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    The child begins to take objects with one hand - this is one of the most exciting achievements of this period. In order to assess the gradual development of the child's ability to take objects, let us recall in what sequence the movements of the child's arms developed from birth to five months. Even in the first two months the child could move a finger or for a moment throw one finger in the direction of an interesting subject. This barely perceptible gesture is the first attempt to take an object.

    At about three months of age, the child discovers that his hands are easily accessible objects, which, even more delightfully, are part of himself. The child begins to stretch his hands in the direction of the interested object, wave them and hit on closely located objects. Misses at this stage are usually more than hits. In the first waving movements, there is very little focus. At the age of three to four months, another milestone in the development of the ability to take objects is the beginning of the game in front of you( when the child holds his hands in the middle of the body).One hand serves as a target for the other. The development of binocular vision allows the child to begin to make raking movements in the fourth month, and he learns to better direct his hands.

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    Reach and touch someone - with one hand

    At about the fifth month, a two-handed grip, more like a hug, progresses to a more accurate one-hand draw. Making the first touch-and-grasping movements, the child uses the entire brush and grabs the object as if a mitten is on hand, clamping the object between four fingers and a palm. Also, around the fifth month, the child stretches with one hand to objects that are practically at arm's length. See how your child accurately grabs the toy he was aiming for,


    Developing children love to play on the floor with their mom or dad.

    inspects it and then shifts it to another hand or sends it to the mouth.

    Note. Now Matthew is more interactive man. He takes the toy that I give him, and is able to evaluate it and find her application.

    If Matthew gets tired of the game, usually just because I give him all the same toy. It's worth me to start giving him different toys, his interest in the game flares up with renewed vigor.

    When Matthew plays with the subject, he does with him mostly three things. He studies it with his hands, brings it to study to his mouth and looks at it, studying with his eyes. When he pulls the toy closer to his face to bring it to his mouth, his eyes try not to let the object out of sight, but when the toy is in front of his nose, it probably leaves the focus, so to see the toy again, he stretches out his armsto take the object away from the face to a distance convenient for viewing. That's why Matthew drives a toy in front of him.

    Maintain a voice contact

    The increasing ability of a child to associate voice with a person introduces a new dimension in maintaining contact with the child.

    Use this ability to recognize voice and locate in order to soothe your child. When your child cries in the next room, shout: "Mom goes."The child, most likely, will calm down and will wave with pens and legs, anticipating your appearance when you enter the room.

    Up to a year you can not count on the fact that your child will mentally store your image when he can not see you. Voice contact( "Mom here") will help to remove the anxiety of the child, but be prepared for the fact that the child will behave anxiously for your disappearance for many more months.

    Favorite kinds of

    activity on the fifth

    month

    Game in the "airplane". Put your five-month-old baby on your tummy and watch as he begins to clap handles, twist his legs, sway on his tummy, arch his neck to tear himself away from the ground, and all his appearance to portray an airplane.

    Repulsion. Here's how to help him "fly."Press the palm on his feet when he is on his runway, and watch him move forward, pushing away from your palm. The child is able to dig in thanks to the coils of the body and push off - that's


    Position "aircraft".

    what you might discover is that your child crawled from one end of the crib to the other.

    Push-ups. The child was happy last month if he could lift his head and chest and lean on his elbows. Now he can perform full push-ups, tearing his chest off the floor and leaning on his outstretched arms.

    Game with heels. Lying in a bent position on your lap, the child can now tilt his head forward to grab his air-dissecting feet and play with them.

    The child is pulled into a sitting and standing position. And now, pull your child by the handles in a sitting position and pay attention to how he helps you, pulling your head forward and bending your arms in the elbows - now it's easy to seat or put.


    By the age of five months, the child is able to completely push off the floor.

    child for the first time sits himself. One of my favorite types of a five-month-old baby is when he sits without support, leaning forward and leaning on both arms outstretched. In the previous stage, he would immediately fall down, but now he is able to hold in this position for several minutes, enjoying the fact that he first sits himself, and can even remove one hand and start playing with the toes or reaching for the toy, while keeping the balancewith the other hand. As the child can already sit with a support, he is bought his first highchild, and now a five-month-old baby can join the table to the whole family.

