Victoria developmental milestones 0 - 6 months

Every child is unique and develops at her own pace. 

Development milestone: new born to 1 month

Victoria was blur of feeding, changing diapers, settling her to sleep, and responding to her wails at the first days with her 1-month-old. But within a few weeks, she'll start to take more notice of her father and my voice, face, and touch.

She can't focus farther but just the right distance for her to gaze at our face. She will pay a few minutes attention when we put a Black-and-white patterns visual training book beside her. She can turn toward familiar sounds, such as your voice as her hearing is fully developed.

She has a 1-2 minutes tummy time after each bath since her first month. She can lift her head briefly or high when first time put her on her tummy at 3 week old. She turns her head to the side when she's on her stomach, but she is still very weak, her head and neck still need support when she's upright. She was excited by moving her arms and legs jerkily every time we put her on her changing mat. She likes to move her arms and legs jerkily when is awake or happy.

She often raised up her lips (smile) when she was sleeping. She likes to play her mouth into many shapes. I love to see her ‘O’ shape!

She likes bath, she stays calm when we bath her and clean her mouth.

Developmental milestones at 2 months

She’s starting to babble when she is 2 months old. ‘Ar’, ‘ Er’ are her favourite sounds. She responses to us by mimic the sounds we make. Sometimes she gives us a sweet smile.

She starts to fancy pacifier. She cries to ask for pacifier at the same time at night only but it drops out very often within 1 minutes because she can’t suck the pacifier correctly. So we end up very tire to put her pacifier back

She no longer need to support her head. When she's on her stomach, she can lift his head and chest that set the stage for rolling over. Her first roll to her left at her 9 weeks old. She rolls to left side only until she is 5 months old she starts to roll to her right.

She can open and close his hands. She likes to pull out her right booties by using her left hand. She can open and close his hands.

She starts to focus an object in front of her. Her eyes ball are unequal when she is focusing an object. She starts to follow where the sound come from.

She also knows her name now and turns to look at us when we call her. Watching herself in a mirror will delight her.

Developmental milestones at 3 months

We were basking in the warmth of her delighted smiles! She smiles to you when playing with her. First time I heard she laughed out loudly at her baby sister’s house when they played with her. She enjoys playtime now, she starts to show interest in her toys. Every toys in her hands she will put in her mouth.

She no longer need to support her head. When she's on her stomach, she can lift her head and chest, and even do the mini-pushups that set the stage for rolling over.  She turns over from her left at 12 weeks old. She lifts her head and chest and do mini-pushups when turn over. 

She can open and close her hands, shake toys, swat at dangling objects, bring his hands to his mouth, and push down with his legs when I hold her in a standing position.

Her hand-eye coordination is improving. She can focus intently on faces and her eyes ball no more unequal. She can closely tracking objects that interest her. She's able to recognize us from across the room!

She has no more interest in her pacifier or soother. She likes to put her thumb or fingers or whole hand to his mouth. We bought her teeth soother and she likes them.

She likes to talk and smile when people calling her.

Developmental milestones at 4 months

Victoria is fully engaged with the world now. She smiles, laughs, and has babbling conversations with us.

She can take, move things and play with it at 13 weeks old. She can hold thing very good, she can hold and open her book when I give her a book. She likes to put her feet into her mouth now.

She continues to roll over from her left. She tries very hard to move forward after roll over by pushing her legs but she can push herself forward for a short distance when she is 4 months (16 weeks).

She wants to sit or in up-right position now. She prefers to hug in up-right position then recline position.

She can sit with support but still not strong enough to sit up-right even with support at 17 weeks. She tries herself very hard to lift her head up when lying down, this is indicate that she wants to sit up.

She likes to sleep in turning position now and she turns herself. We find her in her turning position every morning.

She laughs happily when we kiss her tummy or play peek-a-boo with her.

After a hard train time, she can move herself 360 degree in bed by pushing her legs and buttock at her 19 weeks (near to 5 months). She is more stable if we sit her freely, but she still not strong enough to support herself.

Developmental milestones at 5 months 

She can roll to her tummy and back again. She can roll over continuously for few time and roll back again. She can move herself freely from one side to another very fast and smoothly by pushing her buttock with her legs. We starts to worry when we put her on bed because we find her in another side just in a few second.

She likes to roll over and move around in her bed during night time. In the morning, we find her nowhere in her bed and her bed in a mess after a night.

She really likes to roll over. She can roll over in her bouncer now. She likes to on her tummy because she likes to see things around her up-right!

She can raise up her body with support from her arms at 20 weeks (5 months). She can crawl now with a very fast steps. I like to see her raise up her head and body in her bed because she looks like giraffe with long neck.

As usual she likes to put her hand into her mouth and now she likes her thumb or her 2 fingers. We bought her banana tether and she likes it so much.

She can take her hands out the car seat strap if the strap is not tight enough.

We her in her play mat now. She is attracted to her surrounding toys/ things. She can crawl to grab the toy/thing around her.

She can support her weight with her legs well enough to bounce when we hold her.

She starts to explore and crawl to everywhere. She still need some assistant to let her sit.

Peek-a-boo is a favorite game and she enjoys finding partially hidden objects.

She can see farther. She'll follow it closely with her eyes when we move a toy in front of her.

Developmental milestones at 6 months 

She can stand up herself by holding her bed at 24 weeks (6 months). .She likes to stay up herself and enjoys it so much and smile to us. She is trying hard to move her legs as well when she stands.

She can sit without our help now. She can sit and crawl freely now. She can roll over, on her tummy, push-up, crawl, sit and crawly on her own now. She uses a raking grasp to pull objects closer and can hold toys and move them from one hand to another.

Peek-a-boo is a favorite game and she enjoys finding partially hidden objects. She views the world in full color now and can see farther. If you move a toy in front of her, she'll follow it closely with her eyes. She enjoys playtime so much.

By 20 weeks (around 5 months) she starts get interested to see I eating and will open her mouth when we try to put something near her mouth. She is ready to start solid food but we still start her at her 23 weeks (around 6 months).

Victoria first teeth seen at week 25. Her appetite seriously reduce for 1 weeks.