Motor Skills
• Gets into a sitting position without assistance.
• Sits well without support.
• Pulls self up to stand and walks holding onto furniture.
• Crawls forward on belly.
• Drinks from a cup with help.
• Feeds self finger foods like crackers or cereal.
• Places objects into and takes them out of a container.
• Uses pincer grasp (thumb and index or forefinger).

Cognitive Skills
• Searches for an object that he sees fall out of sight.
• Responds to simple verbal requests like “no.”
• Imitates sounds and gestures that you make.
• Responds to music with body motions.
• Begins to use objects correctly (cup, comb, listens to receiver if a phone is placed in his hand).
• Explores objects in different ways (shaking, dropping, throwing, and banging).

Social Skills and Language
• Says “dada” and “mama”.
• Babbles with inflection in his tone of voice.
• Recognizes names of other family members.
• Raises arms when he wants to be picked up.
• Shows affection to adults that he is familiar with.
• Shows apprehension around strangers.
• Exhibits separation anxiety when parent leaves.

• Raises arms when he wants to be picked up.
• Shows affection to adults that he is familiar with.
• Shows apprehension around strangers.
• Exhibits separation anxiety when parent leaves