Baby Growth - Mother's e-Guide
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NEONATAL is more than just immunisation & Nutrition
Baby’s Developmental Growth
1
Month
- Reduces
activity when talked to.
- Focuses on ‘rattle
toy’ that is in the line of vision.
- Lifts head when lying
on tummy.
2 Months
- Eyes follow moving person around.
- Smiles socially when stimulated.
- Follows rattle toy with eyes past midline.
3 Months
- Rolls from front to back or reverse.
- Laughs to self.
- Searches for sound with eyes.
- Actively holds rattle toy placed in hand.
4 Months
- Laughs aloud.
- Puts toys to mouth.
- Lifts head high with chest up when lying on tummy.
5
Months
- Screams with
happiness.
- Plays with
fingers in front of face.
- Good neck control
when pulled to sit.
6
Months
- Sits with
assistance or unsupported with a round back.
- Reaches out,
grasps toy with one hand.
- Uses single sounds:
da, ba, ba, ka, etc.
7 Months
- Begins to make sounds such as: baba, dadad and responds to sound with sound.
- Bangs table with toys.
- Transfers toy from hand to hand.
- Turns head when name is called.
8 Months
- Tries to pick up crumbs by raking with thumb, second and third fingers.
- Handles toy in each hand.
- Sits alone with back straight.
- Babbles.
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