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Baby 1st Month
- Lifts head and turns it from one side to the otherwhen placed on stomach.
- Focuses on objects from about 10 inches to up to 3 feet away.
- Reacts to parent's voice.
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Baby 2nd Month
-Make sounds such as "ooh" and "aah"
- Watches objects moved about 6 inches away from face.
- Responds to more sounds and different pitches of voice -
Baby 3rd Month
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- Opens and closes hands.
- Holds hands steadily when held up.
- Lifts head and chest when on stomach.
-Swipes at objects.
- Brings hands together. -
Baby 4th Month
- Supports upper body on hands when lying on stomach.
- Showes preference for red and blue over yellow.
- May begin to use vowels and consonants in babbling, such as "ah ga"
- Grasps rattle. -Puts hands in month.
- Rolls from tummy to back.
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Baby 5th Month
- Rocks on stomach while kicking legs and making swimming motions with arms.
- Reaches out and grabs toys. -Turns head in direction of sound.
- Knows positive speech from unhappy speech
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Baby 6th Month
- Passes a block from one hand to the other.
- Puts objects to month with hand.
- May begin creeping.
- Recognizes basic sounds of native language.
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Baby 7th Month
- 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"
- Grabs for objects with raking motion.
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Baby 8th Month
- Pulls self up to standing.
- Bangs blocks together.
- Propels self by arms, knees, or squirming motion
- Looks at objects with sustained attention
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Baby 9th Month
- Uses index finger to poke.
- Puts objects in containers.
- Leans forward to pick up toy
- Notices small objects
- May start associating sounds with objects.
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Baby 10th Month
- Crawls well
- Can put objects in containers.
- Uses index finger to start pointing.
- Lmitates new word sounds more frequenlty
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Baby 11th Month
- Walks while holding onto furniture or crib rails for support.
- Uses gestures like shaking head for no.
- Releases objects intentionally
- Grasps with thumbs and forefinger.
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Baby 12th Month
- May walk a few steps alone
- Stands alone for a short time.
- Picks up small objects using thumb and fingers.
- Puts objects into and takes them out of containers.
- Holds and Drinks from cup.
