turn toward the person who has spoken her name and listen.
- As the amount of time she spends studying objects increases, she becomes better at concentrating on one toy at a time. She is also able to analyze what to do with her toys.
- Begins to have an understanding of "object permanence" and that an object may be behind, underneath or beside something.
- Begins to experiment with using different volumes and pitches to make different sounds.
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Brain Builders: 9-month-old by williamparkar on 01/04/2010 02:35AM
Funny that I read this tonight, because today we were looking through his scrapbbok and these details are fresh in my mind ... he did not sit up without support until 9 months old. He rolled belly to back at 3 1/2 months but did not go back to front until 8.5 months. He crawled around a year or so (I can't recall), and walked at 15 months. He was extremely vocal, but only said a word or two a few times, around a year. And then stopped. He did not speak another "real" word until after his 3rd birthdy, once I had him in special needs preschool. ssd festplatten