baby growth

Babies Growing and Moving

Babies Growing and Moving

Newborn baby to rolling over

• Newborn babies need to have their necks protected. To help strengthen their necks, put them on their stomach for a little while each day.
• To help babies reach out for, hold and bring toys to the mouth, put them on their back and give them a clean, safe object which can't be swallowed, like a rattle, block or plastic cup to grasp.
• Babies enjoy and need to kick and throw their arms around. Put a toy or noisy object at their feet so they can have fun.
• Babies can get bored being in the same place all the time. Take baby with you, in a sling or pram, as you move around.
• Babies can roll over at any age, sometimes at the worst moments, like on a bed or change table. Never leave baby alone.

baby Crawling to walking

• Rolling over is the start of learning to crawl. Babies will go from rolling, to rocking on all fours, to crawling. They will soon be into everything.
• If you have stairs it's important to have a secure gate at both the top and bottom of them. Put a gate in as soon as your baby shows any signs of crawling.
• After babies learn to crawl they'll try and stand up by pulling on things. Be careful - they can now reach hot cups of tea, sharp knives or electric cords. They will be able to pull things onto themselves.
• At about 14 months babies begin to climb. They find it easy to climb up (this sometimes can be dangerous) but will need your help getting down.
• Once baby is on the move it's time to move precious or dangerous things.
• Babies like doing things over and over and over again.

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