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1st month
-starts seeing up to 12 inches
-hearing is well developed
-very basic reflexes -
2nd month
-recognizes you and your partner as parents
-be able to lift his or her chest up from the floor using forearms
-no longer keep hands in tight fist -
3rd month
-can now hold head up steadily
-makes noises and sounds
-will sleep 12-15 hours a day -
4 months
-will now immitate sounds
-weighs around 14-16lbs on average
-feeling objects with his mouth -
5th month
-will start waking up more during the night to feed, and might not yet sleep longer than five to six hours at a time.
-might start sitting up
-might start displaying a wariness of strangers -
6th month
-can pick up things raking them with fingers
-becomes more aware of you as a separate person
-should not be waking up at night often anymore -
7 months
-He might start drooling more heavily and biting on his hands
-his first tooth could be arriving soon.
-Get up on all fours and rock back and forth -
8 months
-will now crawl
-Say “dada” without necessarily knowing what it means
-Move from laying on her stomach to a sitting position -
9 months
-Pull himself to a standing position
-Walk while holding on to furniture
-Understand “no” -
10 months
-Protest if you take a toy away
-Play hand games and wave bye-bye
-interacting more with people -
11 months
-baby can now see clearly 20 ft away
-baby listens closely and is now integrated with sight
-wants to poke, prod and rip things -
12 months
-baby continues to feel everything with hands and mouth
-Baby’s hearing is now super accurate, and she listens with closer attention than she used to
-baby starts to walk
