If you check “No” to any of the following questions, contact your Public Health Nurse at 250-850-2110. It’s never too soon to make sure your child is on track.
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Follow something that is moving with her eyes? (For example, does your baby watch you move a favorite toy gently back and forth in front of her eyes?) |
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| Look up when her name is called? | ||
| Use her voice to show feelings? (For example, squeal with excitement or grunt in anger) | ||
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Seem to understand some words? (For example, daddy, bye-bye) |
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| Take turns “talking” with you? (For example, you say something, then your baby babbles something back to you) | ||
| Eat soft food from a spoon or from your fingers? | ||
| Roll from back to tummy or tummy to back? | ||
| Pat and pull at your hair, glasses and face? | ||
| Sleep and feed at set times? | ||
| Look for a toy when it is dropped to the floor? | ||
| Tell strangers apart from familiar people? (For example, reach out for familiar people, but not for strangers) | ||
| Babble and turn to look for a sound or voice? | ||
| Have eyes that move together and eyes that can move freely in all directions? | ||
| Sit with support or propped on hands, holding her head steady? | ||
| Put some of his weight on legs when standing on flat feet? | ||
| Reach and grab toys, move things from one hand to another? | ||
| Show that he likes close family members, friends and caregivers and knows who his primary caregiver is? | ||
| Respond to your soothing and comforting. Like being touched or held? | ||
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Show a wide range of feelings? (For example, shows feelings that are happy, excited, sad, angry, frustrated, surprised) |
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| Enjoy games like peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake? | ||
* Starred items may not be common to children in all cultures. Please click here for a discussion of what this star might mean for Aboriginal children.
Activities to Encourage Development:
- Play simple games and rhymes with your child (like peek-a-boo).
- Read picture books.
- Sing songs to him.
- Allow floor time in different positions (back, tummy, side).
- Allow your baby to learn to move through rolling and crawling.
- Talk to your baby, listen to him as he talks. Imitate sounds he makes.
- Respond to your baby’s cries with a soothing voice and comfort him.
- Begin to introduce solid foods in the form of infant cereal and mashed or puréed vegetables and fruits.
- Introduce a drinking cup at this age.