Baby's 5-Month Development: Sensory, Motoric, Emotion, and StimulationChangling, mumbling, and mimicking the surrounding sounds is one of the few things you can observe from a 5-month baby's development. At this age the baby starts to practice his language skills. Besides staring at you closely as you talk to him and imitating the words or sounds he hears, a 5-month-old baby can make a different sound when he is hungry, defecate, or when he feels uncomfortable. If you've been spying on him for so long, you'll soon realize that your little one begins to pay attention to you by stretching your arms wide apart to hug and laugh as you make facial expressions or funny sounds.

Emotional and Social Aspects of Infant Development 5 Months
At the age of 5 months, babies learn to express their emotions. He will smile and laugh when he feels comfortable and happy. He will also look sullen or cry when feeling angry or sad. Furthermore, at this age the baby begins to learn about himself. He learned to recognize the difference between parents, caregivers, strangers, adults, and children.

The development of a baby at 5 months also includes how babies begin to form bonds with both parents, caregivers, other close family members, and enjoy the time spent with them. Your baby may appear fearful or alert to an adult he or she has never seen before. This is normal because he is learning for how to feel safe. Just give your baby time, then he will get used to new people.

Motoric Skills Baby Age 5 Months
As time passes, your baby's muscles will get stronger. Your baby will move the head more often as he or she wants. He also began to move his limbs to reach something, stretch, and roll over. Your baby will learn to sit upright. He still has to be supported with the back of your pillow or body so that the back muscles fast strong and not bent, and he still has to rest with both hands. But he may also be able to sit upright for a few seconds.

To help your baby sit down, position his legs in a V. It will help to balance his balance while sitting and reduce the risk of falling over. As soon as your baby is in this position, put something in front of him for him to play. You can also invite baby to play with prone position. The raised head and chest when he is on his stomach will help strengthen the neck muscles and good head control, which your baby needs to be able to sit upright.

Another thing you can see from this 5 month baby development is how the grip is getting stronger. Your baby can grab an item, then hold it in one hand, then move it to the other. Your baby may also be able to hold a bottle or glass bermoncong with both hands. Make sure any object held by your baby is made of a material that is not sharp and not easily broken, because your baby will often slam or shake it.

As described above, the 5-month infant development also includes language skills. Once he is attracted to a certain sound, he will constantly imitate it before he moves on to another sound or word. Once your baby mimics a certain sound, show your support by repeating it. This will make him eager to imitate you and faster for him to learn to talk.

Rapidly expanding senses
At the age of 5 months, the sense of taste, hearing, and infant vision is growing rapidly. The thing you can observe on the development of this baby 5 months is the baby often put objects into his mouth. This is because the mouth and tongue of the baby has more nerve endings than the rest of the body, so he wants to know the taste of everything. Wash or clean your baby toys regularly, especially if there are other babies who come to play together.

In addition to tasting, the sense of vision also develops. Your baby can now recognize small objects (such as marbles placed on the floor) and moving objects (such as butterflies flying in the park). He begins to understand that when he places an object and leaves it, it will still be there until he returns.

Your baby's perception of color also sharpens up to a point where he can distinguish different color tones from the same type of color (eg light blue and dark blue), although at this age the baby still chooses primary colors such as blue, red , and yellow.

Although at this age the baby is still not mebut he begins to recognize when you call his name (by moving your head to follow your voice), and will even stop doing something when you say "do not." Stimulate Baby's 5 Months Continuous stimulation is essential for optimal growth . Proper stimulation can not only help strengthen the muscles and bones so as to support the motor skills of the child, but also can help strengthen the relationship between brain cells so that infants or toddlers have the potential to have a variety of intelligences later. Stimulation to support the development of 5-month-old baby include the following: Frequently talk to your baby. Watch your baby make a sound. Instead, when you talk, look at your baby and make the appropriate facial expression so he learns to recognize the connection between words and feelings. Play music. Babies like to hear the sound of music, so play any music ranging from classical, jazz, pop, to traditional music. Notice that your baby may be clapping, smiling, even trying to imitate the music he or she heard. Put the toy in one of your baby's hands, then move it to the other. Do it while mentioning the name of the object. In this way, your baby will learn to move things from one hand to the other, also learn to recognize new vocabularies. Put the toys out of your baby's reach while he is in his stomach, and watch his efforts to grab the object. If he fails, slide the toy closer to him so he does not give up doing it. Win your baby every time you meet a stranger. If you calm him when he cries or fidgets, he will feel loved, protected, and safe. Condition your home so it is safe for the baby. Close the open electrical plug, place harmful household items in a locked cabinet, and remove any objects potentially swallowed by your baby. Also, be careful not to place containers of hot water or heavy objects on the table where your baby has the potential to reach them. To remember is, each baby is unique and different from each other. You may try to stimulate your baby's development, but each baby has its own time. If your baby is not doing a certain stage of development at his or her age now, he might do it later.