Your Baby Can Do It

One of the most amazing things to follow as a new parent is all of the wonderful and incredible things your baby can do at each different age and along developmental milestones. Anyone that is a parent will tell you the time flies by too quickly. It is true that one day they are just learning to roll over and the next, you are chasing them down the hallway trying to recover the pair of shoes they just stole.

Around 3 to 4 months of age, you will notice that your baby can start to become mobile on its own. His or her independence may start to really shine through as they practice rolling from front to back and back to front. It is at this stage that you may turn your back for just a second and return only to find your baby has rolled halfway across the floor. This is also a period where it is important to ensure you do not leave them unattended on the bed or changing table. Rolling along the floor is much different than rolling onto the floor.

Around 9 months to one year of age, your baby can become even more independent as their options for mobility increase. Suddenly, he or she will be crawling and pulling themselves up to stand on all pieces of furniture. If you have not done so already, it is important to ensure your home is baby-proof and anything dangerous is well out of their reach. Crawling babies quickly become cruising babies and are soon walking on their own.

Once advancements in mobility are proceeding at a rapid pace, the next sort of developmental milestones include things like language, communication, and advances in style of play. Between one and two years of age, you will find your baby can start to communicate with you about things they like and, of course, things they don’t like. For many kids, their first word is “no” and reflects what they hear a lot at home. Other kids are taught sign language from an early age and can communicate with family and caregivers even before they are able to form language.

By the time your child is ready to start school, he or she will have advanced through dozens of milestones and be on par with the rest of children his or her age. While there are some periods in which milestones may not be met at exactly the same age for every child, they are usually satisfied within a general period of a few weeks or months. Your baby can change at a pace faster than you can keep up!