0-12 months

0-12 months

1. 1 month

   • physical
     • fine motor skills
       • grasp things as a reflex action
     • gross motor skills
       • moves head side to side
       • breathing and swallowing
   • cognitive
     • freeze when they hear a soft sound such as a cot mobile tune
   • communication and language
     • turns head whenn hearing a familar adult voice
     • at 6 weeks will start to make cooing noises
   • emotional and social
     • for the first few months babies will smile and enjoy being held by anyone (indiscriminate attachment)

2. 3 months

   • physical
     • fine motor skills
       • interested in hands
       • can hold a rattle for a few seconds
     • gross motor skills
       • lifts head when on stomach
       • can bring hands together when laying down
   • cognitive
     • more alert
     • follows the movement of an object
     • starts to recognise familar parts of their rounties
   • communication and lanuage
     • smiles when hearing a familar voice
   • emotional and social
     • for the first few months babies will smile and enjoy being held by anyone ( indiscriminate attachment)

3. 6 months

   • physical
     • gross motor skills
       • rolls onto front
       • reaches out for small toys and passes hand to hand
   • cognitive
     • explores objects by handleing them and putting them into their mouths
     • reconises familar voices
   • communication and language
     • makes short babbling sounds such as ba and pa
   • emotional and social
     • for the first few months they will smile and enjoy being held by anyone this is indiscrminate attachment

4. 9 months

   • physical
     • fine motor skills
       • grabs things using pincer grasp
     • gross motor skills
       • can sit up unsupported
       • crawling/shuffling
       • can pull up to standing position using furniture
   • cognitive
     • looking for things that are out of sight
   • communication and language
     • understand the word no
     • starts to make strings of babbling such as dadada
   • emotional and socail
     • at 7 months they want to be held by their family

5. 12 months

   • physical
     • fine motor skills
       • grabs small things using pincer grasp
       • points to objects using index finger
     • gross motor skills
       • can pull up into standing postition using fruniture
       • maybe able to walks along or using furniture