Development of Infants at 9 Weeks

Development of babies aged 9 weeks

The development of a 9-week baby is quite diverse, as a parent you might be curious about what your little one can do at that age.

How is the baby developing 9 weeks?

9-week-old babies are able to recognize your voice and the people who often interact with it. Your baby is also able to show an expression of comfort and discomfort to those around him.

Pay attention to changes in his expression when you greet or invite him to play. Usually a 9-week-old baby will respond by making a sound, laughing, or crying.

At the age of 9 this week, your baby may be able to do the following:

• Smile back when you smile
• Can distinguish between sounds known as other sounds
• Start looking for the source of the sound that comes
• Adapting to new environments
• Shows a variety of different reactions when hearing voices around it, for example staring, crying, or silent.

What should I do to help develop it?

You can help develop a 9-week baby by having lots of conversations with him.

Even though it looks like talking to yourself, it will help the development of baby 9 this week. Because your child can learn through mouth movements, expressions, and enthusiasm in your voice.

Health for babies aged 9 weeks

What do I need to discuss with the doctor if the baby is 9 weeks old?

The number and type of technical checks and procedures that the doctor will do are different, depending on the condition of the child. However, some of the tests that are commonly performed by doctors include:

• The doctor will check his weight and height, as well as the baby's head circumference to make sure the baby is growing properly
• Examination of vision, hearing, heart and lungs, chest and back, to ensure a healthy baby and achieve further development
• Do not forget to immunize babies. Some immunizations that are commonly done in infants aged 9 weeks include hepatitis B, polio, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and pneumococci.

What should I know when treating a 9-week-old baby?

The development of a 9-week baby must be supported by proper care.

Immunization

Immunization is currently relied on to prevent various infectious diseases, so this method is recommended for children. However, most parents still believe related to various issues that are not true about vaccines or circulating immunity.

Even though immunization makes the child's immune system increase. Because the body will make antibodies to fight germs and viruses that cause disease.

That way, when there is a virus that causes infectious diseases that approaches the child, his body is immune enough to win the infection of the virus.

Although immunization can cause side effects, it is not worth the risk of infectious diseases that lurk the little one.

In order to reduce the side effects of immunization or even prevent it altogether, you can do a number of things such as:

• Bring the child to the doctor before immunization. You should delay immunization if the baby is sick. However, if the baby is only mildly ill like the flu, you do not need to delay immunization.
• Look for as much information about vaccine use in immunization.
• Monitor the baby for 72 hours after immunization (especially in the first 48 hours) and immediately notify the doctor if the baby has a serious reaction or acts unnaturally.
• Ask the doctor the name of the vaccine maker and the batch of vaccines to find out which counterfeit vaccines are genuine. A serious baby reaction will be reported by the doctor to get timely care direction.
• Before doing the next immunization, tell the doctor how the baby reacts to the immunization that was first performed.
• If you are worried about vaccine safety, talk to your doctor directly.

Cases of babies experiencing severe reactions after immunization is classified as very rare. However, you need to contact your doctor if your child experiences the following symptoms for 2 days after immunization:

• Fever above 40 ° C
• Fussy and crying for more than 3 hours
• Seizures, although these symptoms include normal and not severe
• Seizures or acting strange within 7 days after the injection
• Allergies (swelling of the mouth, face, or throat, difficulty breathing, hives)
• Lethargic, slow response, excessive sleepiness

If your baby experiences any of the above symptoms after immunization, immediately take it to the doctor for further treatment.

Which must be considered

What needs to be considered when the baby is 9 weeks old?

For optimal 9-week baby development, there are a number of things you should pay attention to:

Give bottle milk

Some mothers give bottle milk to get a relaxing time in the day or night. The reason may be because they have to go back to work or the child's weight is difficult to rise if their baby is only feeding directly.

If you give milk through a bottle, milk it and store at least 6 bottles of breast milk in the refrigerator so that it is not stale.

This method will also make it easier for you when you are sick, in an emergency, when taking drugs that might affect breast milk, or you do have to work outside for several days.

Don't worry if your child has never been given bottled milk because it feels the same so the baby will eventually get used to drinking bottled milk.

Most babies have no difficulty when having to change from breastfeeding directly to breastfeeding through a bottle, or vice versa. However, the baby will quickly adapt if from the first week you give ASI directly, do not use a bottle.

Giving milk bottles earlier may interfere with the breastfeeding process because babies can confuse the bottles and nipples.

The first problem that arises when you give breast milk in a bottle is to determine the amount of milk the baby needs. You should consult a doctor or nutritionist for this case because each baby in each age group will have different nutritional needs.

You should start giving bottle milk at least 2 weeks before returning to work. Give slowly during the trial period, for example, only giving breast milk in bottles once a day. If you have begun to adapt, you can give more than one bottle per day.

Baby's first smile

If the baby doesn't smile at you, don't worry. Even the happiest children will not laugh until they are 6-7 weeks old. When he starts smiling, he will laugh at an uncertain time. Basically there is no definite time when your baby will laugh and smile.

You can tell where the original smile is and where the fake smile is, by observing how the baby uses his entire face to smile, not just with his mouth.

You can lure your little one by asking him to talk, play and hug.