A Baby’s First Month, Motor Skills, Visual & Hearing Development
Babies love to be carried, walked, cooed, spoiled and sung to. Mobiles really get their attention and they look at them in a fixed way following them for a few seconds with their eyes. They also like to have contact with water and enjoy massages. They love seeing their parent’s face and those of people close to them.
Appropriate Baby Toys (1st Month)
- Teddy bears, bunnies, dolls
- White, black and red figures
- Unbreakable mirror hanging on the crib
- Various mobiles
What a Baby Needs to Learn at One Month of Age
- Lift the head a couple of centimeters when laying face down
- Moves the head from one side to another, but generally goes back to the same position
- Moves the arms and legs
- Looks at objects situation 20 to 30 centimeters in distance from the baby’s face in a fixed way
- Follows objects with the eyes
- Blinks when something comes near the baby’s face suddenly
- Brings his or her fist to the mouth
- Uses different sounds to express a need
- Grabs objects but cannot hold on to them yet
- Opens and closes the hands, but stays with the hands open
- Presses downwards with the feet when they are on a firm surface
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