Your feelings will range from awe and pride as your baby masters new accomplishments to a tinge of melancholy as you watch your infant mature and become more independent. There's always a gentle fear that your baby will need you less. Yet parents learn that as a baby develops her needs don t diminish, they change. Each baby develops at his individual pace, and it's important not to compare your child with others. Although the time of skill development may vary, the sequence of developmental tasks progresses the same.
Babies usually focus on developing one major task at a time.
For example, when your baby is learning to babble new sounds, she will slow down in developing her body movement or rolling over. Then, when her verbal development has achieved a new proficiency level, she ll change her focus to exploring new body movements again. Be aware, by the way, of how these changes affect your need to make your baby s environment safe and secure . All rights reserved.