What are the developmental indicators of a baby at ten months?

After pregnancy, every mother hopes that the fetus in her belly can develop healthily. At this time, as the mother becomes pregnant, the fetus's development day by day until birth is the focus of mothers' attention. So what are the baby's developmental indicators at 10 months? Let’s find out in the following article.

1. Baby 10 months

Physical development: Drooling and grimacing decrease. Weight gain is approximately 60-90 grams per week. The average height increase is 1.5 cm per month.

Sensory and motor development: Able to move from a sitting position to a prone position and from a prone position to a sitting position. The movements of the body, hands, arms, fingers, lower limbs, and feet become coordinated. If placed in a fence, the child can stand up by himself by pulling up the railings, until the body is fully upright and the feet can always stand firmly on the bed. When sitting, the body should not lose balance and should be able to sway and turn left and right and stand steadily by holding on to furniture. Can poke, prod, and pull things with thumb and index finger. Place small objects on the table, such as small sugar pills, and pinch them with the tips of the thumb and index finger together. The movements are coordinated, quick, and skillful. Start letting go of what you are holding. When you put the building blocks under the cup in front of the baby, you can actively remove the cup lid and take out the building blocks by facing the baby. Able to climb escalator steps.

Language and adaptive behavior: Can purposefully make the sounds of “Mom” and “Dad” and, with encouragement, will imitate adults in pronouncing one or two words, such as “take” and “go”. Can eat cookies by themselves quite skillfully. There is less interest in the mouth and more interest in the fingers and toes.

Can write with index finger. Able to hold the bottle by himself when eating milk or drinking water. Can compare two objects and distinguish small parts of objects. You can stretch your hands when getting dressed, and your feet when putting on socks and shoes.

In the above article, we learned about the baby’s 10-month developmental indicators. First of all, we should judge the child’s developmental status according to different physical conditions. We should try to supplement the child with good nutrition in normal times to ensure the child’s health.