Social / Emotional

•May be afraid of strangers

•May be clingy with familiar adults

•Has favorite toys

 

Language / Communication

•Understands “no”

•Makes a lot of different sounds like “mamamama” and “bababababa”

•Copies sounds and gestures of others

•Uses fingers to point at things

 

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

•Watches the path of something as it falls

•Looks for things he sees you hide

•Plays peek-a-boo

•Puts things in her mouth

•Moves things smoothly from one hand to the other

•Picks up things like cereal o’s between thumb and index finger

 

Movement / Physical Development

•Stands, holding on

•Can get into sitting position

•Sits without support

•Pulls to stand

•Crawls

 

 

Act Early by Talking to Your Child’s Doctor if Your Child:

•Doesn’t bear weight on legs with support

•Doesn’t sit with help

•Doesn’t babble (“mama”, “baba”, “dada”)

•Doesn’t play any games involving back-and-forth play

•Doesn’t respond to own name

•Doesn’t seem to recognize familiar people

•Doesn’t look where you point

•Doesn’t transfer toys from one hand to the other