Young mothers are often interested in whether there are rules determining the development of children under one year. The fact is that the norms of child development based on medical statistics, allow parents to be aware of the pace of development of their babies. However, they are very approximate, since the maturation of the brain responsible for psychomotor skills is individual for each child. Here are the main peculiarities of your baby’s first year development:

Motor development of children under one year
By the end of the first month the baby raises its head, trying to hold it back. In two months it already holds a toy nested in its hand. In three months, the baby learns to control the body, leaning on the handles, bent at an acute angle. At four months the child turns on the flank, resting on his hands at right angles, lying on its stomach.

In five months the baby turns from back to belly, resting on hands, lying on stomach. At the age of 6 months the baby turns from its stomach to its back. By seven months a child crawls on the belly and sits by itself. By eight months baby sits steady as good as sits down and gets on all fours. By nine months baby crawls on all fours, getting on its feet for support, takes a small object with two or three fingers. By ten months it stands for a while without support, collects pyramid. In eleven months the baby takes the first steps by itself. By the first birthday a child walks itself, crouches and stands up.

Speech development of children under one year
For three months a baby begins to coo and distinguish the tone of adults. By six months the child utters a chain of syllables “ma-ma-ma-ma” and “ba-ba-ba-ba”. By nine months, there should be separate words. The kid turns to the adult to say something, often in its “own” language. By the year the child begins to develop emotional and intonational aspect of speech, vocabulary of year-olds ranges from 2-3 to 15-20 words, mostly onomatopoeic words or simplified.