4 – 8 Months
Motor Skills
- sits alone
- plays with hands
- picks up small objects
- grasps with two hands
- transfers toy
- neck righting reflex
Feeding Skills
- uses tongue to move food in mouth
- hand to mouth motions
- recognizes bottle on sight
- feeds self cracker
Play
- plays with own body parts
- differentiates strangers from family
- seeks out objects
- repeats activities he likes
- bangs toys together
Language
- eyes locate source of sound
- uses different inflectional pattern
- laughs out loud
- babbles
- vocalizes to toys
Discipline
- responds to “no-no”
- cries when separated from mother
- cries when near strangers
