Social and Emotional

• Shy or anxious with strangers

• Cries when mother or father leaves

• Enjoys imitating people in his play

• Shows specific preferences for certain people and toys

• Tests parental responses to his actions during feedings

• Tests parental responses to his behavior

• May be fearful in some situations

• Prefers mother and/or regular caregiver over all others

• Repeats sounds or gestures for attention

• Finger-feeds himself

• Extends arm or leg to help when being dressed

Cognitive

• Explores objects in many different ways (shaking, banging, throwing, dropping)

• Finds hidden objects easily

• Looks at correct picture when the image is named

• Imitates gestures

• Begins to use objects correctly (drinking from cup, brushing hair, dialing phone, listening to receiver)

Language

• Pays increasing attention to speech

• Responds to simple verbal requests

• Responds to “no”

• Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for “no”

• Babbles with inflection (changes in tone)

• Says “dada” and “mama”

• Uses exclamations, such as “Oh-oh!”

• Tries to imitate words

Movement

• Reaches sitting position without assistance

• Crawls forward on belly

• Assumes hands-and-knees position

• Creeps on hands and knees

• Gets from sitting to crawling or prone (lying on stomach) position

• Pulls self up to stand

• Walks holding on to furniture

• Stands momentarily without support

• May walk two or three steps without support

Hand and Finger Skills

• Uses pincer grasp

• Bangs two objects together

• Puts objects into container

• Takes objects out of container

• Lets objects go voluntarily

• Pokes with index finger

• Tries to imitate scribbling