What's next?
Here is a list of first year milestones and when to expect them!
1 Month
Around one month babies start trying to lift their head of the ground when laying on their tummy!
2 Months
- Begin to smile responsively
- Vocalize, gurgle and coo
- Become aware of their own fingers
3 Months
Selective looking – choosing things to focus on and picking out differences. A child of this age could mentally pick out a red block from a box of yellow blocks. They might also be able to visually track an object moving slowly across the room.
4 Months
Start to roll from front to back
5 Months
Hold their head upright (although still wobbly) and smile at themselves in the mirror
6-7 Months
- Social referencing – being able to begin registering your emotions. If you are smiling, they will know things are going well. If you look upset, they can tell something is wrong.
- Begin sitting up with support
8 Months
Begin to pick up small things with their fingers
9 Months
- Problem solving – rather than simply crying if a rattle is under their pillow. Nine month olds will likely be able to reach under and push it out themselves.
- Begin pulling themselves up to stand
10 Months
- Word comprehension – being able to understand what you are saying even if they can’t say it yet.
- Communicate with gestures like waving goodbye
- Bang things together
- Hold arms out to show they want to be held
11 Months
Sit down from standing position and “cruise” (walking while holding on to things)
12 Months
- Stand without holding onto something
- Put objects into a container
- Say a few words
- Developed object permanence. Learning to look for something after it has “disappeared” under a blanket.
- Looks and listens simultaneously
- Develops self-feeding skills… though messily