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So, your baby is 8 months old, growing at a pace that’s a little too fast for your liking. In a few months, your baby will graduate into a toddler and start doing many things independently. The more help you provide to your 8 month baby from this stage on, the quicker they will learn to achieve the milestones. They are like a sponge ready to absorb everything.
At their 8th month, you will find that your baby is suddenly expressing more emotions and mimicking a grown-up in their behavior. They are babbling more, expressing more, trying to crap, crawl, and even in some cases pulling up to standing position using whatever object they can find to support them.
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Here are some major milestones you can observe in babies during their 8th month.
Your baby starts understanding more words and can respond to them. They can track the source of the sound and follow it too.
Babies can find items that are hidden. With improved hand-eye coordination, they can play and eat more independently.
Their sense of smell is well-developed.
Babies start preferring certain tastes. They might become partial towards one type of food or flavor profile and ask for the same.
You will observe your baby starting to respond when you touch them. They will try to call you by touching or tugging at you too.
Their fingers are stronger, and their pincer grip is improving. Babies will get better at taking small pieces of food from the plate and eating themselves. They even use this grip while playing.
Limbs get stronger, enabling them to move more.
Babies are more open to communication at this stage. They will engage and play with almost anyone. They may not be comfortable in crowds or noisy places.
They can hold their own bottle and drink from it, pick food from their plates and eat or even drink from a straw or an open cup if trained.
[Read : When Do Babies Drink From an Open Cup?]
Some babies can crawl fast and comfortably, while some might still be in the dragging stage. Some babies might skip this stage completely too.
Babbling increases. Your baby will try to say words with emotions and change in pitch and expressions. They will try to imitate everyone around them.
Your baby can understand size and colors now. You might catch your baby trying to arrange things in an upright position.
Here is what you can do, to help them develop on various fronts
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At the end of the 8th month, your baby should
Talk to your doctor if your baby
Growth spurts are common during this stage, making some babies look bigger than others. Do not get discouraged when you see other babies bigger or more physically developed than yours.
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