The world of babies is magical, just like how they are full of unknowns about their environment. As parents, we also want to know what they are thinking. When a baby is 9 months old and someone they don't know hugs them, they may resist and even cry. If this happens, some parents may wonder if the baby has started to recognize someone. So, can a 9-month-old baby recognize people?
Can a 9-month-old baby recognize people
As the saying goes, 'recognize your mother in March', which means that babies can get to know their mother when they reach three months old. Thinking about this is the child's special treatment towards oneself, I am really happy. After all, my long hard work is worth it. The child knows who is the one who gave birth to him and who is the one who feeds him.
After 3 months, the baby has gained experience with human faces, and the faces of the mother and caregiver gradually become clearer from blurry. This visual development of the pattern of family members not only plays a very important role in the growth of infants and young children, but also promotes the improvement of their social cognition and emotional level.
A baby who is 7-8 months old begins to become familiar with the people around him, who have been taking care of him and who are strangers. The little one already knows very well in their heart. So when strangers appear, they will show a hostile attitude, which is known as identification behavior.
How do babies recognize people
Psychologists refer to the early childhood period before the age of 3 as the graph age, which means that before the age of 3, children do not analyze and recognize certain characteristics of external things, but rather accept them as a comprehensive whole - the graph.
Because when a child is one month old, they have no visual perception and therefore no visual memory, so at that time the baby has no idea what the object in front of them is. After 3 months, the baby has gained experience with human faces. As the mother's face repeatedly appears in front of the child in the form of a map, his brain will leave a preliminary memory of his mother. After repeated multiple times and forming a conditioned reflex, the child is more likely to recognize their mother.
A 9-month-old baby basically knows the differences between the people they often see, but they don't know how to express their thoughts in language. At this time, parents can take their children to broaden their horizons and enrich their lives. In fact, as long as you observe carefully, you will find that babies have certain impressions and reactions to different people before they are 9 months old, which is the manifestation of recognizing people.
