Saturday, April 12, 2014

When will my infant start playing with toys?




Jadahs mom


I was wondering when will my baby Jadah start sitting up on her own and playing with her toys? She is 3 months old and Ive tried to introduce rattles to her and little bears. Also could she be teething ?...
She always has her hands in her mouth and slobbing She also like to chew on her clothes to where the front of her shirt in soaking wet.
thanx everyone!



Answer
My son noticed his toys at about 10 weeks...and started batting & slapping at them (on his activity mat) at about 11-12 weeks. He hasn't yet been able to sit up on his own, nor is he able to hold onto a toy and play with it yet...but I suspect it will be soon.

Get some teething keys or gumming toys...your child might like those, since she is chewing on everything right now. BTW, this behavior is completely normal!

concerned mommy..infant nightmares?




Beautiful


So my one year old has a tendency to whine in her sleep sometimes she wakes up from the whining when it turns to crying, i can't understand why she does this or even better how to figure out what the cause is so it can be fixed. She's not wet when i check her,she's not cold or hot (to touch), i try to hold her and sometimes that works and she'll go back to sleep but for the most part she just whimpers in her sleep around the same time every night and begins to toss and turn could it be nightmares?...Someone please shed some insight on what this may be or if you've dealt with a similar situation, what ended up happening, does it still happen? Oh yeah she just started doing the whimper-whine a few weeks ago a month at th most...Thanx.

Concerned mommy.



Answer
Hello, I have worked with 0-2 year olds in daycare centres for the past few years. It is not uncommon for children around the age of 12-18 months to experience these 'nightmares'.
These 'nightmares' have been related to feelings of seperation anxiety (particularly in children who attend daycare) and events in a child's day which may seem small to us, but mean a lot to them, such as misplacing a toy, becoming upset about something.
To settle your child it is important not to wake them up because often they are still somewhat asleep even if they are quite distressed. Waking them will only add to this. They should settle quite easily with some gentle patting and verbal reassurance/songs.
I hope this helps.




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