Child's Age
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Gross motor development (How Your Baby Moves)
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Fine motor development (How Your Baby Uses His Hands)
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Language development
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Social Development and Play
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1st Month
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- Wiggles
- Moves arms and legs
- Arms and legs stretch when startled
- Little control of head—flops around if unsupported
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- Hands held closed most of the time
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- Crying
- Cooing (“aah” sounds)
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- Looks at caregiver’s face
- Smiles responsively by 5–6 weeks
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2-3 Months
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- Kicks legs
- Supports head briefly when held upright
- Able to life head briefly when placed on tummy
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- Hands open most of the time
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- Quiets when caregiver talks
- Looks toward sound
- Follows moving object 180 degrees
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4-6 Months
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- Turns around when lying on stomach
- Rolls over, initially stomach to back and then back to stomach
- Good head control when pulled to sitting from lying or held upright
- Lifts head and shoulders when placed on tummy
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- Reaches for objects
- Holds objects in hands and begins to transfer them from one hand to the other
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- Cooing in imitation and response to adult sounds
- Begins babbling (vowel and consonant sounds)
- Makes razzing sounds (gives “raspberries”)
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- Bats at objects
- Laughs
- Interested in own image in mirror
- Puts toys in mouth
- Becomes wary of strangers
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7-9 Months
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- Sits unsupported
- Crawls
- May pull to standing position
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- Holds objects and bangs them
- Starts to pick up small objects
- Can feed himself a cracker
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- Babbling (ba-ba-ba, da-da-da)
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- Looks for toys that fall or roll out of sight
- Plays peek-a-boo
- Reluctant to go to strangers
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10-12 Months
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- Pulls to standing position
- Walks along furniture (cruising) or with hand held
- May start to walk independently (12 to 15 months)
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- Holds cup
- Picks up small objects
- Points
- Holds crayon in fist (12 months)
- Puts small objects in container
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- First words with meaning (12 months)—usually “mama” or “dada”
- Imitates speech
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- Claps hands
- Plays patty-cake
- Waves “bye-bye”
- Rolls a ball
- Removes socks
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