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Child development

1. Nine months

   • Play
     • Play alone for long periods
     • Enjoy making noises by banging toys
     • Like to play with empty cardboard boxes
   • Emotional
     • Enjoy songs and action
     • Still prefer to be near to adult
     • Still take everything to the mouth
     • Drink from a cup with help
     • Pointing noises by banging toys
   • Cognitive
     • Judge the size of an object
     • Look in the correct direction for fallen toys
     • Recognize familiar pictures
     • Understand the daily routine
     • Enjoy communicating with sounds
     • Imitate adult sounds
   • Physical
     • Gross motor skills
       • Sitting with a straight back
       • Sit for up to 15 minutes
       • Turn the body to look sideways
       • Stand holding on the furniture
       • Rolling , Wriggling , or Crawling
     • Fine motor skills
       • Passing the toys from one hand to other
       • Grasping an object by using a pincer grip
       • Release a toy from the grasp by dropping it
       • Move arms up and down when excited