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What is considered "normal" when it comes to reaching
milestones? Providing a good amount of nurturing, nutrition and
health care, they will graduate to the next stages at a pace mostly
determined by your child temperament and genes.
Babies build skills based on the environment. If the interaction
with you is responsive and enriching, children will learn more skills
and it opens the door to the next level of learning. Love, attention
and nurturing play important roles in encouraging your childs accomplishments
as they master each new skill.
There is a wide range of what is considered normal infant development.
Babies spend different amounts of time at each stage before moving
on.
Some children will focus longer on a level and others may skip a
level completely. There are timeframes for milestones that should
be monitored but not used to compare to other children. Every human
is different and we all develop at our own rate and in our own way.
That's what makes us individuals.
BIRTH
TO THREE MONTHS
Lifts and turns head,stretches out arms and legs, open hands and
swipes at objects, holds eye contact and studies faces, makes first
sounds and smiles(probably gas).
FOUR
TO SIX MONTHS
Better depth perception, accurately tracks moving objects and people,
reaches with both hands and can hold onto toys, starts sitting with
help, cries less and babbles more.
SEVEN
TO TWELVE MONTHS
Picks up objects with thumb and forefinger, uses facial expressions
and gestures to communicate, advances from crawling(backwards) to
walking.
Now the fun begins!!
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