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Continuing with their progress set in the last 7 months baby milestones, this one will be gradually making progress on the similar path of development. Worried how to track your baby’s development optimally? Don't be we’ve got you covered both scientifically and statistically from the 300,000+ user base of babies in 0-3 years on the BabyG App. Not only can you check your 8-month-old’s baby milestones, but you will also be able to benchmark your baby’s development against 1000s other with milestones checklist for 8 months baby. This will help you answer all your concerns and take little one’s development in the right direction.
While you will find everything you need to know about your 8-month-old baby's milestone, feel free to reach out to the BabyG team via our 24x7 chat support available on the app. Our experts help parents with all their queries, no matter how big or small.
Note: In the case of premature babies, the baby’s ability to achieve the milestones is calculated from the due date, not from the birth date.
The eight month with your baby is bound to be a riot. They will be responding better, show development in their motor skills, understand several concepts that allow them to bond better with you and their environment. From leaps in their physical development, they have also started their journey with solids foods. Your young one stays awake for more intervals during the day and sleeps well during the night. Make use of this energy with 8 month old baby development activities.
Physically your baby is on a roll! With their body muscles developing each month, they will confidently try to be more mobile. From attempting to stand with support and get up from a sleeping position on their own, they will showcase independence and the curiosity to reach out to the elements around them. Here’s more on what they can achieve by this month
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 67% Babies
Importance: Standing is a huge developmental milestone for a child. By attempting to stand they not only showcase growth in their stability and balance but also their feet, ankle, leg and core muscles. Making use of their babies will later learn to coordinate their muscles to walk and later run.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
If your baby seems mobile in all other regards like scooting, check if they can bear a little weight on their legs on the ground as you hold them by their arms. If they stimulate walking then, include some gross motor activities in their daily routine to build their muscles for standing. If not, then mention it to your healthcare provider.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 54% Babies
Importance: Infants that are able to sit and change positions at this age, receive more opportunities thar visual-manual exploration s
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
You child may require another month of consistent motor activities to help them develop the muscles required to master sitting and changing positions easily.
This milestone refers to when your child achieves the 'Parachute Reflex', which develops around this age or so. It is an infant's developed ability to protect itself by extending its hands ahead when the body is hurled forward in an account of a fall.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 71% Babies
Importance: The development of this particular milestone allows your precious child to protect themselves instinctively and avoid any serious injuries that they may encounter while learning to crawl and walk. Since this reflex is crucial for safety, practicing it at home and building on the parachute reaction will help your child walk independently.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Give it another month or so. In the meantime engage your child in upper body motor activities to stimulate the parachute reaction optimally.
Next thing you know, your child will be able to take their weight on their knees by standing on them by raising their hands from a crawling position. A master at crawling, they will be able to crawl certain distances, avoiding obstacles as they zoom past.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 59% Babies
Importance: As a milestone, crawling gives children a way to look at the world at their own pace and perspective. In terms of developmental skills, it aids building coordination, motor control, balance while boosting problem-solving skills and deflecting obstacles along the way.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Some children can completely skip this milestone all together, so it in’t a cause for concern if your child isn’t crawling at all. As long as they are scooting and using other ways to coordinate their muscles to be mobile your child is on the right track of development.
5. Clapping
Your child will start to clap their hands together when prompted by an adult.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 50% Babies
Importance: Clapping their hands together voluntarily is a milestone in motor coordination, cognitive development and self expression. As your child begins to learn about cause and effect and gains enough insight on the usage of the skill, they will master this psychological-cultural need. All while boosting their confidence, motor synchronization and sensory skills.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Clapping or other activities in the same context are mainly reactions to social cues, that the child picks up on the basis of prior referencing. You may need to introduce your child to the same with fine motor activities and bonding activities like singing out a rhyme and clapping on key.
Now that your baby ‘Stands with Support’, have them lie, face-up on a soft surface while you sit such that their legs are against your knees. Next, hold your baby by their hands and slowly bring them to a standing position. Keep them standing for a few seconds and lay them down again. Repeat this a couple of times until the baby cooperates. Remember to make such activities fun by talking your baby through them and making voices as you go along. This particular activity allows them to strengthen their legs and back muscles.
Frequency: Couple of times everyday, for a few weeks
To develop the protective reaction, hold your baby by their waist with a comfortable yet firm grip and lean their body forward. Ensure that as you lean them forward you have a soft surface in front of them. As you stimulate the falling motion, they will put their hands on the soft surface to break their supposed ‘fall’. If your baby hasn’t achieved the reflex yet, have them touch the soft surface and bring them back up to start the activity all over again.
