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Physical Development- Raise Head
infants begin raising their heads to 45 degrees while laying on their stomachs around 2 months. -
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Child Development First Year Plan
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Reflex Abilities- Hand Grasp
At around 2 months, infants develop plantar grasp. Which means the infant grasps objects in palms like a finger or anything small object placed near palms. -
Reflex Abilities- Grasping Reflex
The grasping relfex is a response to a touch. An infant's clinging response to a touch on the palm of his or her hand. For example, Infants can grasp an object, such as fingers. -
Language Development-Basic Babbling
At around 3 to 4 months, infants begin forming noises as they babble communicating with sounds rather than words such as "ba, ba, ba" -
Reflex Abilities- Rooting Reflex
Rooting reflex is the source of touching that occurs anywhere around the mouth. For example, the infant will move its head towards the mothers nipple. -
Language -- Improved Babbling
When infants reach 6 months they use his/her voice to display pleasure or displeasure; recognizes voices and tones; notices speech/sounds from toys and music; begins using babbling in recognizable words like "da da, ma ma, etc" -
Physical Development- Pulls Self to Standing
When the infant reaches about 7.6 months of age, they are able to pull themselves to a standing position using objects such as chairs or tables -
Perceptual- Improved Examination & Exploration
Moves objects from hand to hand; examines objects thoroughly; focuses on activity in environment and surroundings rather than simply stationary objects -
Perceptual Development- Examination & Exploration
Moves objects from hand to hand; examines objects thoroughly; focuses on activity in environment and surroundings rather than simply stationary objects -
Physical- Development- Roll Over
Infants develop the ability to roll from their front or belly to their backs. -
Perceptual Development- Basic Attention & Eye Movement
Infants are cabable of switching attention between two objects; attracted to colors like black, white, yellow, and red; begins associating visual stimuli with events or actions such as bottle with feeding -
Language Development-Speech Understanding
At around 12 months, infants begin imitating words; understands "no"; follows simple instructions like "drink your milk"