By 6 Months

Cognition:

  • Use hands and mouth to explore objects
  • Turns eyes and head to the sound of a hidden voice
  • Localizes sound with eyes
  • Find a partially hidden objects

Communication:

  • Fixes gaze on face
  • Responds to name by looking for the voice
  • Regularly localizes sound
  • Coos, giggles, chuckles, laughs
  • Says a vowel-consonant combination such as “ah goo”

Socialization:

  • Social Smile
  • Vocalizes in response to adult talk and smile
  • Demands social attention
  • Vocalizes pleasure and displeasure
  • Distinguishes mother from others

Daily Living Skills

  • Reacts to sight of bottle or breast
  • Comforts self with thumb or pacifier

Motor:

  • Lifts head and chest when lying on stomach
  • Turns over when lying on stomach
  • Holds head in line with body when pulled to sitting
  • Bears almost all weight on legs
  • Looks and reaches for faces or toys
  • Picks up toy with one hand