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Month 1
Social: fixes eyes on your face in response to your smile, moves body in response to voice, quiets down when looking at familiar faces, engages in eye contact
Emotional: Makes eye contact, cries for help -
Month 2
Social: fixes on face in response to smile, studies face more, more aware of surroundings, loves playing with others
Emotional: develop a social smile, cries when playing stops, gurgles or coos in response to sounds around, first begins to express anger -
Month 3
Social: smiles immediately and spontaneously, enjoys socializing with other people, stops sucking to hear noises around them, moves head to follow objects or sounds
Emotional: starts conversation by gurgling and cooing at you, smiles back when you smile at them, can imitate some movements and facial expressions -
Month 4
Social: gaze into eyes during feeding or changing diaper, uses mouth to make sounds like coughing or clicking, makes gestures like kicking or waving, enjoys social games
Emotional: will giggle when being tickled, will turn towards children voices, cries if playing stops -
Month 5
social: makes sounds when wanting attention, smiles at mirror image, can notice the difference between familiar and unfamiliar adults, plays happily
Emotional: increasingly assertive, plays during meals, Laughs at mirror image -
Month 6
Social: prefers to play with people, tries to copy facial expressions,
Emotional: temperament becomes apparent, recognizes own name, coos for pleasure, cries for displeasure, grunts and squeals -
Month 7
Social: blowing raspberries, start saying "momma" or "dadda", they try to understand what you are saying
Emotional: understands the meaning of "no", expresses anger more strongly, mimic adult sounds -
Month 8
Social: Makes more complex sounds, will mimic whatever someone else does
Emotional: knows the difference from familiar and unfamiliar, becomes shy or anxious with strangers, cries in frustration when they cant do something or reach something -
Month 9
Social: no longer as attached to parent, Start to explore, they can pronounce for words or make more sounds
Emotional: copy gestures others make, looks at correct picture when image is named, smiles and kisses own image, more sensitive to presents of other children -
Month 10
Social: Their motor skills are a lot better, they can now explore around
Emotional: separation anxiety begins, self-esteem begins to develop, shows moods -
Month 11
Social: saying first words, they get attention from others
Emotional: tries to gain approval and avoid disapproval, be more uncooperative -
Month 12
Social: increase shows of infection, getting into things, say sentences
Emotional: temper tantrums, develop sense of humor, may cling to parents