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Injury & Illness Prevention Nutrition Parent Infant Interaction Family Relationship & Community Resources
Emotional & Social (6 Months Old)
·Chuckes in anticipation when parents come toward her
·Won't let go a toy when you try to get it
·Stops crying or coos in response to familiar song or music
·Turns when she hears her name
·Shows awareness of her peers, smiling & vocalizing to them
·May become anxious in company of stranger and cry
·Shows shyness for the first time
·May become worried when she puts herself in an awkward position
Learning & Cognition (6 months)
·May recognize herself in a mirror, photograph, or video
·Holds a toy in one hand without dropping it.
·Purposely reaches for toys that attracts her attention.
·Some may start to understand the meaning of "No."
·She comprehends words like "daddy" and "bye-bye"
·She understand general meanings of speech such as warning or anger and begins to sense a variety of emotions
·Begins to remember the routines of the day
·Can differentiate voice tones between man & woman.
·Switches her stare from toy to another
·Enjoys watching adults play with a toy and attempts to copy them. Playtime can now involve toy sharing with her.
·Focuses on what is important and interesting to her (a crucial skill to learning)
·Can only focus to information from one sensory channel at a time, eg. she will not listen if there is something in her mouth or a toy in her hands
·Will look for a toy that has rolled out of her reach
·Becomes aware of functions of certain things, eg. a cup is for drinking
·Imitate a cough
·Responds to simple request like "up you go"
·Begins to turn more quickly to find the source of a sound
·Can find sounds that are coming from above her head, just below her and in line with her ears
·Can differentiate sounds that are near to her and those farther away
·Shows great interest in listening and starting to scan all sounds in the surrounding
·Auditory attention span is extremely short
·Easily distractible
·May be able to look and listen at the same time, a big milestone
Language & Communication (6 months)
·Develops shared focus when she will look where you re looking so that you and her pay joint attention to the same activity or thing. This is a huge milestone in learning process.
·May synchronize her speech with yours as in a dialogue
·May make more different vowels and consonants: f, v, da, ka, ma
·Begins to produce strings of babbles in which she repeats the same syllable many times, such as "dada," "mama," or "baba."
·Plays at varying the intonation, duration, succession of vowel sounds.
·Begins to be able to interrupt their vocalizations at will, which is important for vocal control.
·Copies the vocalization pitch of their model usually the mother; babies voice is higher when they are with their mother than with the father.
·Imitates simple patterns of intonation of adults around her.
·Plays at sound making when she is alone and with other person
·Begins to address her babbles at people.
·Will sometimes interrupt vocalization of other people.
·Starting to create sounds without waiting for the other person to pause.
·Laughs when happy.
·Screams when angry.
·Produces gurgling noises when playing contentedly.
·May react to the mood of music in the room.
·Will sometimes use a gesture with a vocalization.
·May be able to tell the difference between friendly and a cross inflection by her facial expression and body movements
Hand Eye coordination (6 months)
·Enjoys dropping a toy and picking it up repeatedly.
·Keeps watching objects that falls from her hand.
·Uses both hands in synchrony.
·Can transfer a toy from one hand to the other.
·Drops toy she is holding if given another toy; she can't handle two toys at the same time
·Plays with a toy with a purpose instead of just mouthing it.
·Holds a spoon or bottle while having her meals
Motor Activity (6 months)
·Pushes her chest and head off the floor on prone position.
·Sits up on her own without support.
·Loves to be lifted and swung
·Will put up arms if she wants to lifted or goes out of the room
·May show signs of crawling by bringing one knee to her belly.
·Enjoys rolling from front to back and reverses the turning.
·Makes strong body motions to proper herself on the floor.
·Turns and twists in many directions.
BrilliantBaby Recommendations Social and Language (6 months old)
·Give her your full attention with every interaction between the two of you.
·Devote at least 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night for floor time. These two 20 minute sessions should be 100% free of distractions. Let your answering machine do the talking.
·Choose a room that is very quiet, without any radio, TV, video, or computer sounds in the background. Your baby should be able to hear her own sound machine.
·Provide an interesting toy or objects for her to play
·Make sure she can see your facial expression, lips, and body language with every interactions you make.
Injury & Illness Prevention Nutrition Parent Infant Interaction Family Relationship & Community Resources
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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.
copyright Leo Leonidas 2002
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