Baby Development Singapore : Fourth To Sixth Month

Expectation of your baby

Fourth Month Baby

By the end of the 4th month, your baby should be able to:

Drooling begins
Good head control
Sits with support
Raises head and chest off surface to a 90 degree angle
May sleep about 6 hours a night before waking
Rolls from back to side
Babbles and amuses him/herself
Enjoys being rocked, bounced or swung
Eye-hand coordination begins
Responds to colours
Explores objects with mouth
Recognizes bottle or breast
Communicates pain, fear, loneliness, discomfort through crying
Responds to a rattle or bell

Fifth Month Baby

By the end of the 5th month, your baby should be able to:

Signs of teething begin
Holds head up when sitting
Rolls from stomach to back
When lying on back puts feet to mouth
Voluntarily grasps and holds objects
Plays with toes
Takes objects directly to mouth
Watches objects that are dropped
Says “ah-goo” or similar vowel-consonant combinations
Smiles at mirror image
Gets upset if you take a tow away
Can tell family and strangers apart
Begins to discover parts of his / her body

Sixth Month Baby

By the end of the 6th month, your baby should be able to:

Chewing and biting occur
When on stomach can lift chest and part of stomach off the surface bearing weight on hands
Lifts head when pulled to a sitting position
Rolls from back to stomach
Bears majority of weight when being held in a standing position
Grasps and controls small objects
Can hold bottle
Grabs feet and pulls to mouth
Adjusts body to see an object
Turns head from side to side and then looks up or down
Prefers more complex visual stimuli
Says one syllable sounds like “ma”, “mu”, “da”, and “di”
Recognizes parents

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