SEE IF YOUR BABY HAS A HEALTHY GROWTH

Your efforts to ensure the healthy growth of your baby are not yet over. The first year of your baby’s life is very important as it marks few of the most important developments of your baby. Your baby is very intelligent. She began to sense the world around her from the time she was in your womb. As soon as you baby arrives into this world she can sense and recognize all that she heard. Therefore these 12 months soon after the birth of your baby mark the most important era of her growth. 

Have a look at some of the points that explain how your baby grows during the first year of her life:

·         Initially your baby may lose weight but this is nothing to worry about as it is completely normal. Your baby is prone to a number of problems initially so she may lose weight. However, they gradually make up for the lost weight. During the first month your baby may gain up to 2/3 ounces and grows up to 1-1.5 inches.

·         From the first month to onwards 4 months the baby gains around 1.5-2 pounds. This phase is the cutest phase of your baby as she may begin to form those all so puffy hands and feet with probably bloated cheeks. All this time the baby is working on her senses such as looking and tracking objects around. They are also working on their cooing these days.  Your baby may also learn some really cute gestures such as moving her head while lying on her stomach. Your baby may also start smiling at the faces they recognize or may begin to give unpleasant expressions on the arrival of a stranger.

·         From 4 months to onwards your baby may not show a noticeable increase of growth in terms of size but is definitely growing. Your baby has begun to form a colored vision by now and may sit without support for some time. The bones are becoming strong enough to provide this support to your initially fragile baby. Around 6 months is the time when your baby begins gulping solid foods such as a mashed banana. This may lead to a little more weight gain of your baby as the improved diet provides nourishment.

·         It is no sooner than  6-9 months when your baby starts making little whispers and may respond to you with a laugh or babble sometimes. This phase of watching your baby grow would really put you in relief. This is the perfect time to start calling out names of things that you want your baby to identify. During all this time your baby is working on her expressions and speech.

·         9-12 months is the duration when your baby may again  lose a little weight due to the her growing physical activities. The growing baby is able to call out the names of most frequently called people or things. The most common words can be mama / daddy. Your baby now begins to pronounce these words in the way she can.

·         Your baby is working on her crawling and walking skills. This is the time when you would need to take an extra care of your baby. She is beginning to take steps and will be exploring every new and old corners of your house. By this time your baby has probably tripled her birth weight and would have grown 9-12 inches from their original birth length and height.
 
 This one year marks the achievement of your baby on various milestones. You may feel as if your concerns regarding the growth of your baby may begin to ease. However, they may increase as your baby grows.