    Coups. Squeezing from the floor in the prone position on the abdomen allows the child to easily roll over onto the back. Look at what the child is doing to roll over. When the child repels from the floor, he straightens one

    arm more, and then tilts his head and shoulders back and turns, like a flywheel, increasing his torque. In addition to the fact that the child turns over from the position by squeezing, he discovers the next easier way. Put your favorite toy on the side of the child. He will notice the toy and try to roll over so that it is next. He puts one elbow under himself and pushes his second hand, so that the pinched elbow will act as the axis of rotation. Most children first turn over from their stomachs to their backs before learning how to turn over from their backs to their stomachs, because it's easier for them to make a lever out of their hands and it's easier for them to roll on their round tummy.

    Worth better. Before, the child could stand only on condition that you support his body under his arms. Now he can hold almost all his weight himself, holding his arms outstretched just for balance.

    Games with a five-month-old baby

    Here are a few ways that you and your child can truly enjoy his growing skills.

    Grab and pull. Any part of your body is a good prey for the

    tenacious little stick. When our children grabbed a handful of hair on my chest, I cried out: "Ay!" - and they screamed in ecstasy at their achievement. Now the child during feeding can stretch the handle to the bottle or breast and hold it.

    Note. Now Matthew grabs the different parts of my face, nose, chin and lips. He also grabs me by the hand from one side or the other side of his chin and pulls my chin to his face, clasps my chin with his mouth and then starts to suck my chin. He gets from this real joy.

    Cubes. There is no better toy than a normal cube. Try to start with such cubes:

    • small enough( 4 cm side width) so that they can be easily taken with one hand;

    • contrasting colors: red, yellow, blue;

    • wooden.

    Sit the child in a highchildren's chair, propping it with pillows, until he has grown enough to sit in a chair on his own, without supports. Place the cubes on a tray or on the table in front of the child and see how funny the five-month-old kid is playing. See how your child takes a cube, as if on it mittens, how affectionately

    Toys for a five-month-old child:

    • toys that can be pressed and squeaked when pressed;

    • toys of different shapes and textures, in which the child literally can launch his little hands, such as several short lengths of woolen threads, tied together in the middle;

    • cubes - favorite toys at any age;

    • toys that you can grab and shift from hand to hand, such as rings.

    Caution: toys such as cubes and balls must have a diameter of at least 4 cm so that the child can not swallow them.

    he treats him, examines it, puts it from hand to hand or hands it to his lips. Soon he will learn to knock with cubes, drop them and put them on top of each other. See how your child rolls the cube again and again, shifting from hand to hand.

    Start with one cube and let the child get comfortable with it. Then put a second dice in front of him and watch him hold one cube with one hand, and the second will take the second cube. Here he looks at his hands, which are full of cubes, and does not know what to do. Most likely, he will start knocking on each other. In a month or two he will learn to put one cube on the table to take another. The handling of cubes is a useful game and didactic exercise for the child. He completely manages this toy, and it helps the child to master the grasp with the thumb and forefinger, over which he will work for the next three to four months.

    Table games. Sit the child on his lap at the dinner table and let him play with paper or linen napkins and spoons.

    Caution: Be very careful at the table and keep dangerous cutlery, such as knives and forks, as well as hot dishes, dishes and drinks, away from the child. If the child still suddenly grabbed a dangerous object, do not pull it out of his hand, in any case, so that the child can grasp even harder and, as a result, cut himself. Instead, click on the back of the child's wrist and on the wrist( next to the base of the thumb).This will not allow the child to tightly grip the knife and waving it. With your other hand, slowly unclench your fingers until the knife falls out of the child's fist.

    Game with a pillow. Starting at about five months, most of the fun we received from games with self-made cylindrical and triangular rollers. You can buy trimming foam in the upholstery workshop. If you operate the cylindrical or triangular

    cylinders, these are ideal backups for playing the

    on the floor.

    are concerned about stimulation of the child, cover foam rubber with a patterned cloth, for example with black and white stripes.

    Cylindrical rollers, 18-25 cm in diameter and approximately 60 cm in length, serve as practical roll-over shells on which the child can exercise in movements of the trunk, head and the gripping of objects with his hands. For example, you can hold the child by the feet and play in the wheelbarrow or put the child over the cylindrical roller and watch how much pleasure it gets from the mobility provided by these floor cushions. He can push forward, resting his toes on the floor with his toes, and roll back and forth on the pillow, thanks only to the strength of his legs.

    Note. Matthew is still very much annoyed when he lies on his stomach and realizes that he could have been somewhere else long ago if he could only tear his stomach off the floor. He waves his arms and legs, but it does not give anything. This, I think, is one of the reasons he loves his foam rollers, which, at least, tear his belly off the ground and give him a sense of going forward.