From 0 to 4 months. An infant needs to interact with their environment in order to learn about it. By using their senses, infants educate themselves about the world around them. An infant will develop preferences for certain experiences such as playing peek-a-boo (or) having a bath. They love repetition and also enjoy new experiences. 11 Months Baby Food Chart Meal Plan for 11 Month Baby - Introduce one food at a time and follow 3 days rule which will help to find out allergic reactions to a particular food.Here is the sample food chart with recipes for 11 months old baby. Milestones for babies 0-1 month include: moving limbs, making sounds, swallowing, looks at human faces more than objects, and more. Providing quality therapy services to enhance the lives of the children and families we serve.
Infants begin to develop trust when parents begin to fulfil their needs. Such as changing an infant's nappy when needed, feeding on request and holding them when they cry. Infants cry to express anger, pain and hunger. It is their way of communicating with the world around them.
Social and Emotional Development Milestones
From 0 to 4 months
During the first few months, infants learn to identify and respond to their own needs and feelings, developing trust and creating a bond with parents and their new family. Infant's social and emotional development increases by becoming more aware of other people that are around them.
Milestones Achieved
Milestones Achieved
- smiles and laughs
- makes eye contact when held with a face about 20cm from the face of an adult looking at them
- may sleep most of the time
- alert and preoccupied with faces
- moves head to the sound of voices
- bonding
- cries (peaks about six to eight weeks) and levels off about 12-14 weeks
- cries when hungry or uncomfortable and usually stops when held
- shows excitement as parent prepared to feed
From 4 to 8 months
This is usually known as the most lovable age. At this stage, infants become more interested in the world around them and begin to explore their own body and the role of “self” begins to emerge in their mind. Infants will begin to show signs of emotions such as joy, anger, interest, fear, disgust and surprise as distinct facial expressions. Infants will also begin to laugh out loud for no apparent reason. An infant will socialize with people through babbling and hold conversations together.
Milestones Achieved
- reacts with arousal, attention or approach to the presence of another baby or young child
- responds to own name
- smiles often and shows excitement when sees preparations being made for meals or for bath
- recognises familiar people and stretches arms to be picked up
- becoming more settled in eating and sleeping patterns
- laughs, especially in social interactions
- may soothe self when tired or upset by sucking thumb or dummy
- begins to show wariness of strangers
- may fret when the parent leaves the room
- happy to see faces they know
From 8 to 12 months
A strong connection between an infant and their family makes them feel safe and secure. This provides a solid foundation for infants to build social relationships with others and helps to develop their trust in others. Physical love plays a large part in an infant’s social and emotional development too. Infants enjoy receiving cuddles from family and familiar people. The closeness, the warmth and the body contact is very special for your infant. By bonding, this will contribute to its own way with their social and emotional development.
Milestones Achieved
- shows definite anxiety or wariness at the appearance of strangers
Every infant is different with their own unique personality traits. It is said to believe that an infant’s personality and characteristics, as well as their ability to interact with others, is a combination of what they are born with and the way that the infant is raised through their early childhood.
Note: Milestones have been updated as of 15th April 2020
Note: Milestones have been updated as of 15th April 2020
Development of a baby is particularly rapid in the first few months of postnatal life. Essentially, a baby of 11 months is more of a toddler (or wanderer) both mentally and physically. According to healthcare professionals, at this tender age, the baby can clearly understands requests and related signs with certain actions and words. It is highly recommended to parents that they take an intentional and proactive part in improving child’s development skills by engaging him/her in fun activities for 11-month-old.
