At what age do babies start to recognize people?

Most of the new parents hope that their babies can grow up quickly and call "Mommy and Daddy". So at what age do babies start to recognize people? Everyone should know that babies who have just been born are not capable of recognizing people yet, but parents are eager for their babies to recognize them quickly. Everyone should have this feeling. Most older babies only want to be held by the person who takes care of them regularly. They will want to cry when someone else holds them. This is actually a way of recognizing people.

Every baby’s situation is different, some may be early, some may be late, some may be 3-4 months, and some may be 7-8 months. Generally, a child starts to become aware of strangers 4-6 months after birth and can distinguish strangers other than his mother. It gradually becomes obvious at 8-9 months, reaches its peak at 12 months, and lasts for a period of time. If the mother is breastfeeding, the baby will recognize it very early, but not with his eyes, but with his nose.

Stranger awareness is an important memory change in the development of a baby's cognitive ability. On the one hand, it clearly shows the development of the baby's perception, discrimination and memory abilities, that is, the baby can distinguish between acquaintances and strangers and can clearly remember the faces of different people; on the other hand, it also shows major changes in the baby's emotional and interpersonal relationship development, and shows the baby's different attitudes towards relatives and unfamiliar people.

Being shy and afraid of being separated from parents, especially the mother, is a normal psychological phenomenon for a 4-month-old child, which shows that the baby is already able to keenly distinguish between acquaintances and strangers. Therefore, shyness marks the beginning of mother-(father)-child attachment. At the same time, it also shows that children need to build more complex social emotions, personality and abilities based on their attachment to you.

Shyness is a natural process in a child's psychological development and will usually disappear naturally in a short period of time. Research shows that the degree and duration of shyness is related to parenting style. During this stage, one is to let the child watch TV and listen to people talking on the radio often; second, play with new toys and dolls in front of him often; third, take the baby outdoors to play with other children more often. Take your baby to guests' homes, family gatherings, strolls on the streets, parks, etc. Especially let him make friends with babies who are cheerful and lively.

Although the baby has not yet developed the ability to play together, it is necessary to help him establish the initial concept of partnership and cultivate his happy mood of playing with others. As the baby grows up, the situation of being afraid of strangers will gradually improve. Fourth, for the phenomenon of babies being afraid of strangers, parents should give their babies the opportunity to get close to strangers. Parents should often pick up their babies and bring them close to strangers. After a while, the stranger can give the baby a small toy, play with him for a while, let the baby gradually relax, smile at him, and only reach out to him when the baby smiles back. When a stranger holds a baby, the mother should be nearby to make the baby feel safe. The more people a child is familiar with during this stage and the more accustomed he is to experiencing new visual and auditory stimulation, the less shy he will be and the shorter the duration will be.

It is important to note that: First, you should not reprimand your baby for showing shyness, otherwise it will increase his tension and fear. The second is to broaden the baby's contact surface, especially to let him enter the "peer society" as early as possible, encourage him to contact and play with children of the same age, but parents should not leave their children for a long time; third, do not overprotect the baby. At this time, the baby's consciousness has just been formed, and he has a subconscious fear of unfamiliar impressions, just like animal cubs seeing people. It doesn't matter. Let the people who will approach him in the future often hang around in front of him and slowly it will be fine.

This will help cultivate the baby's modern qualities such as courage, self-confidence, cheerfulness, friendliness, getting along with others, compassion and competitiveness, and enable the child to grow up healthily and happily in the future society!

At what age do babies start to recognize people? We have given a very detailed answer above. After reading the above article, everyone should have a general understanding of the knowledge about babies recognizing people. In fact, the time when every baby starts to recognize people is different, but babies can clearly feel our words and actions, so at this time we also need to guide the baby a little, which is conducive to cultivating the baby's comprehensive qualities.