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Because of this, a baby who has
mastered the motor skill of sitting
up without help, for example, will
have a completely different outlook
on the environment than the baby
who
has not yet mastered this skill.
You will find as your baby begins
to stack skill upon skill that his
experience of the world, and in turn
the complexity of newly learned
skills will grow. As your baby's
motor skills grow and become more
complex, so will your baby's overall
interaction.
Look out world, here I come!
Physical development can be
broken up into three month intervals
and divided into two categories:
Gross motor skills and find motor
skills.
Gross motor skills are the term
used to describe your baby's ability
to control different parts of her
own body.
Fine motor skills refer to your
baby's level of coordination of
different body parts, such as
picking up an object with her thumb
and finger.
Infant muscle development starts
at the head and works it's way down.
Your baby will first develop control
over neck muscles. Soon after that
he will learn to control torso and
finally leg muscles.
Your baby will then roll over by
herself, start sitting up on her
own, and eventually crawl.
He will enjoy bouncing on your
knee which is a great way to promote
balance. By the time he is eight
months old, he will probably learn
how to pull himself into an upright
position and walk around the room
holding the furniture.
Typically, a baby will start to
walk between the ages of nine months
and fifteen months. If you baby
isn't walking yet but is crawling,
sitting up and standing with no
problems, he is developing just
fine, don't worry. Perfectly normal
babies will sometimes walk as late
as nineteen months. If you think
there is a problem, ask your doctor.
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