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    3/11/2019

    CSD 333 Oral Language Development

    Dept. of Communicative Sciences and Disorders
    Michigan State University
    Professor Laura Dilley
    Spring, 2019
    Unit 8 (Mar. 11 – 17, 2019)

    Infant development
    • Normal infant development is incredibly 
    varied in the timing of milestones!
    • Babies differ significantly in when they achieve 
    developmental feats
    – We will discuss the average timeline

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    3/11/2019

    Infant development
    • Infants make tremendous slides in 
    development over their first 12 months!

    0 months (newborn)
    • Physical: Movements are jerky; unable to 
    reach, grasp; unable to hold up head; unable 
    to turn head in direction of sound or interest; 
    unable to sit up or turn on side
    • Behavioral: May sleep 16 hrs/day in 3‐4 hr 
    blocks; health focus often on excretory 
    behaviors; unable to follow gaze or objects
    • Communicative: vegetative sounds (hiccups, 
    burps), crying

    About 3 months
    • Physical: Can hold up and lift head (including 
    when on stomach); starts to be able to roll 
    over; movements somewhat smoother
    • Behavioral: Begins to smile, tracks objects, 
    recognizes caregivers; pays attention to faces
    • Communicative: Produces vowel‐like sounds 
    and “coos”; responds to noises

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    About 6 months
    • Physical: Begins to sit up; might start solid 
    food; rolls over frontback and backfront
    • Behavioral: Can hold toys and move them 
    from one hand to another; responds to 
    affection; responds to name; looks around
    • Communicative: Spontaneous smiling, 
    especially at people; starts to imitate, 
    responding to sound by making sound

    About 9 months
    • Physical: May start to crawl (7‐10 months), 
    “creep” (pull and drag), or pull self to standing
    • Behavioral: begin to shift attention between 
    an object and a person; may start to point
    • Communicative: Starts to produce something 
    like syllables (“da”, “ma”); copies sounds and 
    gestures

    About 12 months
    • Physical: Can crawl; “cruises” on furniture; may 
    take first steps; may stand alone; readily stands 
    assisted
    • Behavioral: putting things in containers; looks 
    at correct picture; shy or nervous with 
    strangers; cries when mom or dad leaves
    • Communicative: first word; regularly using 
    pointing for requests; uses simple gestures like 
    waving or shaking head no; clear babbling

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