Emma: 7 Months Old

Emma turned 7 months old on February 29th. According to "What to Expect the First Year" this is where Emma is with her developmental milestones.

Most babies will probably be able to:

• She can do:
• Sit in a high chair (since about 5 months)
• Open mouth for spoon
• Razz (she has learned to blow raspberries on our arms)
• Coo or babble when happy
• Smile often when interacting with you
• Explore by mouthing objects (everything goes in her mouth)
• Turn in the direction of a voice
• Bear weight on legs and bounce when held in standing position (she loves her door bouncer)

Half of all babies will be able to:

• She can do:
• Sit without support
• Look for a dropped object
• Rake an object with fingers and pick it up in her fist
• Pass a toy/object from one hand to another
• Babble: gaga, baba, mama, dada (dada is her favorite to say)
• Recognize books and the rhymes in those books
• She can't yet do:
• Object if you try to take away a toy (she probably could, but hasn't yet)
• Play along in a game of peekaboo (she will smile, but doesn't actually play)

Some babies will be able to:

• She can do:
• Crawl (since February 28th)
• Get into a sitting position form tummy (this has made bed/nap time difficult)
• Stand holding on to someone or something
• She can't yet do:
• Pull up to a standing position from sitting (she does this bend over halfway thing)

A few babies will be able to:

• She can do:
• Feed self finger foods
• Say "mama" or "dada" without meaning (dada is her favorite)
• She can't yet do:
• Clap hands or wave bye-bye
• Walk holding on to furniture (she can walk while holding our hands thought