Your baby will develop skills and make tremendous leaps during his first three months of life. From birth to twelve weeks, what does baby learn?

First Three Months of Life

Baby's progress in the first month of life includes:

• Reflexes: Grasps hands, rooting relfex (cheek moves toward food source or touch), line of vision (eyes follow object), sucking reflex, Moro reflex (finger and toe extension), Babinski reflex (toes will spread when touched on bottom of the foot), and the hand to mouth reflex.
• Responses: Recognizes mother's voice, responds to voices and differentiates sounds, pays attention when being talked to, behavioral change when feeding time approaches as well as to mother's eyes and sound of her voice.
• Movement: Coordinates arms in legs in simulated "crawling", moves head back and forth, and moves eyes to follow an object.

During the second month, baby can:

• Head movement: Holds head erect when sitting up and being supported or held, bobs head when being held or supported, when prone can lift its own head halfway
• Eyes: Follows moving people around him, and will follow objects with head turn
• Responses: Smiles at mother, or when stimulated

Three month developments:

• Movement: Eyes follow objects in all fields of vision, appears to "search" for sounds with eye movement, rolls from back to stomach/stomach to back
• Responses: Begins to coo, gurgle, and chuckle at stimulii, grasps and holds items placed in hands, maintains head up at 45 degrees