Baby Milestones [Infographics]
Categories: Infographics
An infographic by the team at CouponAudit
The infographic shows how babies are going through different stages of their lives. This will be a great guide to new parents as this shows how their babies are developing and reaching each milestones differently. When it comes to caring for those little ones, there are so many steps that needed to be understood. This infographic focuses on how to budget for baby products, when are they going to start eating solid food and some concern on when are they going expect a development in cognitive and language skills. This first steps will take them toward better understanding on babies and their growing needs.
In this Infographic there are stages from 1-24 months of age through their diet, physical aspect, language and cognitive skills. Breast milk or formula milk is in the diet of 1-5 months is the only diet that babies need. By this time, they are able to lift their heads when lying on their tummies, holds head up for short periods, can bear weight on legs and plays with their own hands and feet. Language skills for month 1-5 are consistently depending on how babies use their cry to communicate whenever they are upset or needs something. Though at 3 months, a baby can give a smile and a good laugh and coos in conversation at 5th month. They can already respond to sound and visually tracking moving objects, identifying bold colours and labels people around them especially their parents. At 6 months, puree and chunks are first introduced and they can roll over in both directions. They can imitate sounds as they turn and respond to it. Solid food can be introduced at 7 months. This is the time when their first teeth appear and they display stranger anxiety. Babies on 8th to 12 months can already enjoy their solid food and can drink from a Sippy cup and even feed themselves when using spoon. They can pass objects between hands and can stand and crawl between 8-10 months. They also start indicating their wants through their gestures. They can say “mama” or “dada”, combines syllables, wave goodbye and know more than one word at 12 months. At this stage, they can search hidden objects and imitates activities they observe around them. At 18 months, they can chew with lips closed, stacked blocks, strings together simple phrases, and imitates reading board books. 24 months babies can feed them self properly, walk down the stairs, speak a bit clearly, and can name 6 body parts. These are the milestones that are commonly experienced by most of the babies but for some, they reach it uniquely.
The infographic also shows the opinion of top mommy bloggers. They name the top 3 common expenses that can get discounts and savings for babies. In the first year alone, at least $2,000 was spent and it is as much as $11,000. Diaper is at the top most, formula and baby food is next and then baby wipes, however by using diapers.com coupons you can get discount. It also shows that using a diaper cloth is much more of a savings than using disposable diapers. In the baby products alone, there is an estimated $30 billion worth in the industry.
Another expense that parents are spending are for baby sitters. Most baby sitters are paid between $8-12 per hour and most parents prefer a family member or those 20 years old and above. They get a sitter between 1-12 months age of their child. The expense on these depends on the location like when they live in a big city where the cost of living is higher so it’s + $1 to $3 per hour, number of children for each additional child, example + $1 extra per hour, additional duties when doing chores or caring for children with special needs would be + $2 or more per hour, time of the day for baby sitting outside typical hours which is 8am-10pm will be + $2 per hour, age of the children also matters for younger children because they require extra attention and experience so, it can be + $2 per hour. If they base it on the baby sitter’s experience, the pay may also vary from $5 per hour for teens with little experience and $10 per hour for experienced baby sitters.
Baby moments that are illustrated in this infographic is a guide to new parents like how to position the car seat at 1 year old, when kids can be moved to big kid bed which usually happens between 1 ½ -3 ½ years old but closer to 3 years old is still recommended. This also guides readers that most kids start playing sports when they are 5 or 6, but some will start as young as 2 years old. Riding a bike is one of the most exciting moments for most parents especially for daddies and this guide them that it usually happens during 4 or 5 years old to have the balance and coordination to learn a 2-wheeler bike. Most kids can learn swimming around 6 years old and this will be a good opportunity to develop them until they are adults.
First time parents are fond of collecting odd sentimental items for keepsakes. Some of these are the first teeth, hair from first haircut, first body casts, braces or retainers. Some may also keep sports gear, umbilical cord, shoes and a picture of their baby’s tonsils. Baby products can be purchased from stores like: Gummylump, Mercantila, Mytwinn, Pgestore, Redenvelope, Kohls, Lordandtaylor, Threadless etc.
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