CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Infants come into the world with no real awareness of its dangers. Even so, they’re hardwired to reflexively bawl at sudden loud noises and cling if they sense they’re falling. It’s at 6 or 7 months that many babies actually feel afraid.

Detailed explanation-2: -It’s the time when babies begin to develop a separate sense of self, an important step in growing up. They are afraid because they know the difference between people they see all the time and strangers. They become upset when someone they don’t know is around them. Some babies cry or whimper with genuine fear.

Detailed explanation-3: -At this age, fears of the dark, thunder, and loud appliances such as vacuum cleaners are common. Later you’ll be able to subdue these fears by talking about them, but for now, the only solution is to eliminate the source of the fears as much as possible: Put a night-light in her room, or vacuum when she’s not around.

Detailed explanation-4: -For many babies, separation anxiety starts at around 8 months of age, but you may start seeing indications of separation anxiety in your baby as early as 4 months. That’s because between 4 and 7 months babies begin to realize that people and objects exist even when they can’t see them. This is called object permanence.

Detailed explanation-5: -Between 8 and 12 months of age-around the same time they understand the meaning of a fearful face-babies begin to produce fearful expressions and other fear-based behaviors, like clinging to a parent, making distressed sounds, or turning away.