Areas Of Development

By alissa1
  • Physical Development: One Month

    The baby is able to lift its head and turn it to a different side when he/she's on their stomach. Baby starts to react to mom or dads voice, can focus on things from about 10 inches to 3 feet away.
  • Emotional Development: One Month

    Emotional Development: One Month
    Sadness: Very Young babies express discomfort or unhappiness by crying
  • Social Development: 1 Month

    Social Development: 1 Month
    -Coos and Babbles
    -May cry a lot, but quiets down when he sees the caregiver's face, hears the caregivers's voice, or is lifted or touched
  • Intellectual Devopment: 1-2 Months

    Intellectual Devopment: 1-2 Months
    -Gains infortmation through senses
    -Makes eye contact
    -Prefers face to objects
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    Development Year

  • Physical Development: Two Months

    Physical Development: Two Months
    Makes "ooh" and "ahh" sounds, watches moving objects from about 6 inches away from face, responds to more signs and pitches of voices.
  • Emotional Development: Two Months

    Emotional Development: Two Months
    Interest; babies watch their mothers closely, often, this is the first sign of interest in babies
  • Physical Development: Three Months

    Physical Development: Three Months
    Opens and closes hands, holds head up steadily, lifts head and chest when on his stomach, swipes at objects, and brings hands together.
  • Emotional Development: 3 Months

    Emotional Development: 3 Months
    Joy; Babies show joy by smiling, perhaps in response to an adult who is making funny faces at them.
  • Social Development: 2-3 Months

    Social Development: 2-3 Months
    -Maintains brief eye contact while being fed
    -Makes different crying sounds from different needs
    -Begins to smile and show excitement
    -Eyes can follow moving objects
    -Wants Companionship
  • Intellectual Development: 3-4 months

    Intellectual Development: 3-4 months
    • can distinguish between familiar and unfamiliar faces
    • makes vowel-consonant combinations such as "ah-goo"
  • Physical Development: Four Months

    Physical Development: Four Months
    Supports upper body on hands when lying on stomach, shows preference of red and blue over yellow, begins using vowels and babbling such as "ah ga", grasps rattles, puts hands in mouth, rolls from tummy to back
  • Emotional Development; 3-6 Months

    Emotional Development; 3-6 Months
    Anger; babies show anger through crying, signs of anger may appear as early 3 - 6 months
  • Physical Development: Five Months

    Physical Development: Five Months
    Rocks on stomach while kicking legs and making swimming motions, reaches out and gets toys, turns head when sound is made, knows the difference between positive speech and happy speech
  • Social Development: 5 Months

    Social Development: 5 Months
    -Turns to sound of familiar voices
    -Laughs, squeas, babbles
    -Can tell the difference between family members
    -Reaches out to play
    -May cry when left alone
  • Physical Development: Six Months

    Physical Development: Six Months
    Passes toys from hand to hand, places items in his/her mouth may begin creeping and recognizes basic sounds of native language
  • Emotional Development: Six Months

    Emotional Development: Six Months
    Fear; Babies show fear by startling turning away, and screaming, especially in response to strangers
  • Physical Development: Seven Months

    Physical Development: Seven Months
    Rolls over both ways, sits up steadily and stands with assistance knows parents and caregivers by voices and sight, can follow a path of moving objects with eyes, makes noises such as "ba ba ba", starts to reach for objects in a raking motion.
  • Physical Development: Eight Months

    Physical Development: Eight Months
    Pulls self up to standing, bangs blockes together, propels self by amrs, knees, or squirming motion, and looks at objects with sustained attention.
  • Emotional Development: Eight Months

    Emotional Development: Eight Months
    Disgust; babies begin to show their dislikes very clearly
  • Physical Development: Nine Months

    Physical Development: Nine Months
    uses index finger tp poke, puts objects in containers, leans forward to pick up toys, notices small objects, amd may start associating sounds with objects
  • Intellectual Development: 9-10 Months

    Intellectual Development: 9-10 Months
    -Looks for dropped objects
    -May say a few words
    -Takes objects out of containers and put them back in
  • Physical Development: Ten Months

    Physical Development: Ten Months
    crawls well, can put objects in containers, uses index fingers to start pointing, imitates new word sounds more frequently.
  • Physical Development: 11 Months

    Physical Development: 11 Months
    walks while holding onto furniture or crib rails for support, uses gestures like shaking head for no, releases objects intentionally, grasps with thumb and forefinger
  • Physical Development:; 12 Months

    Physical Development:; 12 Months
    may walk a few stps alone, stands alone for short time, picks up small objects using thumb and forefinger, puts objects into and takes them out of containers, holds and drinks from a cup.
  • Social Development: 11-12 Months

    Social Development: 11-12 Months
    -Uses the words "Dada" and "Mama" to refer to specific people
    -Uses gestures as well as simple body language
    -Shows stronger likes and dislikes
    -Spends time looking in mirrors