Infant and Childhood

  • Reflex: Late Pregnancy

    A baby begins to suck its thumb and kick and move around in the womb.
  • Perceptual: Birth

    A baby will know how to see, hear and smell moments after being born. Most of the senses are developed.
  • Reflex: Rooting

    A baby that's alert will learn to react to something around their mouth (e.g. A mother's breast, bottle, etc.)
  • Reflex: Disturbances

    A baby will begin to find disturbances in light, sound, touches, which was very unlikely in the womb. They will tend to be more "capable" to things.
  • Perceptual: How a baby reacts to stimulants in the World

    A baby will react to things differently compared to another baby; they would have a reaction to a stimulant seeing it as humor and another baby would feel fear.
  • Physical: Head Lifting

    A baby will have learned how to pick their own head up by theirself.
  • Reflex: Standing/Walking

    A baby will start to develop a sense of balance.
  • Physical: Crawling

    A baby, at this point, will learn how to crawl.
  • Physical: Standing

    At this point, a baby will learn to stand on their own.
  • Physical: Weight Change

    By the first year point, a baby can weigh as much as 20-25 pounds from about 7 pounds at birth.
  • Language

    A baby will develop a sense of how to speak.