Cognitive

• Nearly mature eyesight (able to see people and objects in the distance quite clearly; able to track quickly moving objects) 

• Improved hand-eye coordination; can reach to catch a ball rolling on the floor 

• Learns more about object permanence (objects and people out of sight still exist)

• May look for dropped objects

• Curious about objects just out of reach and reaches for them

• Associates mental images with words

• Anticipates what comes next (running water means a bath, for instance)

Motor

• Begins to use thumb and index finger to pick up objects (the pincer grasp)

• Passes an object from one hand to the other

• May hold a toy or object in each hand

• Can bang objects on a table

• Can sit with some support

• May be able to sit unsupported

• Rolls in both directions (front to back, back to front)

• May move into a crawling position or even creep backward a bit

• Puts weight on legs when held in a standing position

Communication

• Can locate you by following your voice

• Responds to own name by looking at person who spoke it

• Looks for and reacts to sounds outside his line of vision

• Babbles roughly echo the sounds of words heard, with vowels and consonants (“ba ba ba,” “da da”)

• Takes turns in simulating conversation (you talk, baby babbles, you talk, baby babbles)