Key milestones act as checkpoints in a child’s development to determine
what the average child is able to do at a particular age
Key Milestones
6-8 Months
Start crawling
Start Solid
Sit up with support
Use Fingers to feed
More Milestones
- Start solids month
- Most babies begin to crawl by the beginning of 7th
- Discovers their independence
- Can sit upright without support on their own.
- Starts using figures to feed themselves
- Begins to understand language
- Becomes anxious around strangers
- Might start using real words- mama,papa,dada
- Begin to develop close bond with people who spend time with them
- Recognize their own name
- Early signs of Autism can be diagnosed at this age. While autism is on the rise, a child typically is not diagnosed by a professional until he or she is over two years However, there are signs that could indicate your child is on the spectrum as early as six monthsof age.
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Children usually follow the same pattern of development and it is good to have reassurance that your child is developing normally in their own unique way. Talk to a doctor or a child health nurse if you have concerns regarding child development.
Watch out for these red flags and talk to your doctor to be reassured that your child is developing in their own unique way
- Does not roll in either direction by 5 months.
- Can’t sit even with help by 6 months
- Does not laugh or make squeaking sounds by 6 months
- Reaches only with one hand by 7 months
- Refuses to cuddle by 7 months
- Show no affection for the person who cares for him by 7 months
- Persistent tearing eyes drainage or sensitivity to light by 7 months.
- Still finding it difficult to get objects to mouth by 7 months
- Seems very stiff with tight muscles by 7th month
- Head still flops back when body pulled to a sitting position