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Social & Emotional (3 Months Old)
·Smiles more readily and her crying is lesser
·Has a broad range of facial expressions to show her moods
·Tries to attract attention when parents or sibling is near
·Responsive to adults who shows interest in her
·Produces a delightful laughter and responds back by a smile
·Has increasing interest in speech and regularly looks for speakers
Cognitive & Learning (3 months old)
·Will anticipate actions such as opening & closing mouth
·Imitate actions
·Stares at her hands
·Starts to differentiate family members by sight & the sound of their voice
·Can tell the difference between woman's face from a man
·Differentiates between angry and friendly voices
·Can quickly detect, in less than 400 milliseconds, a change is the first consonant of a syllable.
·Better memory allows her to anticipate events such as feeding, or reappearance,
·Recognize a link between her hand with toy.
·May shift focus from one object to another for brief glances.
·Watches object moving in a circle for a short time.
·May follow an object pulled by a string.
·When shown a several pictures of horses, she can form a concept of horse that excludes other animals including zebras.
Language & Communication (3 months old)
·Coos & gurgles in response to parent's voice
·Gurgles to herself when alone
·Enjoys hearing parent sing
·Quiets down to listen to music she if familiar with
·Listening skill improved & keeps quiet when she hears a small noise
·Makes at least two distinct sounds such as "aaaah" and "ooooh"
·Makes groping movements with her tongue and lips
·Lots of expressive noises like chuckles, squeals, and laughs
·Develops interactive vocalization
·Responds sometimes when she is talked to
·Makes noises to herself & may make a string of several little sounds together
·Tends to watch lips and mouth rather than the whole face
·Sometimes responds when she is being talked to
·Will return a parents glance with cooing and a smile
·Vocalizes more when she is being talked to in an animated manner
·May be able to direct her gaze to where parents is looking, a vital learning ability of sharing joint attention
Hand-Eye Coordination (3 months old)
·Stretches out her hand toward a toy close to her
·Grabs a toy firmly when it is placed in her hand
·Thrusts her hands toward bottle of milk
·Watches an object as it moves around the room
·Grabs a toy & put at her mouth to explore its characteristics
Motor Activity (3 months old)
·Good head control which means she can visually explore the room
·She can glance from one object to another
·She can now lift her head when lying on her back
·Leg movements become vigorous when kicking
·Better at moving her body around her crib
·Enjoys sitting position
·Waves arms around bringing them together & plays with her fingers
BrilliantBaby.com Recommendations For Three Months Old
·Make a lot of eye contact with her.
·When talking to your baby you should be always smiling, happy, demonstrative and enthusiastic
·Let her know that you are interested with her.
·Sing to her as often as possible.
·When you notice that she is getting bored, sleepy, or inattentive stop your learning activities or interactions. Give her a break.
Use short and simple sentences.
Make your sentences as interesting as possible.
Change your tone, tune, and volume of your voice for emphasis.
Speak slowly. Pause between each phrase or short sentence.
Give her turn to talk with her eyes. You stop talking for one minute or two.
Use a lot of repetition of words or phrases.
Recipe poems or nursery rhyms.
Teach her simple sign language with your fingers, hands, face, and arms.
More recommedations, early counting, and Baby Body Language please send your e mail to:
lleonidas@pcpediatrics.org
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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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