9 Months Developmental Milestones
Your baby might be...
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Sitting up with or without support
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Handclapping
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Understanding more and more words
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Seeing all the way across the room
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Starting to creep and crawl around on the floor
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Loving repetition and learning new things
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Using a pincer grasp (thumb and pointer finger) to pick up food and toys
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Growing quickly and having a big growth spurt
Activities
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Name the things your baby looks at. Tell them what you’re doing or what’s happening in the world around them: It’s time for bed, it’s time to be feed. Activities like these help build vocabulary and routine.
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Read to your baby.
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Give your baby time to crawl and practice new movements: maybe make a trail of toys for your baby can work towards and investigate.
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Help them with play: playing hide and seek or helping to stack blocks can work on developing your babies’ skills.
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Let your baby explore their sense: touching ice cubes, crinkling leaves, shaking a container of rice. These activities involve touch and sound and are great for a young baby.
Looking for more fun ideas for you and your baby? Check out these websites:
https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/10-best-activities-for-9-month-old-baby/
https://www.parents.com/baby/development/intellectual/enhance-cognitive-development-9-12-months/
