Child Care Topics

Child Care Considerations - Stages of Development

Birth to six months

  • Sleeps an average of 15 hours per day

  • Able to track objects by sight and sound

  • Begins to smile, later laughs out loud

  • Loves bright and contrasting colors

  • Able to lift head; later able to support head on own

  • Rolls over on own

  • Primary source of nutrition is breast milk or formula

  • Reaches and touches things

  • Makes babbling or gurgling sounds

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