Frequency: Repeat for a couple of times
As mentioned earlier in the ‘Crawling’ milestone, here’s a fun activity to make your baby’s playtime fun. All while stimulating body control as well as balance. Once your child is a master at crawling, place them down on a clean surface and lay a few pillows in their path. Have them focus on a toy in your hand and call her to come to you by crossing or avoiding the obstacles to get the toy.
Frequency: Once a day for a week
The eight-month is all about keeping your young one engaged with elements that they find in the surrounding around them. With the growing knowledge of object permanence, they have discovered a new way of viewing their world. Learn more about the cognitive milestones that an infant showcases around this age
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 78% Babies
Importance: Now that your child understands that even though you are out of sight you are bound to return and this universally enjoyed game lays foundation for the same. Not only that it induces bonding, giggles and imitation later as well.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
If your baby isn’t a fan of the game, then we recommend encouraging starting slow with a see-through cloth so that they know you are on the other side of it, and some object permanence activities that will help solidify the concept.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 79% Babies
Importance: From early on babies pick up on the fact that when a rattle is shaken it will create sound, as early as three months. The newfound understanding of the concept helps in putting their skills to use, ultimately stimulating reactions. With this milestone, they build cognitive skills, language, and social skills.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Children learn such complex concepts over a greater part of their early years. They learn by witnessing and analyzing goal-oriented actions. With continual effort and relevant activities, they will recognize such physical cues getting a better grasp on the concept.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 82% Babies
Importance: The concept of object permanence helps kids understand that a particular object exists even if it is momentarily out of sight. This could help children soothe stress from separation anxiety. Building their memory, the scope of exploration and language skills.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Children can continue to learn the concept over the course of months further. To encourage object permanence in infants parents can engage in peek-a-boo, memory-building activities and many more on the BabyG app.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 60% Babies
Importance: This milestone presents a vast development in a child’s memory skills. Babies learn to remember directions and landmarks to make use of, with their developing attention and visual-spatial skills. These skills gradually get refined with age and help children remember their surroundings better.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Your little ones will be able to grasp this skill better when they are introduced and made comfortable with their surroundings beforehand. Remember that this may take a few tries. Parents and caregivers can encourage this with cognitive activities that aid in the development of spatial, working memory with the use of motherese.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 47% Babies
Importance: With the development of the motor skill, crawling, babies have a developed understanding of their movements in relation with the changes in the surrounding environment. This signifies a great deal of dynamic spatial relations awareness as well as other cognitive skills like logical thinking and attention.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Most kids do grasp the concept of spatial awareness by the age of 8 months, but if in case your child doesn’t you can stimulate the same with motor activities that allow them an understanding of visual processing and sensory experiences.
Here are some of the activities to help your child develop their cognitive skills right from infancy:
To stimulate the concept of ‘Object Permanence’, get a toy and place it by your child. Next, cover it with a blanket, and say “Where did the toy go?”. Concurrently, lift the blanket as you exclaim, “Here it is!” After a few tries, let your child uncover the object themselves. Remember to vocalize the exchange with every new object.
Frequency: Once a day for a week
Help your child understand the concept of ‘Cause and Effect’ with this bathtime activity. Prepare a tub with some water and a sponge. Hand your baby a wet sponge and help them squeeze it. As she does so water will flow out of it. Through this your child learns about different properties of objects and each action has a concurrent outcome.
Frequency: 3 - 4 times during a week
3. Another World
In order to familiarize your child with the layout of the house in the milestone ‘Remembers Familiar Directions’, carry them on your shoulders, on in your arms around the house. Call out the name of the spaces while they get comfortable with the different perspectives and movements.
