Your Baby Will:
- Begin to imitate facial expressions
- Begin to smile socially
- Focus at 8-12 inches
- Follow caregiver with their eyes
- Look for familiar faces
- Recognize sound
- Sleep about 16 hours a day, 4-6 hours at a time
- Smile at the sound of a parent's voice
- Turn head toward sound
Brain Development Tips:
Interacting with your child is the best way to stimulate and develop your child’s brain.
- Feed your baby at least every 3-4 hours; breast milk is recommended.
- Hold your baby during feeding times and talk in a soothing and reassuring tone.
- Interact with your baby by talking, singing and reciting rhymes.
- Make reading part of your daily activity.
- Respond to your baby whenever he fusses or cries. At this age there is no such thing as spoiling a child.
- Surround baby with books and read out loud.
Concerns:
- Every child is different and they develop uniquely, too.
- These guidelines are meant as a general overview.
- Please contact your child's pediatrician if you have development concerns.
- You can also call the Minnesota Children With Special Health Needs (MCSHN) at 1-800-728-5420 or visit: www.health.state.mn.us