It is surely a wonderful feeling to see your child grow and develop into a grown-up individual. On the completion of 9 years and 1 month of your child’s age, here is what you can expect. Read along.Congratulations! Your kid is 9 years now. With age you shall find her more interested in taking part in the decision making process. She shall want you to involve her while planning a weekend vacation or a dinner. She shall love the idea of organising and planning a day. She too thinks herself capable of planning an entire day’s schedule.
Increasing Independence
You will find her getting more and more independent now and shall grow more interest in people and happenings outside home. You can entrust her with quite a few responsibilities at home now. She shall feel more honoured to lend a helping hand.
You should be careful while setting examples now. This is the time when she is going through plenty of changes and challenges every day. While she is approaching
adolescence, she is dealing with plenty of emotional and physical changes now. She is participating in more complex works and her home works are getting all the more demanding now.
Choose her Diet Wisely
She is on the way of attaining
puberty and thus you can see her becoming a fussy eater. She is going through plenty of bodily changes that might be affecting her appetite as well. You still continue to be her role models and thus what you eat shall influence her eating behaviour as well. Make sure you follow healthy lifestyle and
healthy habits for your kid to learn the same. Setting good examples shall encourage her to follow them easily.
Your kid’s life shall be designed the way you take care of her. If she sees you watching TV and eating junks all the time, she too shall learn the same.
The same principle applies for your attitude as well. If you develop a healthy relation with foods, you shall also watch her develop the same attitude. So, a lot depends on you as well.
Sleeping Patterns
As your kid gets older, you can allow her to sleep little later at night. However, make sure she gets around 9 to 10 hours sleep now. Good sleep is essential for proper physical and cognitive development of children, say the doctors.
When she is going to school, it is more important for her to enjoy sound sleep. If you find it getting difficult for her to wake up in the morning or appears lethargic, these should be taken as signs of lack of sleep. Sleep deprivation shall affect her
academic performance in school and thus you need to take care of this.
Following good bedtime routines consistently shall help her fall asleep easily. Rest along with physical activities is important for healthy growth.
Daily Chores
You can allow her to participate in different household activities to help her grow more responsible. This shall also help in boosting her self confidence and she shall love the idea of contributing to the family.
You can ask her to pack her own bag, make her own bed and arrange her table before bed. Apart from this, you can also ask for her help in the kitchen like taking out the dust bin, putting away the dishes and so on. While she may want to avoid them in the beginning you need to reinforce them time and again. This shall not only keep her busy, but also make her more responsible. Do not forget to praise her efforts, even if she appears clumsy in the beginning. In fact you should always encourage her for all the efforts she takes, be it in her studies or in the field.
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