Your Newborn Baby's 19th Week: Babies at this time have much better hand and eye coordination

During 19 weeks, Your baby can be taking shorter and less sleeps during the day. It’s important to reminder that at this age, it’s not important when they attain their sleep, but that they are averaging about 11 - 14 hours of sleep each day. Your baby is developing stronger and sleeps less this week.

At 19 weeks, your baby doesn't mean everything by that sounds-he’s(she) purely setting consonants together with vowels. You can help him/her connect sounds with meanings by marking things: point to pictures in his/her books, touch his/her eyes, nose and mouth while naming them. 

The number and length of sleeps taken is not what is really important at this stage of your baby's life. What is new important is the total amount of sleep your baby is getting in a 24 hour period. Your baby should be getting approximately 14 hours of sleep at this point of life in a 24 hour period, but even that can vary. At 19 weeks old, your baby should be relatively active now, and influence even is a real handful at times. An average 19 week old baby weighs around 6 kilogram, and measure around 25 inches. 

Babies at this time have much better hand and eye coordination and can easily take toes and feet, reach for and take objects in his or her hands, and even put those objects in the mouth. At 19 weeks, your child turns his or her head towards the speaker, and will pay close care to your mouth movements. He / she will also have some interests in colorful objects and pictures, and also begins to know what they like or dislike. By this time, babies may be able to babble out sounds such as "baba" or "mama".

Below you will discover some tips to help your infant learn the skills required to use Sippy cups 

• Dip the spout of the cup into breast milk or formula. 
• Raise the cup to your baby’s mouth and lips to drink or try touching the tip of the spout to the roof of your baby’s mouth to stimulate their sucking reflex. 
• Your baby’s first Sippy cup should have a soft, rubber spout. This will feel more like the nipple or bottle they are used to using.
• Be patient. It’s okay if your baby doesn't take to the cup immediately. The first couple of attempts may look more like playing than drinking. Give your infant time.  

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