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-Lifts head and turns it from one side to the other when placed on stomach
-Focuses on objects from about 10 inches to about 3 feet away
-Reacts to parent's voice -
-Makes sounds such as ooh and ahh
-Watches objects moved about 6 inches away from face
-Respnds to more sounds and different pitches of voice -
-Opens and closes hands
-Holds head steady when held up
-Lifts head and chest when on stomach
-Swipes at objects
-Brings hands together -
-Supports upper body on hands when lying on stomach
-Shows preference for red and blue over yellow
-grasps rattle
-puts hands in mouth
-rolls from tummy to back
-may begin to use vowels and consonants in babbling, such as "ah ga" -
-rocks on stomach while kicking legs and making swimming motions with arms
-reaches out and grabs toys
-turns head in directions of sound
-knows positive speech from unhappy speech -
-passes a block from one hand to the other
-puts objects to mouth with hand
- may begin creeping
-recognizes basic sounds of native language -
-rolls over both ways
-sits up steadily
-stands with assistance
-knows parents and caregivers by their voices and by sight
-can follow a path of moving objects with eyes
-babbles with strings of vowels and consonants such as 'ba ba ba'
-grabs for objects with a raking motion -
-pulls self up to standing
-bangs blocks together
-propels self by arms, knees, or squirming motion
-looks at objects with sustained attention -
-uses index finger to poke
-puts objects in containers
-leans forward to pick up toys
-notices small objects
-may start associating sounds with objects -
-crawls well
-can put objects in containers
-uses index finger to start pointing
-imitates new word sounds more frequently