| At about nine-months old, your baby is going to be | | | | of a specific experience for a short time, the long |
| going through the peak of separation anxiety, which | | | | lasting memory won't come until they are around |
| can make it very hard for you to be away from | | | | two- or three-years old. |
| your baby for more than a few hours. Even though it | | | | Your baby will be learning many things through what |
| is normal right now for a baby to show an extreme | | | | you would consider playing. The best thing that you |
| attachment to you and great fear of everybody | | | | can do for your baby at this stage is to make sure |
| else, it can be very hard for grandparents and other | | | | that they have plenty of age appropriate toys to |
| caring adults to go through. The best thing you can | | | | play with. This is important because your baby is |
| do at this stage of your baby's life is to tell people | | | | going to be developing their physical, mental, |
| what is going on so that they approach your baby | | | | emotional, and social skills through playing. By nine |
| slowly. You should also tell them that they should let | | | | months old, your baby will be able to place objects |
| your baby make the first move, which will help baby | | | | inside of a container, but they will also be able to |
| feel better about being around strangers. | | | | take these objects back out. Toys with plenty of |
| Not only is leaving your baby hard, but taking your | | | | moving parts are also great for this age because |
| baby with you while you are traveling can be just as | | | | they can move the various things to see what does |
| difficult at this age. The reason for this is that they | | | | what, such as pushing toy cars across the room or |
| are not old enough to understand the concept of | | | | turning a knob to hear a sound. |
| traveling, but they do know that they are no longer | | | | About half of all nine-month-old babies will begin to |
| in their normal setting. By nine-months old, your baby | | | | play a type of passing game. This type of play is |
| will have become accustomed to their surroundings | | | | great for your baby because it will teach them |
| and familiar faces, and they enjoy the predictability | | | | hand-eye coordination, but it will also help them learn |
| of their lives. By taking them out of this setting, you | | | | about playing together, thus their social skills coming |
| should be ready for clinging behavior and a cranky | | | | into play. You are going to be your baby's first |
| baby. To help make things easier you should bring | | | | playmate, so teach her how to pass a ball back and |
| along some of your baby's favorite toys and books | | | | forth by rolling it to one another; hopefully she will roll |
| to help them become accustomed to the new | | | | it back to you. You can also try playing with stacking |
| surroundings. | | | | toys to see if she will give you toys to stack along |
| One thing that many parents do not realize is that | | | | with her. At this age, it is important that you |
| around nine-months old your baby is going to start | | | | reinforce the sharing concept because some |
| developing their memory recall. They are going to be | | | | assertive babies might not like having to hand over a |
| able to imitate things that they have seen over a | | | | toy; they want everything for themselves. To help |
| week ago, but they will also learn where things are | | | | with taking toys away, one thing that you can do is |
| inside your home, such as your toys. With recall | | | | hand your baby a new object before taking away |
| memory they will be able to remember some details | | | | the other object. |