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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| Wave bye-bye, play peek-a-boo, and clap hands? | ||
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Sit without help and reach for toys? |
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| Get into a sitting position from lying down? | ||
| Pull himself up to stand at furniture? (he may even begin to move around furniture) | ||
| Try to move by crawling, “bum” shuffling or turning on her tummy? | ||
| Stand with help? | ||
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Look for a hidden toy? |
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| Bang things together or on the table? | ||
| Pass a toy from one hand to the other? | ||
| Pick up small things using thumb and first finger? (For example: crumbs, cheerios, rice) | ||
| Make many sounds? (he may copy yours) | ||
| Understand many words, such as “no” and “bye-bye”, even though he cannot say them? | ||
| Respond to his caregiver’s feelings? (For example: he will smile when you are happy) | ||
| Fuss or cry if a familiar person looks or behaves differently? | ||
| Reach out to be picked up or held? | ||
| Want to be with people he knows well? (For example, he reacts to strangers by looking for a familiar person) | ||
| Turn to look for a sound? Try to see what made the sound? | ||
| Babble using different sounds? (For example, “ba”, “da”, “dugu-dugu”, tongue clicks) | ||
| Make sounds to get someone’s attention? | ||
* 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
- Begin to introduce small finger foods such as pieces of fruit, soft cooked vegetables, toast, crackers, Cheerios, and let her feed herself. Stay away from foods that may cause choking, such as: nuts, seeds, raw peas or carrots, whole grapes, popcorn.
- Praise first words – “mama”, “dada”, “hi”, and “bye”.
- Give many safe toys to explore and play with (blocks, rattles, cups, bowls, squeeze toys).
- Look at simple picture books with your baby and talk about what is in the pictures.
- Place toys on the floor out of his reach so he will move to get them (crawling, rolling, “bum” shuffling).