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    This document discusses infant development milestones over the first year. It outlines typical physical, behavioral, and communicative development at 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. Key physical milestones include gaining head and trunk control, rolling over, sitting up, crawling and walking. Important behavioral developments are smiling, tracking objects, responding to caregivers and name. Communicative milestones involve producing sounds, babbling, first words and gestures. The document stresses variation in when infants reach milestones.

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    CSD 333 Oral Language Development

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    3/11/2019

    CSD 333 Oral Language Development

    Dept. of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
    Michigan State University
    Professor Laura Dilley
    Spring, 2019
    Unit 8 (Mar. 11 – 17, 2019)

    Infant development
    • Normal infant development is incredibly 
    varied in the timing of milestones!
    • Babies differ significantly in when they achieve 
    developmental feats
    – We will discuss the average timeline

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    3/11/2019

    Infant development
    • Infants make tremendous slides in 
    development over their first 12 months!

    0 months (newborn)
    • Physical: Movements are jerky; unable to 
    reach, grasp; unable to hold up head; unable 
    to turn head in direction of sound or interest; 
    unable to sit up or turn on side
    • Behavioral: May sleep 16 hrs/day in 3‐4 hr 
    blocks; health focus often on excretory 
    behaviors; unable to follow gaze or objects
    • Communicative: vegetative sounds (hiccups, 
    burps), crying

    About 3 months
    • Physical: Can hold up and lift head (including 
    when on stomach); starts to be able to roll 
    over; movements somewhat smoother
    • Behavioral: Begins to smile, tracks objects, 
    recognizes caregivers; pays attention to faces
    • Communicative: Produces vowel‐like sounds 
    and “coos”; responds to noises

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    About 6 months
    • Physical: Begins to sit up; might start solid 
    food; rolls over frontback and backfront
    • Behavioral: Can hold toys and move them 
    from one hand to another; responds to 
    affection; responds to name; looks around
    • Communicative: Spontaneous smiling, 
    especially at people; starts to imitate, 
    responding to sound by making sound

    About 9 months
    • Physical: May start to crawl (7‐10 months), 
    “creep” (pull and drag), or pull self to standing
    • Behavioral: begin to shift attention between 
    an object and a person; may start to point
    • Communicative: Starts to produce something 
    like syllables (“da”, “ma”); copies sounds and 
    gestures

    About 12 months
    • Physical: Can crawl; “cruises” on furniture; may 
    take first steps; may stand alone; readily stands 
    assisted
    • Behavioral: putting things in containers; looks 
    at correct picture; shy or nervous with 
    strangers; cries when mom or dad leaves
    • Communicative: first word; regularly using 
    pointing for requests; uses simple gestures like 
    waving or shaking head no; clear babbling

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