From helpless newborn to active toddler, It takes just 12 short months for acquiring motor, communication and social skills. Baby's grow and change wonderfully, every month brings new changes, giving way to exciting development of baby.
New moms and dads are often worried about their baby's development, as is going on in right way or not. Focussing too much on development milestones, it is important for parents to remember that every child progress at their own pace.
Some baby reaches one milestone sooner and other milestone later, as the baby is busy in perfecting the other skill. Some babies start walking before completing one year other may start walking between 12 months to 18 months .
So, parents don't be too stressed keeping these variations in mind, let's just see what all developments your baby goes through in their first year.
Baby Development: Newborn to Three Months
During first phase of development, baby's body and mind are learning to live in the outside world. Let's just see what all changes baby go through in this phase:
Start blinking eyes
Start bonding with mom's voice
Hearing gets fully developed
Black and white patterns draw more attention
Turns and lifts head while lying on stomach
Responses to rolling, singing, etc
Starts smiling
Tracks parents with eyes
Makes first sound
Grip objects in hand
Baby Development: Four to Six months
Improvement in hand and eye co-ordination
Holds head and can do mini push ups
Roll over from front to back and back to front
Babble, making sounds that can sound like real language
Recognize cause and effect, i.e. smile in return of smile
Self calms by sucking hands
Reach out for and grab objects or toys
Sit up with support and have great head control
Can start showing tantrums
Follows moving object with eyes
May start teething
Baby Development:-Seven to Nine Months
Starts to crawl
Sit without support
Clap and play games
Stands with assistance
Immitates sound
May hold own bottle to feed
Reacts to strangers
Responds to familiar words
Points with index finger
Can deliberately drop toys
Starts semi-solid food
Transfer objects hand to hand
Picks objects with thumb and side of forefinger
Baby Development: Ten to Twelve Months
Starts to move around the room while holding furniture
Starts drinking from cup
Shows seperation anxiety from parents
Respond to request such as wave bye-bye
Finds hidden toys in the blanket
Baby points at objects in order to grab attention
Says "MAMA" and "DADA" and understands "NO"
Begin "pretend play" by coping you, such as pretending to talk on phone
Attempts to feed self through spoon in a very messy way