6 months

6 months

1. Gross Motor

   • Can lye from back to front.
   • Lying down: Lift legs into a vertical (up and down) position and grasp one or both feet.
   • Can hold most of their own weigh on their legs.
   • Change the position of their body to reach for an object
   • If lying on their stomach can lift their head and chest, supporting themselves on their arms and hands.
   • Can use their shoulders to pull themselves into a sitting position.
   • When held standing , do so with a straight back.
   • When held sitting, do so with a straight back.

2. Fine Motor

   • Use palmar grasp to move toy from hand to hand
   • Reach and grab for and take offered toy.
   • Poke at small things with index finger .
   • Explore objects by putting them in their mouth.

3. Cognitive & Language

   • Squeal with delight.
   • Understand “up” and “down” and can make raising arm motions.
   • Understand the meaning of words such as ‘bye-bye”.
   • Talk to themselves in a sing-song voice.
   • Babble
   • Understand objects and know what to expect of them.
   • Turn immediately when they hear mother's or main care's voice at a distance.
   • Show some understanding of the emotional state of their mother's or main carer's voice.

4. Social & Emotional

   • Are more aware of other’s feelings (cry is sister cries, etc.)
   • Show distress when mom leaves.
   • Are becoming wary of strangers.
   • Offer toys to others.
   • Manage to feed themselves using their fingers.

5. Sensory

   • Adjust their position to see things better.
   • Are visually very alert and can follow activities of someone across room.
   • Turn towards the source when they hear sound ear level.