From grabbing objects to crawling, your baby’s first year is a miraculous journey of developmental progress
Like all new mums, while you’re wide-eyed with wonder at all the amazing things your baby is achieving as he grows, you’re bound to start wondering about what he’s not. After all, little Maisie in your NCT group is already rolling – so why isn’t your baby?
However, it can be comforting to have expert benchmarks about what he might be doing as he grows, so you can help him and enjoy each stage.By now your baby will be showing increasing coordination between his hands and eye. ‘He’s learning to give and take objects and will be able to hold a blankie or soft rattle,’ says Dr Brewer. ‘He’ll also be tracking objects and people with his eyes.’
‘Give your baby lots of clean and safe things to play with and explore to help develop his motor skills,’ says Dr Todd. ‘He loves things like books, toys, spoons and objects with lots of different colours and textures.’ Choose hard-backed books like the That’s Not My… range , as he’ll tear at paper or pop-up books at this age.Around now your baby will start to develop a pincer grip. ‘This is where he’ll pick up small objects with his thumb and forefinger,’ says Dr Dixit.
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