Three months

Three months

1. physical develpoment

   • fine motor skills
     • move their head to follow adults movements.
     • watch their heads and play with their fingers
     • clasp and unclasp their hands at the midline of the body and take them to their mouth
   • sensory development
     • are able to focus their eyes on the same point
     • prefer moving objects to still ones their eyes will follow a moving toy from side to side
     • can move their head deliberately to gaze around them.
   • gross motor skills
     • when held ventral suspension keep their head above the line of the body.
     • can now lift both their head and their chest in the prone position, supported on their forearms.
     • keep their head in s central position when lying supine.

2. emotional &social development

   • show enjoyment at caring routines such as bath time
     • fix their eyes unblinking on the carer's face when feeding

3. cognitive & language development

   • take an increasing interest in their surroundings
     • smile in response to speech