Baby's 1st Year- Andrea Jones

1st month

Jul 23, 2002

-Moves head side to side while lying on stomach
-Brings eyes within range of eyes and mouth
-Keeps hands in tight fists

2nd month

Aug 23, 2002

-His legs are straightening out, and his kicks are stronger.
-Responding to you with gurgles, coos and ahhs and ohhs and even smiles.
- lifting his shoulders during tummy time

3rd month

Sep 23, 2002

-She follows moving objects with her eyes.
-mimicking some sounds, movements and expressions and starting to babble.
-She can grasp and shake a toy

4th month

Oct 23, 2002

-Baby’s bringing his hand to his mouth and feeling objects with his mouth too.
-Baby may be able to roll from his stomach to his back and push up to his elbows.
-Baby looks at things in the distance now, not just those close to him.

5th month

Nov 23, 2002

-He's likely reaching with both hands, grasping things and holding them using all his fingers.
-Baby is fascinated by his hands and may have started bringing both of them together.
-Baby can now spot a toy just out of reach, and grab it.

6th month

Dec 23, 2002

• rolls in both directions: back to front and front to back. -respond quickly to noises, turning their head quickly when they hear something. -Baby sits up—but probably with some help.

7th month

Jan 23, 2003

-Baby might be able to sit up by herself without any help
-picks things up with her whole hand
-bears weight on her legs when you hold her upright.

8th month

Feb 23, 2003

• He can probably sit up by himself—but you'll still need to catch him sometimes—and is beginning to lean over to pick up toys. -When baby’s on the floor, he's in constant motion -creeping or scooting to get where they want to go.

9th month

Mar 23, 2003

-may be able to hold on to the couch or coffee table to stand himself up.
-begin to pick things up using their pointer finger and thumb
-make sounds like mamamama and dadadada

10th month

Apr 23, 2003

-learned how to point
-Baby now can probably sit up without any support
-Talking. say “mama” or “dada”

11th month

May 23, 2003

-baby may begin to hold on to furniture as she walks herself around
-She can recognize objects and point to them when you ask her where they are.
-getting better and better at crawling.

12th month

Jun 23, 2003

-Baby also understands one-step commands if you use gestures
-stand for a few moments without support
-sits for long periods of time and can twist and turn to reach different toys.