js-motorskilldevelopment-firstyear

By Jace Stubbs

  • Baby's birth

    Baby is first born
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  • Umbilical cord

    Umbilical cord falls off after 10 days

  • Raise their head

    after about a month or so the baby when it's on their tummy can start to raise their head up

  • Track objects

    The baby will start tracking objects with its eyes better and stop eye crossing.

  • Hands

    the baby can start to move their hands and slightly grip things.

  • Start reaching for things

    The baby will take swipes at or reach for dangling objects, though they usually won’t be able to get them yet.

  • Start to roll over

    Roll over from front to back or back to front. Front-to-back usually comes first.

  • Babble

    Babble, making sounds that can sound like real language.

  • Laugh

    The baby will start to laugh

  • sit up

    Sit up with support and have great head control

  • Crawl

    The baby starts to crawl

  • recognizes faces

    Recognizes familiar faces --caregivers and friends as well as family

  • Express emotion

    Responds to other people’s expressions of emotion

  • Claps

    Begins to clap hands

  • say mama or dada

    Says “mama” or dada for either parent