The baby can basically understand what you said now. If you consciously teach your baby to express some behaviors with simple gestures, such as eating, hugging, hugging and goodbye. Your baby will gradually master and use them to communicate with you. This will effectively reduce the baby's irritability. Some babies can finally address their parents purposefully now. You can also start to cultivate your baby's reading habits.

2. Fine movements

From thumb and other fingers to thumb and forefinger, it is the improvement of baby's fine motor ability. If the baby is interested, give him more opportunities to grasp it, such as picking beans under the care of adults or sorting out toys. These are all good exercises.

3. Imitation ability

Baby likes imitation best now. He wants to try anything you do. So, what do you want the baby to do, you have to get involved first. On the premise of safety, you can also let your baby participate in what you usually do, such as eating with a spoon or feeding you, kneading dough and so on. , so as to exercise his hands-on ability.

4. Cognitive ability

Babies at this stage like to play with things, observe things of interest for a long time, know the names of common things and recognize them. Parents can read books with their children and encourage their babies to turn pages themselves; You can show your baby some simple and colorful books; You can also give him some simple cognitive pictures and repeatedly identify the names of objects or animals and plants in the pictures.

5. Exercise ability

At home, the baby can climb anywhere she wants and walk a few steps with furniture. The coordination between her thumb and forefinger is well developed, and she can take things according to the instructions. Parents can often encourage their babies to crawl and learn various crawling skills; Practice walking on handrails or walls.

6. Independent ability

It's time to start training your baby some basic life skills and cultivate his independence. First of all, let the baby develop the habit of playing alone to ensure the safety of the baby's environment. You should let him play alone, but always check his movements. Secondly, encourage the baby to do something independently. When he completes a new movement and skill, he should be fully affirmed.