Activities for 11-Month-Old
1st Week
Activities | Skills Developed | What You Need | How to Do It |
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Food faces | Fine motor, pattern recognition | A meal consists off a variety of small and easily operated items including cubed carrots, peas, cherry tomatoes, sweet corns, grated cheese, , spaghetti or noodles and meat (cut in small bits) | Set the meal of baby in non-breakable small bowl; place every cooked ingredient in separate bowl. Take a large flat plate and place in front of your baby. Now help and direct him making face by taking ingredients from bowl and place them on plate. Guide the baby where necessary and then do final arrangement yourself. |
My little trampoline | Walking, standing | A spring mattress bed | Let the baby stand upright in the center of the bed with support (hold both his hands). Now help him to bounce in up and down by lifting him off from bed then placing him back in standing position. The baby can do better if he had started walking. Another fun activity is let the baby sit on bed with legs out and you gently bounce the bed with hands. |
The hokey pokey | Rhythm, language, music and gross motor skills | Your own voice | Hold the baby on lap and sing softly and slowly by doing actions which the baby can see and understand. For example, while singing “you put your left foot in”, raise your foot and put it forward so that your child can see it and so on. As soon as the child becomes used to this silliness, help him participate actively while singing, by placing gently your hand on his foot and move it out then in. start doing this activity slowly then boost the speed. |
2nd Week
Activities | Skills Developed | What You Need | How to Do It |
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Tube tunnel | Sense of cause and effect, fine motor | Several cardboard tubes like those inside paper towels or wrapping papers and balls | Take the tube and cut it into half to form a trough. If you want to make a large trough then join two troughs by taping them. Sit with the baby on the floor and show him the way of holding trough by making an angle with floor. Now put the ball inside the trough from its higher end and let the baby watch the rolling of ball. Encourage the baby to put the ball into trough and let him tile the trough to see the rolling of ball faster or slower. |
Little steamroller | Gross motor | Two adults | Lie down on the floor with another adult and let the baby crawl over both of you. Leave a little space in between so that the baby can first crawl over you then over another adult. |
Crack the nut | Gross motor | Two adults | Sit back to back on floor with another adult and encourage the child to snoop both of you. It is good to initially convey the concept to the baby by sitting back to back with the baby and let other adult squeeze in between. When the baby manages in making a space in between, cheer him to insert himself into the space and then squish him gently. |
3rd Week
Activities | Skills Developed | What You Need | How to Do It |
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Diaper dolly | Nurturing, fine motor | A doll whose clothes can be removed off easily | Make or buy a simple doll with removable clothes so that the baby can change the nappy of her dolly (just like you change hers). Encourage her to clean the bottom with square of tissue paper and then change the nappy. Help your child in changing clothes and if she is unable to do so, then help her in the process. |
Water coloring | Eye–hand coordination | Plastic container for water, paint brushes | Take a plastic container and fill it with water; provide the baby real paint brushes and water. Set her up so that she is sitting in front side of wall or at any low piece outdoor furniture such as a bench or step stool. Now show the baby the way of painting with water. Do not mind if the child spills water during painting. |
4th Week
Activities | Skills Developed | What You Need | How to Do It |
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Climb every cushion | Gross motor | Lots of cushions and pillows | Make a stack of pillows and cushions and let the baby climb over them. Place the largest and most stable pillow at the bottom such as bed pillows or sofa cushions then place chair cushions and so on. It is important to hold steady the baby and help him climbing this pillow mountain as the baby can fall after reaching the top-most cushion of stack. |
Indoor beach baby | Imagination, fine motor | A container or dish which is relatively large and shallow, sand, few cooking utensils or sand toys, newspaper | Broaden newspaper on kitchen floor then fill a shallow container or casserole dish with sand. Place the dish on top. Now encourage the child to play with sand toys or with kitchen tools such as sifters, spoons, measuring cups and mini strainers are fun to play with. |
Classified Information | Fine motor, sorting | Several rubber balls or other similar objects-having diameter of more than 2 inches, a muffin tin | Gather few similar objects such as toys, rubber balls or big sea shells. Now guide the baby way of putting objects in every cup of muffin tin. Initially help the baby in filling the cups then dump it out and repeat the process. You can also play sorting same objects into cups. This activity helps teach child matching, sorting and grouping things. |
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More Tips on Activities for 11-Month-Old
1. Safety First
Before or while doing any activity involving baby, it is your prior duty to ensure the safety of your baby. Nothing is more important than your baby’s safety. It is important to follow safety tips while doing any activity or game.
Installing safety barriers and gates which are sturdy and high at both ends of stairs is a better option. Following are some more safety tips:
- Avoid placing sharp edged or hard furniture in play area.
- Lower baby’s crib mattress to prevent falling.
- Use child proof locks in windows, doors, drawers and screens.
- Do not leave the baby unattended near water.
- Do not place hot pans and pots at counters or table’s edges.
- Insert protecting plugs in sockets.
- Keep away poisonous substances.
2. Focus On Your Baby’s Development
Gtasks pro 1 3 6 – tasks for google classroom. Do not force the baby in doing any activity if he is not interested as every child has its own learning capacity. Activities for 11-month-old such as diapering, singing, playing, feeding, getting kisses and going on a ride in stroller are all educational activities which help in developing the brain of a baby. Avoid doing unnatural activities for your baby to thrive.
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Following tips help the baby in building eye–hand coordination:
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- Provide support during walking
- Encourage the baby to search his favorite toy from a toy basket
- Give pull/ push toys for playing
- Toss or roll a ball back and forth
- Encourage the baby to pick his toy off from floor in standing position without any support.