Sleep takes up most of a child's life. It can be said that the baby's main task is sleep. Before the age of 2, children's sleep status changed greatly with the development of the nervous system. Newborns have 16- 17 hours of sleep, and then the sleep time gradually decreases, 4 months 14- 15 hours, 6-8 months 13- 14 hours. The sleep cycle is gradually prolonged, from about 45 minutes at birth to 60 minutes at the age of 2-3. The circadian rhythm of sleep is basically formed at 3 months.
Most children who are normal for more than 3 months can sleep until dawn, and a few have difficulty falling asleep or cry after waking up at night. The reason is related to environmental factors (bad sleep habits) or congenital factors (difficult to raise temperament or highly sensitive to stimuli), but it is mainly determined by environmental factors. Even children with congenital factors can overcome the problem of poor sleep through good sleep habits. The following are the principles of sleep hygiene:
1, the sleeping environment is quiet and dark and the room temperature is not too hot;
2. Strictly implement the time of falling asleep and getting up, and strengthen the cultivation of circadian rhythm;
3. Avoid hunger when staying in bed, and don't drink too much water before going to bed or at night, so as not to disturb sleep;
4. It is best for children to sleep alone in a cot. Studies have proved that sleeping alone can sleep better than sleeping with your mother.
5. Let children learn to sleep by themselves, without hugging, patting or shaking their nipples. Because the sleep cycle determines that children will wake up at night, children who learn to sleep by themselves will naturally sleep again at night and enter the next sleep cycle. If you get into the habit of coaxing or containing nipples before going to bed, you will need the same conditions when you wake up at night, and you will cry if you don't reach it;
6.65438+ 0 ~ 2 hours before going to bed to avoid strenuous activities or play too excited;
7. Sleep time during the day should not be too much;
The quality of children's sleep not only affects their health and intellectual development, but also affects the energy and emotions of parents and the whole family. Young parents should learn the art of letting their children sleep well.
First, the normal development index of 7-month-old baby
I. Development indicators
Baby boy: height 62.7-77.4cm；; ; Weight 6.24-12.20kg; Head circumference 40.4-48.4cm
Female baby: height 61.3-75.6cm; Weight 5.90- 1 1.40 kg; The head circumference is 39.5-47.2cm.
Note: The above data are compiled according to the Reference Standard for Growth and Development of Children under 7 in China by the Ministry of Health.
Second, the baby's ability development
It mainly refers to the all-round development of great sports, fine movements, vision, hearing, touch, smell, taste, language, emotion and social communication. However, each baby's focus is slightly different every month, which is also related to the baby's own development characteristics.
The basic skills of a three-and seven-month-old baby include:
The ability that should be mastered (most babies can do it): being able to sit without support; You can put things on yourself.
Development ability (half of babies can do it): the body can jump forward or start crawling; Can speak vaguely or pronounce some syllables; Get to know strangers.
Advanced skills (only a few babies can): wave goodbye; Be able to stand with something; Will bump things into each other; Began to understand the eternity of objects; An object still exists even if it is invisible.
Fourth, matters needing attention:
To further add complementary food to the baby, the varieties of complementary food should be rich and diverse, so as to match the meat and vegetables. At the peak of baby's development, adequate calcium can promote the development of bones and teeth and inhibit the abnormal excitement of nerves.
Fruit juice: tomato juice, pear lotus root juice, rice soup with minced vegetables.
Rice paste: egg yolk paste, mashed potatoes, mashed strawberries and mashed apples.
Vegetables: carrots, potatoes, green beans and pumpkins.
2, 7 months baby early education
You should pay close attention to your baby when interacting with him/her. When the baby looks away, wriggles, becomes anxious, kicks, yawns or looks unhappy, you can see that he has had enough fun.
First, the parent-child game:
1, Teddy Bear Scratches: This game stimulates the baby's pronunciation with touch and promotes his language development ability.
Game steps: grab the baby's hand and let it open. Draw a circle on his palm with the other hand, and then move the baby's arm up with two fingers. Hum children's songs to the baby while doing these actions: "Fat bear, turn around the garden, one step, two steps, three or four steps, tickle, tickle, tickle here!" " "After the children's song is finished, put your hand under his chin and tickle gently to make the baby laugh.
2. Children's songs. Children's song recommendation: I will learn to sing a good song; Singing; I am a singer; Happy children like singing.
3, picture book reading. Picture book recommendation:
1, "Home has a baby" flip book combination 8 volumes: "Home has a baby" flip book is a set of pop-up book to guide the baby's growth. Through the relationship between family members and the baby, different reading books are specially made, so that the baby can learn knowledge in the process of growing up and find the happiness of growing up through continuous learning.
2. "Chew hard! Tevez hid in the grass and chewed leaves in his mouth. " Although this is a delicious meal, I still want to eat it! But should I finish it? )"。 They are no longer bugs, but become as thoughtful, learning, lively and interesting as our babies.
Second, dad school:
The baby is just "clinging to the mother", so the father should not be jealous. During this period, the baby is very "clingy" to his mother, especially the breast-fed baby. When he realizes that his mother is going out or leaving, he will cry nervously. What about dad who doesn't want to be jealous? When the wife is nursing, you can sit down and touch the baby's little hands and feet, talk to him, let him feel his father's smile and breath, or sleep and play with him after the baby wakes up ... Slowly, the baby will associate these characteristics about the father with the sweet "enjoyment" and be very happy to be with you.
Diet for 37-month-old babies
When the baby grows to 7 months, it has already begun to sprout deciduous teeth and has the ability to chew. At the same time, the tongue has the function of stirring food, and it shows more and more personal interests in diet, and also has certain requirements for feeding.
Babies aged 7-8 months can start feeding porridge or carrion noodles with meat dishes (minced meat, steamed eggs, steamed fish, liver mud, etc.). ) and vegetarian dishes (cut vegetables, tofu, etc. After feeding, you can give your child some baked steamed bread slices and dry bread to chew and exercise your gums.
July-August: Add baked steamed bread slices and biscuits to exercise chewing ability and help teeth grow. Meat, such as fish sauce, poultry sauce, pork sauce, liver sauce, custard, tofu, chopped vegetables, etc. Can be added step by step. Reduce the amount of milk appropriately.
First, continue to eat breast milk and milk. However, because the nutrients contained in breast milk or milk, especially iron, vitamins and calcium, can no longer meet the needs of the baby's growth and development, the calories provided by dairy foods are incompatible with the calories consumed by the baby's increasing exercise, which cannot meet the baby's needs. Therefore, at this time, it should be the middle period of weaning, and the daily milk volume only needs to be kept at about 500 ml.
Second, increase semi-solid milk substitutes, and use rice or flour instead of two kinds of dairy products in cereals. On the premise that the daily milk quantity is not less than 500ml, reduce the milk quantity twice and replace it with twice milk substitute.
Third, the choice of milk instead of food. Should choose steamed bread, biscuits, liver powder, animal blood, tofu, etc.
Fourth, the recipe arrangement of the month-old baby can refer to the following standards.
7~8 months children's diet according to the row:
200 ml of milk at 7 am,
At 9 am, steamed eggs 1 biscuits 1~2 pieces.
12 Noon porridge 1 bowl (about 30g for children) with chopped vegetables and minced fish.
3 pm milk150ml
There are 1/2~ 1 apple at 5pm.
6 pm rotten noodles 1 bowl (about 50g) minced pork cauliflower.
Milk at 9 pm 180 ml.