Developmental Stages Five Months
Social and Emotional
Discriminates between familiar vs. unfamiliar persons
Negatively responds to strangers
Expresses concern with non-familiar things
Language
Babbling continues
Imitates own sounds
Breathes heavily, excited in play
Mouth can imitate sounds and inflections
Coos to express pleasure
Vocalizes socially
Imitates conversations
Fine Motor
Voluntary grasp
Holds bottle (begins to)
Puts hands to mouth on back
Repeatedly puts objects in mouth
Uses bilateral hand approach, thumb not used
Regards toy in hand
Reaches for toy if dropped within reach
Sensory
Visual
Horizontal regard changes to vertical regard
More visual interest in distance
Ability to see small detail
Fair to good control of eye muscles
Recognition of familiar objects
Looks after toy if dropped
Auditory
Understands sounds in environment
Tactile
Becomes interested in causing action
Puts both hands up to toy when on back
Gross Motor
In sitting posture, puts toy in mouth
No head lag when pulls to sitting
Gross sitting, leaning on both hands for balance
Beginning crawling – ATN gone
Head steady when set forward in sitting position
Can bear weight in standing position if chest held under arms, extends legs
recurrently
Symmetrical movement
Legs passive – standing
Head lift 90 degrees
Pulls hips and knees to chest, fully flexed, palms on shoulders, fingers
extended
Flexes forearms
