At Three Months, Your Child will Likely…

Physical Development:

• Lift his head when he’s on his stomach.
• Follow a moving object or person with his eyes.
• Grasp a rattle or a finger.
• Wiggle and kick his legs.

Social & Emotional Development:

• Make crying, cooing and grunting sounds.
• Cry in different ways to express meaning.

Intellectual Development:

• Recognizes mother or primary caregiver.
• Stare and smile at faces.

Delevopmental milestones associated with feeding:

• Can approximate lips to the rim of a cup.

Birth to 18 Months - First Connections with Families
First Connections with Families provides information about child development, reading to your child, and child health and safety.

The Early Learning Guidelines for Ages Birth to 3
This exciting new resource is being written to assist early childhood caregivers/teachers, parents and other adults with information about supporting the learning and development of young children. The Guidelines provide information related to seven domains or areas of learning and development:

• Social & Emotional Developmentment
• Approaches to Learning
• Health & Physical Development
• Language & Literacy Development
• Mathematics
• Science
• Creative Arts