Infant intellectual development can drastically be improved
One of the most important scientific facts is… infant intellectual development can drastically be improved.
Some are generally a little faster or slower than others, while some will excel or be slower in one area – a fast crawler may be slow of speech and vice versa. And each child cannot necessarily be compared to their siblings.
If one child is doing all the talking the other may not feel the need. If an older sibling or parents are rushing to meet a child’s every need he is less likely to set off crawling or walking by himself.
By 5 months, she has developed a wide variety of ways to express her affection. These include:
* Responding to your smiles with a big one of her own
* Initiating interactions with loving looks and smiles
* Making sounds or moving her mouth, arms, legs, or body in rhythm with your movements
* Relaxing or growing less fussy when you hold or rock her
* Cooing when she is held, touched, looked at, or spoken to
* Looking at your face with rapt interest and looking uneasy or sad when you withdraw in the midst of playing with her.
It’s important to encourage such exchanges at every opportunity. The reasons for this go well beyond the need to bond with your baby: Those back-and-forth smiles, frowns, giggles, and body movements are helping your baby develop a host of crucial qualities — from intelligence and language ability to a well-formed sense of self.
Development of the senses
Vision – When your baby discovers her fingers she becomes more interested in grabbing and exploring new objects with her hands and mouth. Her hand-eye coordination is developing all the time, so while her movements are becoming more precise it will take her a while to refine this skill. As her eyesight develops she will become more interested in looking at more complex patterns and will begin to clearly recognise more detailed characteristics. She will love to stare at the different contours of your face and will also enjoy seeing her reflection in the mirror. It is as a result of this development that your baby begins to recognise your face in more detail and becomes excited when she sees you.
Hearing – Your baby will become more proficient at localising sounds all around her and will begin to turn her head in the sources direction. Your baby may also start to ‘answer’ sounds by laughing, gurgling or cooing and will love being talked to. She will respond to sudden, loud sounds by going quiet or crying.
Touch – Your baby will really begin to explore objects with her hands and will enjoy holding toys and waving them around. Your baby may begin to explore her own face with her fingers so make sure you keep your nails short to avoid scratches. You may notice that your baby holds her hands more open and begins to practice grasping objects of interest.
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