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Month One
Lifts head, turns it.
Focuses on objects from object about 10 inches to 3 feet away.
reacts to parents voice. -
Month Two
makes sounds such as "ohh" and :ahh"
watches objects moved about 6 inches away from face.
respondes to more sounds and different voices. -
Month Three
opens and closes hands
holds head steadily when held up
lifts head and chest when on stomach
swipes at objects
and brings hands together. -
Month Four
supports upper body on hands when lying on stomach, shows preference for red and blue over yellow, may begin to use vowels and constants such us "ah ga", grasp rattle, puts hands in month, and rolls from tummy ro back. -
Month Five
rocks on stomach while kicking legs and making swimming motions with arms, reaches out and grabs toys, turns head in direction of sound, and knows positive speech from unhappy speech. -
Month Six
passes a block from one hand to the other, puts objects in mouth with hand, may brgin creeping, and recognizes sounds of native language. -
Month Seven
rolls over both ways, sits up steadily, stands with assistance, knows parents and caregivers by their voices and by sight, can follow a path of moving objects with eyes, babbles with strings of vowels and consonants such as "ba, ba, ba", and grabs for objects with raking motion. -
Month Eight
pulls self up, bangs blocks together, propels self by arms, knees, or squirming motion, and looks at objects with sustained attention. -
Month Nine
uses index finger to poke, puts objects in containers, leans forward to pick up toy, notices small objects, and may start associating sounds with objects. -
Month Ten
crawls well, can put objects in containers, uses index finger to start poniting,and imitates new word dounds more frequently. -
Month Eleven
walks while holding onto furniture, usees gestures like shaking head for no, releases objects intentionally, and grasps with thumb and forefinger. -
Month Twelve.
may walk a few steps alone, stands alone for short time, picks up small objects using thumb and forefinfer, puts objects into and tkes out of containers, and holds and drinks fron cup.
