Welcome dear friends of NewbornTips, let’s try to answer all the questions that revolve around a newborn at 4 months from birth, in particular let’s see what he should be able to do, what a baby sees in the fourth month, weight and height, in short all questions that a parent begins to ask himself in this phase of growth of the child!
The fourth month is for a newborn a very important phase of growth for everything that concerns physical and sensorial development, while cognitive development and that more closely linked to learning is more subjective and varies greatly from newborn to newborn.
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What should a 4-month-old baby be able to do?
In the fourth month, a newborn should have developed their sensory sphere better, in fact at this age newborns begin to turn when they hear a noise, they communicate more through the emission of new sounds.
At this age, a newborn begins to look their mother in the eye when she breastfeeds them, smiles more often, and above all is able to experience feelings such as joy and happiness, as well as fear and sadness.
In addition, the newborn at this age improves their motor coordination and vision, in fact the strabismus that appeared in the first months of life, (completely normal) and due to poor eye coordination, should have disappeared.
The 4-month-old baby is finally able to support their head and even lift their torso with the strength of their forearms.
The fourth month for a newborn is therefore a very important stage that allows them to interact better with the surrounding environment and at the same time allows them to be better understood by people but especially by their mother.
What does a 4-month-old baby see?
Sight is one of the senses that newborns take the longest to develop, in fact it is only between 1 and 3 years that the child will reach a vision of 10/10.
So it is still very early to have fully developed sight, however the 4-month-old newborn is already able to see fixed objects up to about two meters away, while for moving things and people it will be necessary to wait a little longer before he is able to follow them with his gaze without difficulty.
A 4-month-old baby can finally distinguish colors well which finally allows him to interact better with the surrounding environment.
4-month-old newborn, height and weight
In the first months of life the newborn grows really quickly, in fact just think that he can put up to 2/2.5 cm in height per month while in weight he puts on about 700/800 grams per month in the first trimester.
Doing some small calculations, therefore, a newborn in the fourth month should be between 58.9 cm and 68.6 cm tall, while it should weigh between 5.4 kg and 9.1 kg, obviously these measurements refer to a healthy newborn born at the end of the pregnancy.
The height and weight of a 3-month-old newborn can sometimes coincide with those of a 4-month-old newborn, this is because the measurements are greatly influenced by genetics.
How many feedings does a 4-month-old baby need
Feeding a newborn is always a cause of anxiety and stress, especially for mothers who have to breastfeed their child.
In newborns, breast milk must be given on demand, so you need to be able to know your baby’s hunger signals, which can be crying, thumb or hands in the mouth and so on.
Generally speaking, feedings in the fourth month therefore go from 5 to 6 with formula milk, while with breast milk these could be more.
If your baby tends to vomit often during the day, a visit to the pediatrician may be necessary as the loss of mineral salts can negatively affect the baby’s daily needs and therefore their development. Frequent regurgitation could also be a sign of complications with breast milk or the baby’s health.
How does sleep change at 4 months?
For all those desperate mothers who haven’t slept for weeks, there’s good news!
In the fourth month, a newborn’s nighttime sleep becomes longer, which means that they sleep on average up to 5/6 hours at a time.
As for daytime sleep, this begins to decrease, leaving room for very frequent and shorter naps.
On the other hand, it’s better for him to sleep at night to let his parents sleep too, and instead be more active during the day when you have more energy to look after them!
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