Frequency: 3 - 4 times during a week
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 94% Babies
Importance: Your baby vocalizing said 'emotions' results from their knowledge that they can try to communicate their feelings through to you with the help of verbal expression. Such voluntary expressions primarily start from social referencing, imitation at its core but it slowly develops context to relay specific emotion shifts. These verbal cues help in building emotional regulation, empathy and better social interaction with caregiver or the parent.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
As mentioned above children learn about emotions and reactions through social referencing through you or any other primary caregiver. This means that, you will have to actively engage with your child, communicating with them daily for them to pick up on such cues. Your child will try to communicate with non-verbal cues as well as smile and laugh, cry voluntarily, if they do not do so, mention it to their pediatrician.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 83% Babies
Importance: Babble is an important predecessor of structured speech. Such blabber, which are strings of consonants reinforce that your child can communicate and understand the basics of a back and forth nature of a dialogue.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
If your child hasn’t started babbling yet, then you may want to check with their pediatrician at your next appointment.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 88% Babies
Importance: When your child expresses themself through body movements, they showcase development in intentional nonverbal communication. This self-expression aids in regulating their emotions while building on their bonding with the people around them. Whereas, the act of using their body language helps with motor development and visual processing ability.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
You can help your child learn the skill by using expressive body language when speaking them. This helps them pick up on routine reactions to imitate later.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 52% Babies
Importance: A infant may often imitate people, toys and other objects that strike out to them. The act is said to reflect developed cognitive abilities such as observation, memory, as well as social skills, which aid in optimal engagement with elements around them.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Most babies imitate sounds by the eighth month. Apart from letting your child’s pediatrician know about the lack of, instill different sounding words in your routine while speaking to your child. Imitate the sounds of the toys, like a firetruck's distinct ring, so that they are excited to do the same.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 55% Babies
Importance: Processing and understanding the connotation behind the command ‘No’ helps in establishing the context of warning. Comprehending your gentle yet firm ‘No’ keeps them safe from potential dangers. In turn, stimulates self-control, and boundaries.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Infants are still processing their new development skills as they come, and complex concepts that hold context may take a little help to get used to. Parents can aid this by making use of the word once a day for a few weeks within context for them to familiarize themselves and learn the word.
Here are some of the 8-month-old communication milestones activities to help your child develop their skills right from infancy
Instill ‘Single Syllable Words and Lengthy Blabber’ to build your child’s early vocabulary. Voice out the single syllable words like ma, pa, da and so on in front of your child. Ensure that you emphasize your mouth lip and tongue movements. Once you child successfully imitates those, vocalize words like mama, papa, dada, etc.
Frequency: Multiple times in a day, for next 2 - 3 weeks
Help your child master the ‘Imitates Sounds’ milestone with this fun activity. First, get a set of animal flashcards, and set them in front of your baby. Next, pick one card up and vocalize the sound of the specific animal. Your interaction should go a little like this, “Here’s a lion, the lion roars like this, ROAR”, “This is a cat, cats go, MEOW” Don’t miss out on the expressions and make it entertaining for your child.
Frequency: 3-4 times during a week
Here’s how to add the words yes and ‘No’ to your child's vocabulary. Take a few objects and sort them into two piles, ones that your baby can touch (For eg: toy, spoon, bowl) and others that they should not (scissors, matchbox). Now, place one of the objects in front of your child and when they reach out for the object repeat “Yes, yes, yes” or “No, no, no” with a head nod and head shake respectively. Ensure that your child can touch the ones that are safe for them to reinforce the concept.
Frequency: Once a day for 2-3 weeks
Socially forward infants will have a riot this month. They will smile more easily and look for ways to get their affection quota up. While some may feel elated and loved in a social setting focused on them, others babies may still have the stranger danger alert in terms of stranger anxiety. Learn more about what your child accomplishes by this month.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 90% Babies
Importance: Independent play is an integral milestone in one’s development. The act encourages one to problem solve, create and imagine at their own pace. Such skills help kids build their patience and emotion regulation skills later in life. With that self-feeding is a necessary skill, that when started early boosts a young one’s fine motor skills, confidence, and learning when they themselves have had enough food during a meal.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
If your child isn't too interested in playing alone, it is totally fine. It is natural for infants to need their parents. To encourage your child to play independently, you can introduce age-appropriate toys like a sensory play mat or stacking cups that are interesting enough to keep them engaged for a while. However, it is integral to note that never leave your child unsupervised with toys and use motherese initially to help them understand how to play with toys they aren’t familiar with.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 71% Babies
Importance: Completion of this milestone truly rests on what type of temperament your child is of. If they enjoy social situations, they will revel in interacting with various materials and beings around them. On the other hand, some may not be cool with the noise and attention, which is fine as well. Surrounding your child with a diverse environment allows them a variety of social interactions and sensory experiences. Encouraging them to learn to explore, adapt and regulate their emotions at their own pace.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
Loud noises or much-crowded environments can get over-simulating for an infant. It may cause them to grow overwhelmed in such cases. To help your child adapt to the people around them, start slow. Introduce them to close family or friends in familiar environments.
Completion Rate on BabyG App: 69% Babies
Importance: The act of imitation and voluntary reaction signifies development in a child’s communication and social skills. They have learned the key to hold a persons attention is by back and forth dialogue and that any interesting action will draw a equally interesting reaction, showcasing growth in learning of cause and effect. Parents elation and appreciation for such, relays validation and acknowledgement which helps in emotional and language development as well.
