Baby Care

From newborn to 1 month

• What do I feel?
  I calm down with people who offer me love and attention.
• What do I hear?
  If someone talks to me I watch the lips that move in front of me and respond by making movements with my mouth and tongue.
• What do I think?
  I try to imitate facial gestures.
  I explore the space closest to my crib.

From 1 to 2 months

• What do I feel?
  I recognize mom and distinguish other people. I express my discomfort by crying.
• What do I hear?
  If you speak to me from a short distance, I answer you with movements and guttural sounds. I start to make sounds: Ee, Aa, Uu, Oo
• What do I think?
  I begin to anticipate routine activities. I get excited when it's time to eat.

From 2 to 3 months

• What do I feel?
  I feel happy and safe in the company of my loved ones. If I am happy, I express excitement with my whole body.
• What do I hear?
  If someone speaks to me, I respond with noises, hisses, and babbles.
• What do I think?
  I recognize smells, tastes, sounds, and even faces. Routines and orders help me.

From 3 to 4 months

• What do I feel?
  I react with a smile in front of the human face.
  I respond to different affective stimuli: tickling, smiling, and voice.
  
• What do I hear?
  I make new sounds: Na, na, Ga, ga, Ba, ba, Agú
  I apply the conversation rules: I hear, I answer, I wait for an answer.
  

From 4 to 5 months

• What do I feel?
  
• I smile constantly at people around me. I experience sudden mood swings.
• What do I hear?
  I scream for attention and to get to hear myself. I like to repeat the simple sounds that adults make.
• What do I think?
  I watch as an object is hidden from me and I wait for it to reappear from the opposite side. I change fast from one activity to other.

From 5 to 6 months

• What do I feel?
  
• I cling to my mother as the main caregiver and to my favorite toy. I look for and miss the adult when he/she is not there and I begin to show rejection in front of strangers.
• What do I hear?
  I make new sounds: Ss, Ff, Zz and I chain simple syllables: Maaa, Baaa. I imitate sounds that I hear around me.
• What do I think?
  I chain activities: I extend my hand and take objects to get them close to my mouth.

From 6 to 7 months

• What do I feel?
  
• Emotionally I'm very unstable and change easily from laughing to crying and vice versa. Routines give me security and chances make me angry.
• What do I hear?
  I make rhythmic sounds, babble, and sing. I scream and repeat sounds and syllables because I love to hear myself. Sometimes, I repeat the ending of the words I hear my fathers say. I turn around when people call me by my name.
• What do I think?
  I can remember things that have happened before, I already have a little memory.

From 7 to 8 months

• What do I feel?
  
• I get interested in adults and other boys and girls. I am very affectionate, I give kisses, I extend my arms to known people for they carrying me, and I caress toys.
  I show myself shy and fearful in front of strangers, and it anguishes me to be separated from my parents.
• What do I hear?
  I babble syllabic sounds ("ba", "mi", "tu"). I communicate a lot through gestures and facial expressions.
  
• What do I think?
  I'm beginning to understand that a thing can exist even if I don't see it.
  

From 8 to 9 months

• What do I feel?
  
• I know things I like and things I don't like. I am becoming more self-aware, therefore I assert my will more: I act lazy if someone takes away a toy, I demand to continue playing what I like, etc.
• What do I hear?
  I'm starting to learn words. When I double syllables casually, I say my first words (mi-mi; pan-pan; tu-tu; ba-ba...)
  I follow simple instructions and I understand the meaning of the word "no".
  
• What do I think?
  I react when I see my own image in the mirror.
  I imitate actions and games such as clapping, waving goodbye, etc.
  

From 9 to 10 months

• What do I feel?
  I like jokes.
  I like sharing activities with my parents.
  I identify known people.
  
• What do I hear?
  I can imitate the sounds made by some animals
  I understand prohibition.
  
• What do I think?
  I concentrate for a long time on activities that interest me.
  I control daily routines and I like to participate in them.
  
  

From 10 to 11 months

• What do I feel?
  I like to "act" for others if I get their approval.
  I already offer less resistance when I have to be separated from my parents.
  
• What do I hear?
  I pronounce syllables that begin with simple consonants like Pp, Gg, Cc.
  
• What do I think?
  I like to disassemble objects and examine them well.
  I'm a great imitator.
  

From 11 to 12 months

• What do I feel?
  I experience a wide range of emotions: fear, surprise, anger, excitement, and fault.
  I feel good with other boys and girls.
  I give kisses if someone asks me for them, but not if I don't want to do it.
  
• What do I hear?
  I say some words that have a meaning for me, although I don't pronounce them right.
  I nod and shake my head in response to simple questions.
  
• What do I think?
  I play to match pieces.
  I build two blocks of towers.
  If I repeat actions, I introduce variants.
  I experiment with the cause and effect of my actions.