Cyp 3.1

They enjoy playing and show it by smiling and squealing with delight. They are able to focus on an object and explore it if it seems interesting. Babies also start to show us that they understand a little of what we are saying and try to communicate with us.

Can laugh showing a range of feelings. Stops crying when talked to and reaches out to be held.

This is when parents need to be aware of where their child where about are. Infants are known to start crawling at this age. They also grab things and pull things towards them. Parents need to be very observant that their infants at this age do not put anything in their mouth that could make them choke.

Describe the expected pattern of children and young people 's development from birth to 19 years, to include:

E1:Describe the development of children in a selected age range and in two areas of development.

* Shows interest in other children ( watches them, pat them, bite, hit and may share toys).

During this stage of life, babies will begin to interact with adults that surround them by getting easily distracted by looking at their faces or listening to the sound of their voices. Babies will begin vocalising by cooing at people that they recognise and are familiar to them . A baby will recognise the sound of a parent or carer and will respond when they hear their voice, many mistake this for a baby responding to their name but this is unlikely at this stage.

Again we should see that a baby between newborn and three months can respond to adults, especially their parents face and voice. They will also show a high dependancy on adults for comfort and reassurance. They will quiten down when held and cuddled and will smile and concentrate on an adults face during feeding.

Children are able to listen attentively and retell stories and are able to accurately repeat sentences with high predictability. Children may begin to substitute some stops for fricatives. For example, 'tat' for 'sat'. However, children now begin to use possessives.

| * Sleeps much of the time * Tries to lift head * Starts to kick legs and movements gradually become smoother * Starts to wave arms about * Begins to hold objects when placed in hand * Grasp reflex diminishes as hand and eye co-ordination begins to develop * Enjoys finger play * Learns to roll from side to back * Sees best at a distance of 25cm then gradually starts watching objects further away * Needs opportunity to play and exercise (soft toys, cloth

6 months, a child will start to recognize familiar faces and begins to know if someone is a stranger, likes to look at themselves in a mirror. Responds to sounds by making sounds, responds to their name, and makes sounds to show joy or displeasure. Looks around at things nearby, brings things to mouth, shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach. Rolls over in both directions (front to back, back to front), begins to sit without support.

According to Pathways, at ten to twelve months your baby begins to reach different levels in their motor,sensory, communication and feeding milestones. For example, a baby motor milestones consist of pulling and standing on furniture, accomplishing independent steps, claps hands, and move throughout various environments. Their sensory milestones include listening to songs, responding to sounds or objects by crawling to or away, exploring toys with fingers and mouth. Their communication is using the phrases “mama”or “dada”, paying attention to where the parenting is pointing or looking, responding to “no” phrases, and produce longer strings of gibberish. Normally, a baby is starting to learn how to feed themselves by using their fingers and they develop a peak interest in certain foods, smells, and

From birth, infants cry, coo, and then begin to babble. These sounds do not necessarily imply that the

Even newborn infants show social behaviours. They love to be touched, held, smiled at and cooed to. At as young an age as one month old, infants can be seen to experiment with their faces and expressions, and may even try to mimic adults’ facial gestures. Because their facial muscles are fully developed at birth, they can make many expressions – “Newborns can smile slightly, knit their brows, or appear to pout or cry, and if you give them something that tastes awful, they look disgusted” (4).

Babies do not come out knowing how to walk or talk. Babies at first tend to control their head and nick before they learn how to move their arms and legs. When babies learn new skills they build new skills on top of old skills. When they are born, they have reflexes that help them preform everyday tasks, such as crying, kicking, and drinking milk, but some of these reflexes fade away. Seven of the most prominent reflexes babies have are sucking, head turning, rooting, grasping, stepping, Moro response, and tonic neck. The sucking reflex help the baby drink milk. The head turning reflex help the baby turn his head if there is anything bothering him. The rooting reflex help the baby find a food resource which is the mother’s breast, the rooting