auzziekat
03-08-2006, 04:53 AM
Milestone Charts: What to expect from your newborn to 6-month-old
Child's Age
1 month • Lifts head
• Responds to sound
• Stares at faces • Follows objects
• Ooohs and ahhs
• Can see black-and-white patterns • Smiles
• Laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
2 months • Vocalizes sounds — gurgling and cooing
• Follows objects
• Holds head up for short periods • Smiles, laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
• Movements become smoother • Holds head steady
• Bears weight on legs
• May lift head and shoulder (mini-pushup)
3 months • Laughs
• Holds head steady
• Recognizes your face and scent • Squeals, gurgles, coos
• Recognizes your voice
• Does mini-pushups • Turns toward loud sounds
• Can bring hands together and may bat at toys
• Can roll over
4 months • Holds head up steadily
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him • Can grasp a toy
• Reaches out for objects
• Can roll over • Imitates speech sounds — baba, dada
• May cut first tooth
• May be ready for solids
5 months • Can distinguish between bold colors
• Can roll over
• Amuses himself by playing with hands and feet • Turns toward new sounds
• Recognizes own name • May sit momentarily without support
• Mouths objects
• Stranger anxiety may begin
6 months • Turns toward sounds and voices
• Imitates sounds, blows bubbles
• Rolls in both directions • Reaches for objects and mouths them
• Sits without support
• Is ready for solids • May lunge forward or start crawling
• May jabber or combine syllables
• May drag object toward himself
Child's Age
1 month • Lifts head
• Responds to sound
• Stares at faces • Follows objects
• Ooohs and ahhs
• Can see black-and-white patterns • Smiles
• Laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
2 months • Vocalizes sounds — gurgling and cooing
• Follows objects
• Holds head up for short periods • Smiles, laughs
• Holds head at 45-degree angle
• Movements become smoother • Holds head steady
• Bears weight on legs
• May lift head and shoulder (mini-pushup)
3 months • Laughs
• Holds head steady
• Recognizes your face and scent • Squeals, gurgles, coos
• Recognizes your voice
• Does mini-pushups • Turns toward loud sounds
• Can bring hands together and may bat at toys
• Can roll over
4 months • Holds head up steadily
• Can bear weight on legs
• Coos when you talk to him • Can grasp a toy
• Reaches out for objects
• Can roll over • Imitates speech sounds — baba, dada
• May cut first tooth
• May be ready for solids
5 months • Can distinguish between bold colors
• Can roll over
• Amuses himself by playing with hands and feet • Turns toward new sounds
• Recognizes own name • May sit momentarily without support
• Mouths objects
• Stranger anxiety may begin
6 months • Turns toward sounds and voices
• Imitates sounds, blows bubbles
• Rolls in both directions • Reaches for objects and mouths them
• Sits without support
• Is ready for solids • May lunge forward or start crawling
• May jabber or combine syllables
• May drag object toward himself