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Emotional-Social Development (12 months old)
·Affectionate towards you & other members of family.
·Has preference for playing with a child of her own gender when in a group.
·Will play next to another baby her age although may play with an older child also.
·May show temper when she doesn't want to cooperate.
·Plays any game that involves interaction between you and her.
·Loves clowning and showing off.
·Joins in songs by singing along.
Learning & Cognition (12 months old)
·Understands about 50 words.
·Recognizes a word at the second hearing and like it with meaning.
·May recall words if heard about a dozen times.
·Listen to and look at objects at the same time.
·Shows spells of focused concentration on something she has chosen to be involved and interested in.
·Curious about objects that rattle when shaken.
·Copies you when you bang two blocks together.
·Makes an effort to place an inset board in proper place.
·May hesitate when given a new puzzle but may use previous knowledge.
·Understand basic directions.
·Picks up an object and give it to an adult.
·Imitate tapping with a pencil.
·Holds a pencil as if to make marks on a paper.
·Enjoys play with soft toys.
·Pretend play is developing.
·Can push a car and imitate actions like stirring with a teaspoon.
·Likes playing with real objects like a cup or hairbrush.
·Recognizes that telephone is for talking into.
Language & Communication (12 months old)
·Has uttered the first word like "dada," "mama," "bye-bye," clearly.
·Says "boo" in games of "peekaboo."
·Has intense interest in speech over a prolonged period.
·May have 3 or 4 words for familiar objects or pets.
·Make sounds made in front of the mouth, "p" and "b," the middle, "t" and "d," and back, "k" and "g."
·Creates sounds starting to be like words such as "brm brm" for car.
·Follows simple instruction consistently like "Want some more?"
·Demonstrate understanding by means of a gesture such as a head shake.
·May use people to acquire objects by pulling an adult's sleeve or pants and leading to her objective.
·May want attention by banging hard on a tray with a spoon.
·Often "answers" when she is spoken to.
·Uses much variation in melody and rhythm in her voice.
·Knows the names of other members of the family.
·Interacts with peers eg. she will offer or show a toy to another baby and point out things of interest to her.
·Can grab toys from another child.
Hand-Eye Coordination (12 months old)
·Enjoys water games and can pour from a container held in either hand.
·May use a spoon for stirring rather than banging.
·Spends time building with small wooden blocks.
·May make a mark on a paper with a crayon or pen.
·Hand preference is more obvious.
·Acquired skills that enable her to empty and fill containers, opening containers, unwrapping toys, stacking objects, rolling balls, matching objects with picture, and fitting toys together.
·Puts pegs into simple pegboards.
·Enjoys playing with paper and cardboard boxes and loves boxes big enough to get into.
Motor movement (12 months old)
·Crawls effectively on his hand and knees.
·Walks alone; climbs stairs.
·May walk if you hold her hands for support.
·Better body control when lowering himself from standing.
Developmental Red Flags at 12 months old
·Avoids eye contact.
·Babbling is rare or does not produce tuneful babble.
·Consistently does not respond to whisper.
·Doesn't turn toward a speaker when her name is called.
·No interest in imitating even simple baby signs like "bye-bye."
·Cries without changing intensity or pitch.
·Shows little emotion when trying to say a word or when not saying anything.
·Has good hearing but losses interest in repetitive words or sounds.
·Does not crawl or pull up to stand.
·Doesn't follow a point and looking in the direction you are pointing or referring to.
brilliantbaby.com Recommendations (12 months old)
·Create at least two 20 minute period everyday that you and her can be together without distractions. This is your floor time that is extremely important in promoting emotional connections between the two of you.
·Do your floor time in a quiet room or environment so your baby can hear your speech sounds that come with each word.
·Keep talking to her a lot. At this stage she is linking meaning to the words that she hears from you. Studies have shown that the more words a baby hears clearly, language development is advanced.
·Provide good model of speech. Be careful with your grammar and syntax. She will copy you.
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A 15 year old boy from Minnesota died five days after showing signs of chicken pox in November 1999.
About 50 people younger than 20 years old died each year from Chicken Pox in the United States.
This is a preventable disease. Chicken Pox shot is good for your child.
Leo Leonidas, MD, FAAP, Assistant Clinical Professor in Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston; Attending Pediatrician, Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor, Maine
Please send my your suggestions and comments to improve this site:
lleonidas@pcpediatrics.org
I wrote and desinged this website for parents of our practice. Before you use ideas from this website, please discuss it first with your clinician if you are not with our practice.
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