What if my baby does not complete this milestone?
A consistent pattern of absence in reactions or little to no interest in things around them would warrant a mention to your child’s doctor.
Here are some of the activities to help your child develop their socio-emotional skills right from infancy
Encourage bonding to incite reaction as in the milestone ‘Reacts to grab attention’ with this giggle-inducing activity. During diaper changes or bathtime, while your baby is undressed, gently run your fingers from their stomach up to the chin, saying, "Creepy, creepy mousy, from the barn (tummy) to the housy (chin)." Tickle your baby's chin when your fingers land there. The rally of laughing together will help bond and reduce dressing tantrums.
Frequency: Instill it in their daily routine
Improve your child’s memory with this lovely bedtime routine. Before you head to bed, play a happy moment of the day or past that you cherish. Talk about the setting and explain what did you do then. Look for her reactions and respond with a smile, laugh or a kiss. This will help her connect and treasure happy memories together.
Frequency: As and when you can
The frequent hunger pangs will encourage you to set your child on the track of solid foods well into months now. An eight-month-old can digest up to two to three feedings (2 to 3 tablespoons) of soft food in a day with their daily intake of breastmilk. Here's how much breast milk or formula they should be having by the eighth month.
Breastfed babies: 5-6 feedings per day, 10-20 minutes each.
Formula-fed babies: 4-5 feedings per day, 5-6 ounces (150-180 mL) of formula.
Your infant will still be taking their long naps with a total of 14 hours in the span of a day. With likely two naps for 4 hours in the day and 10-11 hours of sleep in the night.
By the eight month here’s how your child will verbally communicate
Here are the average data to track your 8-month baby's physical growth and development. If you are worried looking at the data, don't be. Hop into your BabyG app to chat with the team; they’ll help you clear your doubts about your little one's growth curve in more detail:
Average weight for 10-month boys: 8.6 kg
Average weight for 10-month girls: 7.9 kg
Average height for boys: 70.6 cm
Average height for girls: 68.7 cm
Average head circumference for boys: 44.5 cm
Average head circumference for girls: 43.4 cm
Now that your child is crawling, and is slowly turning more mobile, a plethora of developmental opportunities open up to them. They are approaching the world on their own, which may come with a lot of trial and error and confusion.Given their newly developing cognitive and communication skills, parents need to be on top of their A-game, while actively using motherese all through the way. Read to them, encourage them to explore their surroundings, and introduce a wide variety of textured foods for starters. Here's where BabyG's excellent early childhood development program comes in.
New parents are bound to be wary yet curious in these uncharted territories. You can start actively tracking their sleep, feeds, poop, and pee patterns to understand their growth patterns. Such trackers like an 8-month baby milestones checklist help you look out for any warning signs early in your baby’s development. Our in-app trackers, schedules, live chats, and many more aim to address all your burning questions in the best possible way. So you can unlock the full potential of your little bundle of joy.
Your 8 month old baby should be able to babble, stand with support, crawl as well as smile back and express emotions.
By the time your child, turns eight months old they will have a total of three to four teeth, with two more sprouting in later months.
If your child has been introduced to smooth purees, by the eighth month they can be presented with foods that may require a little chewing, like mashed fruits or thicker or lumpier purees. Texture and an iron-rich, healthy, flavorful palate help your child grow accustomed to solid food.
Babies in general gain approximately a pound every month, with 2–4 ounces per week.
Every baby is unique, your young one can be fussy for a lot of reasons. They can be overstimulated, experiencing sleep regressions, have a dietary or an external issue, or are either encountering separation anxiety. Parents can try to understand their baby's cues to help them better.
Healthy foods like avocado, banana, pear, cheese or nut butter added to their cereal can help with weight gain at 8 months.
If you are wondering why your baby is crying so much, it could be due to a couple of reasons. They could be overstimulated due to new surroundings, experiencing sleep regression or separation anxiety being away from you.
It is normal for your baby to want to be close to you at all times. If you notice a sudden shift then it likely would be fear of strangers or separation anxiety.
Apart from single syllable words, like ba, da with added consonants, a eighth month old will gesture and point, understand their name and indulge in back and forth blabber with you.
One of the reasons for a behavior change could be the development of object permanence in babies. This may set off their separation anxiety being away from their parent in social environments. The other could be sleep regression due to a growth spurt.
Finger foods for children this age should be vegetables or fruits they can properly hold, to avoid the risk of choking. Some of them may include slices of avocado, cooked sweet potato or carrot and cheese.
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