How to help your 6-12 month-old thrive!
How to help your 6-12 month-old thrive!
A how-to guide to help your little one grow.
Your baby is now babbling towards their first birthday, and it seems to be going faster by the day. At this stage, lots of parents can feel anxious about their little one’s development, where crawling and talking can either come real soon, or a while later (there’s no rush!) Here are some how-to tips from parents who’ve helped their children up to the 1st birthday milestone.
How to help with crawling
By now, tons of tummy-time has probably got your baby rolling all over the floor. Now it’s time to get them on all fours and watch them go! Here’s how other parents got their babies crawling.
Dangle the carrot!
Get involved
Test their strength
Be patient
How to help with first words
There’s still plenty of cute babbling, but those precious first words are well on the way between 6-12 months. Here’s what other parents have done to help their babies go from ‘mmmmm’ to ‘Mama!’
Keep talking
Repeat, repeat, repeat
Sing songs and nursery rhymes
Try not to worry or compare your baby with others when it comes to things like crawling and talking.
Every little one is different and with the right encouragement and help, your baby will soon be giving you the run around and talking like there’s no tomorrow!
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