A Baby's Third Month, Motor Skills, Visual & Hearing Development

A Baby’s Third Month, Motor Skills, Visual & Hearing Development

 
A Baby’s Third Month
At this stage the baby’s attention span increases, and the babies will even try to get attention when you are near. They also smile more and cry less. They express themselves better with their bodies and you will be able to recognize the type of crying they are doing. It is important to let babies at this age know who is who in the house. They also need to learn to stay alone for a little while at this stage.

Baby’s Motor Skills (3rd Month)

  • The baby is able to lift his head and chest when laying face down
  • The baby lifts the top part of his body holding it with his arms, while laying on his stomach
  • The baby stretches his legs and kicks when laying down
  • The baby holds and shakes objects when you place them in his hands

A Baby’s Visual Development (3rd Month)

  • The baby follows objects that are in movement with her eyes
  • The baby hits at objects that are hanging at her reach
  • The baby grabs objects and want to put them in her mouth
  • The baby recognizes objects and familiar people at a certain distance
  • The baby starts to coordinate the movements of her hands in respect to what she sees

A Baby’s Hearing Development (3rd Month)

  • The baby smiles when hearing your voice
  • The baby stays quiet when he hears a little sound

A Baby’s Social and Emotional Development (3rd Month)

  • The baby smiles to anyone who gets near her
  • A baby enjoys playing with people, and might cry or become upset when the game is over
  • The baby starts to communicate her wishes and sensation through her body and face
  • The baby imitates some facial expressions
  • The baby makes noises in response to the sounds she hears

Baby Games (3rd Month)

  • Cut out some cards (of 20 to 25 centimeters each) and draw thick lines on them, spirals, chess boards, faces and every day objects. Paint them with white, black and red. Show them to the baby every day in the same order for no more than five minutes.
  • Make sounds with your mouth and hands (such as clucks, pats, buzzing, cracks etc)
  • Massage the baby
  • Allow the baby to feel various textures such as cotton, plastic, wood, cloth, leather, water etc.
  • Sing to the baby
  • Allow the baby to smell nice odors, such as fruit, food. But do not allow him to smell products that contain alcohol such as cologne and perfume.
  • Allow the baby to hear different sounds such as bells, birds, running water, etc.
  • Rock the baby, walk him around, carry him etc.

 

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