Around 3 to 6 months

Vision and Fine Movements

• Can focus on moving objects and follow them with eyes.
• Forgets about objects that are moved away from line of sight.
• Explores things by putting them in the mouth.
• Grasps and plays with small objects.
• Moves objects from one hand to another.
• Can bang together two blocks for other objects

Large Movements

• Rolls from back to front.
• Can lift chest and abdomen from surface, supporting weight with hands.
• Plays with own hands and feet.
• Can sit when held.
• Bounces when held in a standing position.

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

• Friendly with strangers, but may show slight anxiety when mother or primary care-giver is out of sight.
• Responds differently to different tones of mother's voice, for example, cross, pleased.
• Imitates familiar actions, for example, waving, clapping.
• Knows and responds to familiar faces.
• Helps to hold the bottle when drinking.

Listening, Speaking and Understanding

• Begins to imitate sounds.
• Babbles and 'sings' using sounds such as ma, da, mu ...
• Has different cries to express, hunger, anger and pain.
• Laughs and squeals with delight.
• Shakes rattle deliberately to make sound.

Seek advice if a child

• Does not smile in response to other people's smiles.
• Does not focus on a moving object and follow it with eyes.
• Does not reach for objects or familiar persons.
• Does not turn head to locate a sound.

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