CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Baby mouthing (aka putting everything into their mouth) is a part of a baby’s learning and development. It also helps their bodies get stronger and better able to keep them healthy. However, in some cases baby mouthing the wrong things can lead to danger for baby or make them sick.

Detailed explanation-2: -Babies typically start mouthing by 4 months, once they’re able to bring their hands to their mouths and suck on their fingers. At 6 months, this habit kicks into overdrive, and your little one will start mouthing just about anything she can grab.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mouthing is how they learn about sensory qualities like shape, density, texture, and taste. By 6 months, babies take in more information through their mouth than any other sense. Your baby’s mouthing is not only a healthy form of discovery, it’s also a sign of advancing physical and cognitive development.

Detailed explanation-4: -When do babies and toddler mouth the most? Mouthing is most common in the first 2-3 years of life. It tends to peak at around 7.5 months, then decline to 12 months, then decline steeply, before fading to low levels at around 15.5 months (Belsky & Most, 1981).

Detailed explanation-5: -Einon says a baby’s mouth has more nerve endings than any other part of the body. “So if she really wants to find out what something feels like, she puts it in her mouth, ” Einon explains. Babies also have sensitive gag reflexes.