At Five & Six Months, Your Child will Likely…

Physical Development:

Teeth appear.
Have control of his head and arm movements.
Hold his head up and looks around.
Push himself up onto his hands and knees.

Social & Emotional Development:

Tries to talk to image in mirror.
Recognize familiar faces and smile at them.
Search for sounds and turn his head towards them.
Make most vowel sounds and about half of the consonant sounds.

Intellectual Development:

Understands he can reach out to tough objects.
Recognize his mother.
Distinguish between familiar people and strangers.
Expect feeding, dressing, and bathing.

Delevopmental milestones associated with feeding:

Can use fingers to feed self a cracker.
Chews and bites.
May hold own bottle, but may not drink from it (prefers for it to be held).

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The Early Learning Guidelines for Ages Birth to 3
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