《Your Baby at 2 Months》.pdfVIP

Your Baby at 2 Months Child’s Name Child’s Age Today’s Date How your child plays, learns, speaks, and acts offers important clues about your child’s development. Developmental milestones are things most children can do by a certain age. Check the milestones your child has reached by the end of 2 months. Take this with you and talk with your child’s doctor at every visit about the milestones your child has reached and what to expect next. What Most Babies Do at this Age: Act Early by Talking to Your Social/Emotional Child’s Doctor if Your Child: q Begins to smile at people q Can briefly calm himself q Doesn’t respond to loud sounds may bring hands to mouth and suck on hand q Doesn’t watch things as they move q Tries to look at parent q Doesn’t smile at people q Doesn’t bring hands to mouth Language/Communication q Can’t hold head up when pushing up when on tummy q Coos, makes gurgling sounds Tell your child’s doctor or nurse if you notice any of these q Turns head toward sounds signs of possible developmental delay for this age, and talk with someone in your community who is familiar with Cognitive learning, thinking, problem-solving services for young children in your area, such as your state’s q Pays attention to faces public early intervention program. For more information, go to /concerned or call 1-800-CDC-INFO. q Begins to follow things with eyes and recognize people at a distance q Begins to act bored cries, fussy if activity doesn’t change Adapted from CARING FOR YOUR BABY AND YOUNG CHILD: BIRTH TO AGE 5, Fifth Edition, edited by Steven Shelov and Tanya Remer Altmann ? 1991, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2009 by the American Academy of Pediatrics and BRIGHT FUTURES: GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH SUPERVISION OF INFANTS, Movement/Physical Development CHILDREN, AND ADOLESCENTS, Third Edition, edited by Joseph Hagan, Jr., Judith S. Shaw, and Paula M. Duncan, 2008, Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics. This milestone q Can hold head up and begins to push up