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Baby weighs 2 pounds 6 ounces. Practices breathing and begins kicking.
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Baby weighs about 4 pounds. A layer of fat is forming under the skin. Baby will gain up to half its birth weight between now and delivery. Eyeteeth are present. The baby can open and close eyes.
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The baby is about 12.5 inches 32 cm. and weighs about 5.5 pounds. The brain has been developing rapidly. The baby can relate to the mood of the mother. Lungs are nearly fully developed. Baby moves less due to tight space. The head is usually positioned down into the pelvis by now. The heart begins to pump 300 gallons of blood a day.
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Baby is born
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Can respond to sounds, can see black and white patterns, stares at faces, and follows objects.
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Can vocalize more sounds, smiles and laughs in response, and can roll on its side.
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Recognizes your face, holds head steady, can roll over and push themselves up with their arms.
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Imitates sounds, and able to pick up toys. Develops a specific attachment to the mother.
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Recognizes their own name, may begin to cut their first tooth, and starts to laugh loud.
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Turns toward sounds, blows bubbles, sits with lil support, begins to put objects in their mouth and begins to eat solid foods.
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Begins to crawl, pulls themselves up usinf furniture, uses finger and thumb combination to pick things up, bangs things together and sits without support and changes postions.
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Understands yes and no, responds to their name, and can say mama an dada. Fear begins to play a role. A fear of strangers starts and seperation anxiety begins. Knows thats things take away still exist and begins to look for them. Ex. a toy taken away and hidden.
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Able to walk, can drink from a cup and able to say 5 to 10 words.
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Sensorimotor stage ends and Preoperational stage begins. A one-dimensional thinking process takes place. The inabilty to see another persons point of view comes into place as well. Shares their toys with other, can dress themselves and able to balance on one foot.
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Child begins to show signs of adult thinking. The concrete-operational stage. Can focus on two dimensional objects.
