Developmental standards for eight and a half month old babies

Babies aged eight and a half months cannot speak or stand yet, but they have already started to sit and play. It’s so cute just to think about the child sitting on the ground quietly playing with his toys. For an eight-month-old baby, how big should he grow to be considered healthy? If you don't know, please follow the editor's steps and look at the various developmental standards for an eight-month-old baby.

1. Physiological indicators

At eight and a half months old, the baby boy weighs 6.9 to 10.8 kg and is 65.7 to 76.3 cm long. The baby girl weighs 6.3~10.1 kg and is 63.7~74.5 cm long. 2~4 teeth may come out this month.

2. Developmental indicators

Gender Height Weight Sitting Height Head Circumference Chest Circumference

Boys 68.3-73.6cm 7.8-9.8kg 45.28cm 45.74cm 45.13cm

Girls 66.4-71.8cm 7.2-9.1kg 43.98cm 45.20cm 45.46cm

Physical exercise

Babies at this stage can already sit and play, and can use their fingers to pinch things very accurately, drink water from a cup, and eat by themselves. Able to roll over, crawl and stand. The baby likes learning to crawl very much, and his hand-foot coordination ability has been greatly improved. Observe whether the baby will pinch the toys and open his arms to be hugged by adults.

Languages

During this stage, the baby's vocalizations increase significantly, and his ability to understand adult language is also enhanced. He slowly begins to understand the use of language to recognize objects. He can turn his head when his name is called. He can distinguish his mother's voice from other people's voices, the different tones of adults, and can understand words he is familiar with, such as "good baby".

Audio-visual ability

Can distinguish between friendly and angry voices; can imitate human activities through vision and hearing. If you talk to your baby in a gentle tone, he will be very happy; if you use a loud voice that sounds like a scolding, the baby will cry; when the baby is happy and adults laugh happily, the baby will follow and imitate.

It seems that although eight-month-old babies are small, they are still very smart. In fact, every baby is very smart, but some of them cannot speak yet and are not good at expressing themselves. Babies who are eight and a half months old have already started to imitate the people around them. So parents should set a good example and not teach their babies bad things.