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Baby's 1st Month
-Lift head briefly during supervised tummy time
-Suck well
-Starts to coo and make sounds beyond a simple cry
-Brings his hands within range of his eyes and mouth
-Moves their head side to side when lying on their stomach -
Baby's 2nd Month
-Starts to smile at people
-Holds their head up
-Begins to push up when lying on her tummy
-Makes smoother movements with her arms and legs -
Baby's 3rd Month
-Turns his head away to express boredom
-Opens and shuts his hands
-Swipes at dangling objects
-Follows moving objects with his eyes
-Turns his head in the direction of sounds -
Baby's 4th Month
-Reaches for a toy with one hand
-Holds her head steady, unsupported
-Pushes up onto her elbows when she’s lying on her tummy -
Baby's 5th Month
-Rolls over from tummy to back
-Explores toys by putting them in his mouth
-Babbles -
Baby's 6th Month
-Starts creeping along the floor
-Passes things from one hand to the other
-Starts sitting unaided -
Baby's 7th Month
-Enjoys dropping things on the floor
-Plays simple games like peekaboo
-Finds partially hidden objects -
Baby's 8th Month
-Develops a pincer grasp (using the thumb and index finger)
-Begins crawling
-Stands while holding onto something -
Baby's 9th Month
-Makes a lot of different sounds, like “mamamama” and “bababababa”
-Copies sounds and gestures of others
-Uses fingers to point at things -
Baby's 10th Month
-Explores things in different ways, like shaking, banging and throwing
-Pulls to stand
-Starts cruising (shuffling along while holding onto furniture)
-Gets into a sitting position without help
-Begins feeding themselves finger food, thanks to better hand-eye coordination -
Baby's 11th Month
-Understands object permanence (the idea that an object continues to exist even though it cannot be seen)
-Crawls up the stairs (while supervised)
-Makes sounds with changes in tone (sounds more like speech) -
Baby's 1st Year
-Uses basic gestures, like shaking their head “no” or waving “bye-bye”
-Starts to use things correctly; for example, drinks from a cup or brushes their hair
-May take a few steps without holding on to something
-May stand alone
