Did You Know

At 1 Month I Can ---

• tell the difference between light and dark.

• watch a colored object if it is moved slowly.

• focus my eyes on objects 8-12 inches away.

• use all my senses of smelling, hearing, touching, tasting, and seeing to learn.

• cry for many reasons: tired, wet, hungry, sick, or just lonely. I will usually quiet down and feel better when I am picked up and cuddled.

• respond to you if you smile, talk, and sing to me.

You Can Help Me Learn & Grow!! You Can --

• look at me when you are bathing, feeding, or diapering me and talk, sing, coo, gurgle, babble, and smile, smile!!! I quickly catch on and will make sounds back to you. I am learning how to talk and listen.

• buy a mobile and hang from the side of my crib. In the first few weeks, I can move my head side to side. I like to watch objects move. This helps my eyes grow.

• put a plastic mirror about 7 inches from my eyes. I can watch myself, and you can talk to me about what I see. "Where's the baby? There's the baby!"

• cut out colorful pictures from magazines and paste them where I can see them.

• walk around the house and outside with me. Stop often to look around and talk to me.

• put me on my back on the floor or crib and call me from the right side, try to attract my attention by moving your head and arms. At first, I might turn my head here and there. But when I find you, smile and talk to me. Do it again on the left side.

• hold, cuddle, and rock me when I cry. Remember, right now, crying is the only way I have to talk to you!

By Louise E. Davis, Ph.D., Extension Child and Family Development Specialist.

Information Sheet 1601
Extension Service of Mississippi State University, cooperating with U.S. Department of Agriculture. Published in furtherance of Acts of Congress, May 8 and June 30, 1914. Ronald A. Brown, Director

(3M-11-00)

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