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Your amazing baby at 6 months: happy, playful and curious
By the end of six months, your baby will reach these important developmental milestones:
- Begins to know if someone is a stranger
- Likes to play with others, especially parents
- Often seems happy
- Responds to other people's emotions
- Likes to look at reflection in mirror
- Responds to sounds with own sounds
- Strings some vowel sounds together and begins making consonant sounds
- Responds to own name
- Looks around at things
- Shows curiosity
- Passes items from hand to hand
- Rolls over in both directions
- Begins to sit without support
- Might bounce when standing
- Rocks back and forth, sometimes crawling backward first
Call your doctor if your baby:
- Doesn't show affection for caregivers
- Doesn't reach for things
- Doesn't respond to sounds
- Doesn't laugh or squeal
- Seems very stiff with tight muscles or seems overly floppy, like a rag doll
If you don't have a doctor or would like a free developmental screening, call HomeSafe at 561-383-9800 or 2-1-1 and ask for Help Me Grow.
SOURCE:
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (6 month milestones)
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