Community groups. Home Baby Development Your baby's development month by month. Your newborn's development. David Browne for BabyCenter. In this article What can my baby do this month?
How soon will my newborn get into a feeding and sleeping pattern? Why does my baby cry so much? How can I calm him? Is it a good idea to use a dummy to soothe my baby? How well can my baby see? Are there any games I can play with my newborn?
Is my baby developing normally? References Bushnell IWR. Newborn face recognition. In Pascalis O, Slater A eds. Face processing in infancy and early childhood: current perspectives. The normal baby. Myles textbook for midwives. Health for all children. Stages of speech and language development: a guide for early years practitioners.
They will kick both legs strongly and will be very wriggly. Their neck will be getting stronger all the time. During tummy time they might be lifting their head and moving it from side to side. Some babies can even lift their chest off the ground by now. Some though very few babies can sleep through the night by the time they reach 2 months.
They will clearly recognise you, will look at you when you talk to them, and can follow you with their eyes. They will love looking at your face and will be giving you some lovely smiles. They will like looking at objects with more complex patterns and colours. This gives you more time to interact with them and help them develop. Spend plenty of time reading to them, singing, and talking.
You can play with them by letting them look at and feel a variety of objects with different designs, colours, and shapes. Plastic toys and soft balls work well.
They will love looking at you, so make sure you smile at them a lot. You could also give your baby a massage to relax them. After a bath is a good time. Continue with 1 to 5 minutes tummy time to strengthen their neck and upper body.
But always put your baby to sleep on their back. Babies develop at a different rate. At 2 months, talk to your doctor or maternal child health nurse if:. Speak to a maternal child health nurse Call Pregnancy, Birth and Baby to speak to a maternal child health nurse on or video call. Available 7am to midnight AET , 7 days a week. Learn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content. Babies develop through relationships and play. Developmental milestones track changes in babies as they learn to move, see, hear, communicate and interact.
Read more on raisingchildren. Baby development checklist with fine motor skills development milestones for infants months. Read more on Parenthub website. Learn more about development milestones for babies months , how to aid your child's development, identify development delays and when to get help. While babies should never sleep on their stomachs, give your child supervised tummy time during waking hours.
While lying on the belly, your little one can practice lifting his or her head and strengthening the neck, arm, and shoulder muscles. Your baby may get fussy and frustrated in this position, so keep the first sessions of tummy time brief and gradually lengthen them. It's important to be with your baby during tummy time. Encourage the development of hand-eye coordination by letting your infant reach for favorite toys while sitting in your lap or by letting your baby swipe at colorful objects hanging from an infant gym.
Normal child development tends to follow a certain pattern. The skills that babies develop early serve as building blocks for future skills. Still, the time it takes to develop these skills can vary widely among kids. Not reaching individual milestones doesn't necessarily mean there is a problem.
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