Babies have a new turning point that
affects their development. So, mothers should pay attention.
Babies 17 weeks old
Development of babies
At 17 weeks old, babies can understand all
of the basic sounds. Therefore, mothers encourage their attempt to interact by
creating that way for babies to imitate mothers’ voice.
At
17 weeks old, babies can understand all of the basic sounds.
Besides, mothers should be positive in
interacting with babies by reacting their voice. When babies try to show
emotion, you should understand meaning and importance of their language.
Note to mothers: Do exercise
again
Except for especial nomination of doctors,
your body is completely ready for doing exercise again. At this time, your
articulation and ligament aren’t restored because of pregnant effect. You
should practice doing exercise smoothly to adjust to exercising in the previous
time again.
If you are giving baby the breast, you
shouldn’t worry because doing exercise won’t affect secreting milk. To help you
feel comfortable, before doing exercise, you should begin to do the milking or
give baby the breast or wear bra supported for mothers giving baby the breast.
If
you are giving baby the breast, you shouldn’t worry because doing exercise
won’t affect secreting milk.
You can let babies attend your practicing
process. With some projects such as putting babies in baby stroller and going
walking, or babies lying in baby roller to observe you riding at one place. If
you are doing gymnastics, you can choose gymnasium that has place to keep
babies so that you can feel secure to practice.
Besides, if you are really busy and you
don’t have time for doing exercise, you should try to exercise every time at
any place: choosing stairs instead of elevator, choosing to park far away to go
on foot, choosing near gymnasium to help you practice in afternoon nap…. You
should remember that if you have simple and convenient projects, it’s feasible
and easy to do.
Babies 18 weeks old
Development of babies
In 18 weeks old, they begin to discover a
new game: they themselves will play with their two hands and two feet.
Sometimes, you will see that babies will repeat action of taking 2 hands near
their face and observe; one hand holds the other, or use hands to pull foot.
And sometimes, you will chuckle when babies wake up and cry.
In
18 weeks old, babies can play with their hands and feet by themselves.
Note to mothers: Let husbands look after
babies
Mothers often have to take care of and look
after. So, it is similar to a reflex, when babies cry, mothers will immediately
stay with babies although they are doing anything. However, it’s a good idea if
you share this duty with your husbands. This thing will not only help you have
more time to relax but also make your husband think that he is trusted and it
helps connect emotion between both of you.
You can show your husband the way to
recognize baby’s demand: when babies cry, they feel hungry or they want to be
change diapers… If babies cry, to comfort them: hold them in arms, rub their
back or set their hands and legs. The ways that are used to soothe babies: sway
them on 2 hands or clapping your hands do something for a joke or make noise so
that it will make babies not pay attention to things that make them feel
uncomfortable and they will stop crying.
Babies that are 19 weeks old
Development
of babies
The strongest interaction of babies is
crying. In addition, they can recognize humor and respond with smile. They
smile with their interest when they see that you are playing peekaboo with them
or they see the game that spring rebound out of box.
You should encourage babies to smile by
making your face pretty or using tongue to create sounds that are pleasant to
hear, imitating animal’s scream. These simple sounds can make babies feel
interested.
At
19 weeks old, babies can recognize humor and respond with smile.
Note
to mothers: find out how to do the milking
At this time, mothers begin to go to work
again. Mothers choose the way to do the milking at the their office and keep
milk in good condition so that babies can have enough milk or be bottle-fed all
day. In addition, it also helps maintain secreting of milk. The following tips
can help mothers do the milking at office easily:
·
In the time that mothers prepare to go to work
again, they should practice doing the milking at home. Getting acquainted with
milking machine or tool used to absorb milk will help mothers not be confused
and take a lot of time to do this thing at their office. Nowadays, there are
many tools that are used for doing the milking neat. One thing that you should
pay attention is that these tools, bottles or storing bags, must be
pasteurized. You need to keep milk that is absorbed in cold condition. If your
office doesn’t have fridge, you need to prepare bottle that is used for keeping
cold.
·
Don’t hesitate to share this plan to your chief
so that you will get a certain condition because you need a private space and
you will take time for this thing.
·
Make plan for doing the milking in certain time.
You can do the milking once every 3 hours. You shouldn’t forget that you need
to drink a lot of water.
·
Clear away missing your babies (this thing seems
to be difficult for many mothers). You can take baby’s photographs with you or
put them as background of computer so that you will feel that your children are
next to you. You can sing song that you often lull babies or you can image that
you are giving babies with the breast when you are doing the milking. This is a
good way.
Babies 20 weeks old
Development
of babies
At this time, mothers can help babies
recognize time and habit of sleeping at night. You should repeat actions that
can stimulate them to sleep easily every evening such as bathing the, reading
story for them to hear. Give babies the breast, lull and change nightclothes
for them and then put them to lie.
Reading
story for babies to hear is a way that makes them easy to sleep.
It takes a lot of time and effort to create
this habit for babies. Therefore, you should share this work with your husband
(if you bath your baby, your husband can read story for it to hear…). You can
assign task that you will lull your baby this evening and tomorrow evening,
your husband will do this thing. As a result, you and your husband will have
more time for resting.
Note
to mothers
After the time of adjusting and getting
acquainted with having a baby, you begin to adjust to this change; however, this
is the time that you have to come back to life and daily work like the time
before you give birth. Taking care of a newborn baby will be different from
intensity and request of work, especially when you have a target for work or a
lot of relationships that you have to pay attention to.
Mothers can share 6 following ways to get
balance in life:
·
Attend clubs called “parents’ experience in
bringing up children” or attend seminar about taking care of and nourishing
newborn babies to get entertaining activities and experience in raising
children.
·
Often update information through internet: keep
in touch with relatives and friends through email, study experience to raise
children through forums of becoming parents or simply read electronic newspaper
to catch information.
·
Spend time for yourselves: Although you are busy
taking care of children, you must be sure that you have time for resting and
relaxing east least once a week. And the ideal thing is that you have 30
minutes for taking an afternoon nap every day.
·
Read books and newspapers: You should put some
books and magazines next to you, and when your children sleep, you can take
advantage of time to read some pages every day. It can also help you escape
cramped feeling and find out something new.
·
Write blog or diary: Whether you want to share
things that you write with friends or keep it for yourselves, it is a good
thing.
·
Talk with your relatives and friends: You can
talk through telephone, internet or meet them directly. They will help you
charge energy for yourselves.
