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Birth
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Coos and makes gurgling sounds
Language/Communication -
Begins to smile at people
Social and Emotional -
Pays attention to faces
Cognitive -
Can hold head up and begins to push up when lying on tummy
Movement/Physical Development -
2 months old
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Cries in different ways to show hunger, pain, or being tired
Language/Communication -
Smiles spontaneously, especially at people
Social and Emotional -
When lying on stomach, pushes up to elbows
Movement/Physical Development -
Reaches for toy with one hand
Cognitive -
4 months old
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Likes to look at self in a mirror
Social and Emotional -
Makes sounds to show joy and displeasure
Language/Communication -
Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach
Cognitive -
Begins to sit without support
Movement/Physical Development -
6 months old
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Puts things in his mouth
Cognitive -
Uses fingers to point at things
Language/Communication -
May be afraid of strangers
Social and Emotional -
Crawls
Movement/Physical Development -
9 months old
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Hands you a book when he wants to hear a story
Social and Emotional -
Uses simple gestures, like shaking head “no” or waving “bye-bye”
Language/Communication -
Pulls up to stand, walks holding on to furniture (“cruising”)
Movement/Physical Development -
Starts to use things correctly; for example, drinks from a cup, brushes hair
Cognitive -
1 year old
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May have temper tantrums
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Points to show someone what he wants
Language/Communication -
Scribbles on his own
Cognitive -
Eats with a spoon
Movement/Physical Development -
18 months old
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Plays mainly beside other children, but is beginning to include other children, such as in chase games
Social/Emotional -
Points to things in a book
Language/Communication -
Builds towers of 4 or more blocks
Cognitive -
Walks up and down stairs holding on
Movement/Physical Development -
2 years old