Can you believe that your baby is now halfway to his one-year-old? Six months are certainly a major achievement where you can celebrate with your family, too!
Though there are so many exciting and memorable moments in the past six months, you can anticipate for more new development too in this month!
Learn more on what you can expect from your six-month-old baby!
Six-Month-Old Developmental Milestones
6-Month-Old Sleep
Your six-month-old baby is going to sleep around 14 to 15 hours per day. During daytime, he would sleep around 3 to 4 hours. As opposed to having three naps during the day time, you might notice your baby only naps twice a day.
During nighttime, your baby would sleep for 10 to 11 hours. If you six-month-old baby is waking up in the middle of the night, he might either suffer from illness or teething pain. Or he just wants to be fed more due to his growth spurt.
6-Month-Old Feeding
As you have been feeding your baby for a few months, you would notice the increase in the amount of feeding. This is to support your baby’s growth and development. Here’s how much a six-month-old baby should eat.
- If you are feeding your baby with formula, he should have six to eight ounces for six times a day.
- If you are breastfeeding your baby, he should be breastfed for every three to four hours.
- If you are trying to feed your baby with solid food, you can start with one to three ounces for three times a day.
Looking into feeding your 6-month-old baby with solid food, you can look for signs whether he is solid food ready if you haven’t started in the previous month. In addition, here’re some essentials that you can get ready with:
Additionally, you may start to feed your baby with around four to six ounces of water per day. Don’t feed him with too much water as this would cause him to feel full and drink lesser milk.
Key Milestones in Growth
In his sixth month, your baby is going to experience a growth spurt. Here’s the average weight and height that you can expect from your six-month-old baby:
- Weight: Around 7.3 kg for a 6-month-old baby girl and 7.94 kg for a 6-month-old baby boy
- Length: Around 65.79 cm for a 6-month-old baby girl and 67.56 cm for a 6-month-old baby boy
Don’t be surprised to realise that your baby is growing so fast as you may spot a tooth or two around this month. Here’re some tell tale signs where your baby starts teething:
- cries more than usual
- experiences drooling and swollen gums
- experiences a low fever or trouble in sleeping
- loss of appetite
To relieve your baby from the discomfort of teething, you can try out these good ways:
Key Milestones in Skill Development and Senses
Key Milestones in Movement
- starts creeping along the floor
- can pass things from one hand to the other
- can pick up small objects
- can sit up without any support
- can rock back and forth on hands and knees
- can roll from back to front and front to back
- bounces when in a standing position
As your little one is getting stronger, he would be more active and mobile now. It’s time for you to baby proof your house to avoid any accident. Here’s how you can baby proof your house:
Key Milestones in Five Senses
- can see across the room well
- likes to look in a mirror
- starts to understand simple words
- can respond to others’ emotions and often seems happy
- can respond to his name
- can look at and examine things more closely
- can turn his head more quickly to noises
- begins to string vowel sounds together during his ‘talk’
- babbles consonant sounds
- uses hands and mouth to explore the world
As your six-month-old baby would love to put everything in his hand into his mouth to learn about the items, kindly ensure that your baby cannot reach out to dangerous or toxic objects at home. You should also put away toys with tiny pieces to prevent choking.
Play Time With Your Six-Month-Old Baby
Besides talking and reading aloud to your six-month-old, you can now try more physical activities with your six-month-old due to his improved muscle strength.
Let’s try out these play time ideas with your baby!
Besides having a ball party in a portable playpen, you can have more fascinating playpen ideas with your six-month-old baby by using dolls and other toys.
Every Day Is a Brand New Day With Your Six-Month-Old Baby
Over the past few months, your baby has added new skills and abilities. Thus, be proud of your baby and yourself for the accomplishments. Both you and your baby have certainly put in lots of effort to be where you are now.
So, keep on looking forward for more growth surprise and happiness when you are with your little one!
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