Having a baby made me look at myself at a different angle, I realized things about myself. For example, I do follow norms and observe standard baby growth when we all know that each is different and has different stages of developments. I guess I am just too eager to see these developments for baby Zara and I wish I would be the first one to notice or observe the changes that will occur on her first year.
Gross Motor
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Fine Motor
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Language/
Cognitive
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Social
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1 month
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Moves head from side to side when on stomach
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Strong grip
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Stares at hands and fingers
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Tracks movement with eyes
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2 months
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Holds head and neck up briefly while on tummy
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Opens and closes hands
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Begins to play with fingers
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Smiles responsively
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3 months
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Reaches and grabs at objects
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Grips objects in hands
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Coos
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Imitates you when you stick out your tongue
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4 months
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Pushes up on arms when lying on tummy
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Grabs objects -- and gets them!
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Laughs out loud
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Enjoys play and may cry when playing stops
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5 months
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Begins to roll over in one or the other direction
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Is learning to transfer objects from one hand to the other
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Blows “raspberries” (spit bubbles)
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Reaches for mommy or daddy and cries if they’re out of sight
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6 months
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Rolls over both ways
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Uses hands to “rake” small objects
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Babbles
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Recognizes familiar faces --caregivers and friends as well as family
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7 months
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Moves around --is starting to crawl, scoot, or “army crawl”
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Is learning to use thumb and fingers
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Babbles in a more complex way
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Responds to other people’s expressions of emotion
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8 months
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Sits well without support
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Begins to clap hands
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Responds to familiar words, looks when you say his name
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Plays interactive games like peekaboo
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9 months
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May try to climb/crawl up stairs
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Uses the pincer grasp
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Learns object permanence -- that something exists even if he can’t see it
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Is at the height of stranger anxiety
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10 months
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Pulls up to stand
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Stacks and sorts toys
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Waves bye-bye and/or lifts up arms to communicate “up”
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Learns to understand cause and effect (“I cry, Mommy comes”)
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11 months
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Cruises, using furniture
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Turns pages while you read
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Says “mama” or “dada” for either parent
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Uses mealtime games (dropping spoon, pushing food away) to test your reaction; expresses food preferences
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12 months
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Stands unaided and may take first steps
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Helps while getting dressed (pushes hands into sleeves)
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Says an average of 2-3 words (often “mama” and “dada”)
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Plays imitative games such as pretending to use the phone
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While everything else in the above mentioned list is a check for baby Zara, I worry about her teething because nothing is happening in that sector of development. At any point, i leave it to the course of nature and I will do my best to support her nutrition wise, so far, baby Zara is still on breastfeeding and eats rice cereal or brown rice mixed with potatoes carrot veg puree at least twice if not thrice a day, and loves her rice biscuits.
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