Social / Emotional

•May be afraid of strangers

•May be clingy with familiar adults

•Has favorite toys

Physical Development

•Stands, holding on

•Can get into sitting position

•Sits without support

•Pulls to stand

•Crawls

Language / Communication

•Understands “no”

•Makes a lot of different sounds like “mamamama” and “bababababa”

•Copies sounds and gestures of others

•Uses fingers to point at things

Cognitive (learning, thinking, problem-solving)

•Watches the path of something as it falls

•Looks for things he sees you hide

•Plays peek-a-boo

•Puts things in her mouth

•Moves things smoothly from one hand to the other

•Picks up things like cereal o’s between thumb and index finger

Act Early by Talking to Your Child’s Doctor if Your Child:

•Doesn’t bear weight on legs with support

•Doesn’t sit with help

•Doesn’t babble (“mama”, “baba”, “dada”)

•Doesn’t play any games involving back-and-forth play

•Doesn’t respond to own name

•Doesn’t seem to recognize familiar people

•Doesn’t look where you point

•Doesn’t transfer toys from one hand to the other