By the tenth month, the rates of growth and weight gain are slowing down. Recently, a child may not grow at all and do not add mass. This is normal, now he spends a lot of energy on exploring the surrounding world and building new skills.

The baby can already sit and sit down on his own. Knows how to get up at the pedestal, walk along it and even let go of your hand and stand for a few seconds. Many children in 10-11 months begin to make their first steps, but do not worry if your baby does not make such attempts. Many learn to walk only in the second year of life. Most healthy babies begin to walk on their own to the age of 15 months.

The child knows how to grab small items, trying to take food from your plate. Maintain his independence, but make sure that the game and food are safe. Now begins to form a small motor skill. Try to develop it with the help of games.

A child's sleep in 10 months can be restless and intermittent. Some children scream and cry in their sleep, but quickly calmed down as soon as mom enters the room or just takes them in her arms. This is due to the fear of separation. This is a normal stage of development of the child's psyche.

The child begins to understand the verbal instructions: "give", "on", "bring", "no" or "impossible." Try to expose reasonable and rare prohibitions. Frequent bans will not have prices and weights for him. The baby begins to form a cause-effect relationship. Now he can coordinate movement and think. That is, often his movements are purposeful.

Some children are already beginning to form a preference for the hand, while others, on the contrary, act with both hands and prefer a hand they are formed a little later. If you notice that your child prefers to act with his left hand, in no case do not retrain him to act with his right hand. Most likely, he's just left-handed.

At this time the child:
♦ Can sit and sit for a long time.

♦ It can independently stand at the support or even move along it.

♦ Enables toys for the intended purpose: rolls the machine, pushes the ball, puts the cubes in a bucket, puts a toy phone to the ear.

♦ "Pincer grip" is formed, that is, grip with two fingers (large and index).

♦ Purposefully acts with both hands.

♦ Responds to simple verbal instructions: "Give", "On".

Set up sleep rituals even now: bathing, light massage, a song or a fairy tale - all this will prepare the baby for sleep and make it easier to fall asleep. If a child wakes up at night, a light pat on the back and a quiet whisper that the mother next will calm him down and he will sleep on.

Continue to actively play games with objects. For example, boys and girls love to roll cars. All sorts of sorter will help you learn how to coordinate the movements of hands with the task at hand and help in the study of geometric shapes. Begin with a circle.

Remember that praise, with the right action, will consolidate the success of achieving the goal. The child will willingly learn new things if he sees the sincere joy of accomplishment.

The child already sees small objects very well. So, for example, you can notice how diligently the kid tries to lift a small mote from the carpet or, for example, tries to grab a small detail on a toy. He can long consider the pictures in the book you are reading, especially if this book is familiar to him.

The child has a large range of emotions from joy to anger, and in the following will only increase the number of shades of emotion.

A child can use a few words, but in most cases, there is still a sound-humming. If by 1 year the baby has at least one full word (mom, dad, it is necessary) and it indicates a particular object or action, it means that with the development of your child everything is all right and there is no reason to worry.

In 10 months, introduce the child with the word "no" or "impossible." Begin to build the boundaries of what is permissible. Do not overdo it with prohibitions, otherwise, it will not perceive them. If the object cannot be touched (for example, a vase), then try to take it away so that the baby can not reach it.

If the child does not do anything dangerous, then there is no point in total prohibitions. Nothing terrible will happen if he chews paper or licks the leg of the table. So he knows the world and in particular understands that there are solid things, and there is not much - this is one of the ways to gain experience.

Remember that bans must be permanent and consistent. If something can not be done, it can not be done tomorrow and a week, and even if we cry deeply, this will not change the decision. So the baby will be easier to get used to the limits of what is permissible.

Leave the attempts to teach to the pot for a later time. To date, early accustoming to a pot is not recommended. The child is not yet able to identify the discomfort with what he wants in the toilet, he cannot yet show it.

Typically, the discomfort of having to cope with a natural need arises in the baby a few seconds before he does it. More and more children suffer from psychological constipation, which is formed in response to an early accustoming to a pot.

This is due to the fact that the child can not yet show what he wants on the pot and does everything in his pants, and parents react negatively to this fact. Thus, a psychological fear of the pot is formed. Return to accustoming to the pot in the second half of the second year or even when the child turns three. In the meantime, just introduce the child with his pot, that he is so beautiful, you can put him in the toilet.