Around 59 weeks, you may see signs of the next leap: leap 9. Welcome to the world of principles. If your toddler has taken the leap, you will notice that they are running all kinds of “programs” more smoothly, more naturally and more clearly. You suddenly understand better what they are doing or what they mean. Principles influence their thinking! Learn everything you need to know about leap 9 in The Wonder Weeks app.
You will notice between 59 and 65 weeks after the dure date that your toddler is more inclined to cry, cling and be more cranky than usual. That’s because their whole world has changed again. Leap 9 has started! Did you know that you can find countless other signals in our app to help you recognize the fussy phase of a leap?
Around 64 weeks, your toddler will be a bit used to their new world and the journey of discovery can begin. Leap 9 is the leap of principles. Your toddler is more adept at handling the world of programs. As a result, they can not only imitate programs better, but also change them and create them by themselves. As a result, your little one will learn to think ahead, to reflect, to consider the consequences of their actions, to make plans and to balance them against each other.
For most toddlers, the fussy phase of leap 9 lasts five weeks, but can also take one or six weeks. Characteristic of leap 9 is that your little bundle of joy can be rather irritable, impatient, frustrated or angry. For example, if your are not immediately available, if something does not go their way, or if you take something away from them or forbid it.
Your toddler will increasingly start to thing in terms of strategies: “Should I rather ask Mom or Dad for a candy?” Of course, they cannot yet carry out their plans as skillfully, as naturally or as complexly as we do, because we have been able to practice for years. Slowly but surely they will find their own way into the complicated world of principles. They are beginning to understand more and more how programs work and are also able to go through and follow them more smoothly.
Your toddler will think up some strategies by themselves or imitate others flawlessly. So mind your own behavior around them during this time, because before you know it, your child will imitate you all day long!
It’s important to keep in mind that every baby is unique. Some babies tend to focus more on displaying their physical abilities, while others show a stronger inclination towards developing their speech and language skills. Babies will decide for themselves what they want to prioritize at any given moment.
Did you know that our app not only allows you to track the specific skills associated with each leap, but it also provides you with helpful videos with information and instructions to guide you along the way. This can help you better understand your baby’s unique developmental journey.
During our research into mental leaps, we discovered that this phase in which your baby cries more frequently and shows a different behavior than normally, can actually be predicted quite accurately almost up to the very week based on the due date. Discover the leaps of your baby on our website, using our baby leap chart.
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