Have you noticed how it is interesting to watch the development of your baby? How your little one not just learns something new every day, but also shows in his own way the things he has learned and mastered. In my opinion, emotions are the most fascinating thing your baby is beginning to show while trying to communicate with you.
So let’s talk in details about peculiarities of social and emotional development of your little one within the first year of life.
1 months
• Baby is active for one hour during the day;
• he cries when he needs help;
• calms down when taken in your arms;
• his face looks indifferent and does not express anything when being awake;
• is able to establish eye contact;
• responds to your voice;
• adapts his position in the hands of the person who holds him;
• looks at your face in response to your smile.
2 months
• Baby talks to you using a variety of sounds, laughter, smiles, screaming or crying;
• is interested in the surrounding environment;
• distinguishes between familiar and strange people, responds to some people with joy, and with cry to the others;
• expresses rich emotionality (joy, despair, anger, pain, calmness);
• shows signs of self-affirmation and self-awareness;
• responds to a loud music with cry, and livens up when hearing a dance music, calms down when hearing the sounds of a lullaby.
3 months
• Baby can be alone for 10-15 minutes;
• is interested in your hands and other body parts;
• shows signs of offence, sense of humor and embarrassment;
• is mostly in calm, cheerful and friendly mood;
• distinguishes between familiar and strange people adequately responding to the two groups of people;
• utters sounds when he needs something;
• demonstrates willingness to communicate through eye contact.
4 months
• Baby touches his feet, grabs the genitals, sucks the toes;
• actively expresses joy and laughs loudly;
• affirms himself by turning away when an adult starts talking to him;
• is actively interested in objects and people;
• is interested in indoor plants and pets;
• begins to gesticulate, encouraging adults to communicate.
5 months
• Baby stops crying when hearing pleasant sounds;
• can play for 15-30 min. by himself;
• tells you about his desire to be alone or in your hands;
• imitates the behavior of adults;
• shows selective attitude towards people around him;
• is able to determine your emotional state;
• expresses tenderness and affection toward close people;
• improves the means of communication with you.
6 months
• Baby tends to achieve goals and is angry when something is wrong;
• is interested in a human face and body;
• willingly communicates with relatives by means available to him;
• is mostly in a good mood;
• happily responds to his own name.
7 months
• Baby points to the familiar toys;
• tries to follow you everywhere;
• expresses tenderness toward native people, kisses and hugs them;
• quickly calms down after being berated;
• is jealous of you when you pay attention to someone else;
• has different attitude to strangers and close people.
8 months
• Baby actively investigates his body, head, hair and face (his and yours);
• can refuse sitting in your arms;
• does not need your support and presence for some time;
• is afraid of strangers and cries when they want to take him in their arms;
• gestures with his hands when communicating with adults ("Hello", "Bye").
9 months
• Baby imitates, when repeating certain actions with objects after you;
• explores the environment;
• can independently play for 30-50 min.;
• when communicating with the adults, uses expressive facial expressions and gestures.
10 months
• Baby performs basic actions with objects;
• shows signs of imitative behavior and persistence in achieving goals;
• shows his body parts when asked;
• has diversified means of communication with adults;
• tries not to cry in public.
11 months
• Baby behaves the way you do;
• is capable of short-term self-study;
• tries to entertain and make close people laugh;
• closely watches the reaction of adults in nonstandard situations;
• uses the gesturesto communicate;
• experiences positive emotions when hearing about pleasant people to him.
12 months
• A child responds to your requests (finds and brings something);
• imitates your simple actions;
• is happy to see his own reflection in the mirror and plays with it;
• improves the means and methods of communication with adults;
• distinguishes between "good" and "bad", "can" and "cannot", "beautiful" and "ugly."
Of course the social and emotional development of babies written above is general for all children but you baby’s development can somewhat be different and not be just like that, because all children develop at their own pace and they cannot do same actions at the same age period.
How did or does your baby develop emotionally and socially within the first year of his life? What could you advise the rest of us? Share your story and wisdom! We love hearing from you!
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