Developmental Milestones for Age 7 Months
Social & Emotional
0 Enjoys social play
0 Interested in mirror images
0 Respond's to other people's expressions of emotion and appears joyful often
Movement
0 Reaches with one hand
0 Rolls both ways (front to back, back to front)
0 Sits with, and then without, the support of hands
0 Supports whole weight on legs
0 Transfers object from hand to hand
0 Uses hand to rake object
Vision
0 Ability to track moving objects improves
0 Develops full color vision
0 Distance vision matures
Cognitive
0 Explores with hands and mouth
0 Finds partially hidden objects
0 Struggles to get objects out of reach
Language
0 Babbles chains of sounds
0 Begins to respond to "No"
0 Can tell emotions by tone of voice
0 Responds to own name
0 Responds to sounds by making sounds
0 Uses voice to express joy and displeasure
Developmental Health Watch
0 Alert your child's doctor or nurse if your child displays any of the following signs of possible development delay for this age range.
0 Cannot sit with help by 6 months
0 Does not actively reach for objects by 6 to 7 months
0 Does not babble by 8 months
0 Does not bear weight on legs by 7 months
0 Does not follow objects with both eyes at near (1 foot) and far (6 feet) ranges by 7 months
0 Does not laugh or make squealing sounds by 6 months
0 Does not respond to sounds around him or her
0 Does not roll over in either direction (front to back or back to front) by 5 months
0 Does not smile on his or her own by 5 months
0 Does not try to attract attention through actions by 7 months
0 Does not turn head to locate sounds by 4 months
0 Doesn’t seem to enjoy being around people
0 Experiences a dramatic loss of skills he or she once had
0 Has difficulty getting objects to mouth
0 Head still flops back when body is pulled to a sitting position
0 One or both eyes consistently turn in or out
0 Persistent tearing, eye drainage, or sensitivity to light
0 Reaches with one hand only
0 Refuses to cuddle
0 Seems impossible to comfort at night after 5 months
0 Seems very floppy, like a rag doll
0 Seems very stiff, with tight muscles
0 Shows no affection for the person who cares for him or her
0 Shows no interest in games of peek-a-boo by 8 months
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"Coming home from the hospital, as a new mom of twins, was both excited and intimidating. My husband and I hired Michelle initially, as a night nanny. I can honestly say that she was a complete wealth of information and so wonderful with our twin daughters. Being new to this all and having no family in town, it was nice to have someone who was so experienced. Her knowledge of helping mothers of twins, with successfully breastfeeding, was the most important thing to me! Because of her, I was able to breastfeed my daughters until they were nine months old! She was so encouraging and I don't think I could have done it without her! Once our girls were sleeping through the night we had Michelle start helping us out during the day! Our daughters loved her, but I think we loved her more!!! "
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