Psychomotor development of 1-month-old babies, what can the baby do?
We distinguish four aspects in the psychomotor development of the one-month-old baby: (rough) motor skills, vision, social response and language or communicative capacity. Not all babies evolve at the same rate, nor do all aspects of newborn psychomotor development do so in parallel. Some babies develop vision earlier, while others learn to hold themselves upright earlier.
The development calendar is always indicative. Some babies acquire certain skills before others or develop one more quickly and another more slowly.
Premature babies, those born with low birth weight and those who have had problems in the first days/weeks of life may progress more slowly.
Gross motor skills of 1 month old babies
Body posture and movements you can do:
– Lying face up: arms and legs are flexed, but less than when newborn.
– Lying face down: the knees are no longer under the belly. The butt is up. You can do «crawl» movements. You can raise your head for a few seconds.
– The head still falls back: when, pulling his arms, he is brought to a «sitting» position. The back is curved, it is soft.
– The hands are usually closed: with the thumb inside the other fingers. When the palm of the hand is touched with an object, it closes it (grip reflex).
– Responds with a smile to various stimuli: touch him, caress him, talk to him.
– When he is awake, he is interested in what he sees and hears.
He turns his head towards the voice.
Vision of 1 month old babies
– You can fix your gaze on the face. It can track a large object moving at a 90º angle.
1 month old baby language
– Special «hungry» cry.
1 month old baby sleep
During the first month, the baby is barely awake. He sleeps most of the day and only gets up for short periods to eat. The 1-month-old baby’s breathing is somewhat noisy and irregular.
Between day and night, they usually sleep a lot, 16 to 20 hours a day. In the first weeks, his daytime sleep is usually interrupted at intervals of 2 or 3 hours for his milk intakes, as the baby grows the time between feedings will also increase.
Feeding the baby in its first month of life
Pediatricians recommend breastfeeding as the only food for the baby in its first month of life. In any case, if the mother cannot breastfeed the newborn, she can be bottle-fed. Whether the baby is breast-fed or formula-fed, it is not necessary to administer any supplement, unless medically indicated.