7 month old Zac

Zac's Milestone

(7 month old)

Gross Motor

• roll both ways (front to back, back to front)
• sit on his own
• support his whole weight on his legs
• control his upper body and arms 

Fine Motor

• hold and shake a hand toy
• move an object from hand to hand
• use his hands to explore an object    

Social / Language

• reach for a person he know
• smile at himself in a mirror
• respond when other people express emotion
• copy speech sounds    

Cognitive

• track a moving object, and find one that is partially hidden
• explore with hands and mouth
• struggle to get objects that are out of reach
• look from one object to another watch a falling object
     

6 month old Zac

Ok! I am trying to catch up in posting Zac's milestone hehe.

Zac's Milestone
(6 month old)

• Keep head level when pulled to sitting position
• Reach for and grabs objects and toys
• Sit without support
• Get upset if you take a toy away
• Pull up to standing position from sitting
• Work at getting a toy that is out of reach
• Pick up small objects with fingers
• Babble and combine two syllable sounds
• He likes to wiggle
• He discovered that letting go of something is as much fun as picking it up
• Pass object from one hand to the other

4 months old

I am late again in posting Zac's milestone :D But hey! I'll try to catch up :D

Zac's Milestone
(4 months old)

PHYSICAL AND MOTOR SKILLS

• Double the birth weight
• Rooting and sucking reflexes are well-developed
• Have almost no head lag while in a sitting position
• Be able to sit up straight if propped
• Raise head 90 degrees when placed on stomach
• Be able to roll from front to back
• Bring hands together over mid-chest
• Try to reach objects with hands (may commonly overshoot)
• Hold and let go of an object
• Play with rattle when it's placed in the hands, but won't be able to pick it up if dropped
• Be able to grasp rattle with both hands
• Be able to place objects in mouth
• Sleep 9 to 10 hours at night with two naps (total of 14 - 16 hours per day)

SENSORY AND COGNITIVE SKILLS

• Have well-established close vision
• Increase eye contact with parents and others
• Have beginning hand-eye coordination
• Be able to babble and coo
• Be able to laugh out loud
• Anticipate feeding when able to see a bottle
• Demand attention by fussing
• Recognize parent voice or touch
• Watches hands intently
• Turn head to locate sounds

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Smiles in response to a friendly face or voice
• Can entertain self by playing with fingers, hands and toes
• Enjoys familiar routines, such as being bathed and having diaper changed
• Delights in play that involves gentle tickling, laughing and jiggling
• Spends much less time crying
• Recognizes and reaches out to familiar faces and objects; reacts by waving arms and squealing with excitement
• Stops crying when parent or caregiver comes near
• Enjoys being held and cuddles at times other than feeding and bedtime
• Reacts differently to adult voices, may frown or look anxious if voices are loud, angry or unfamiliar

3 months old

Zac's Milestone

(3 months old)

Motor Development

• "Cycles" arms and legs smoothly
• Raises his chest and head by using his arms while lying on his stomach
• Holds his head facing straight and forward while lying on her back
• Has a stronger kicking reflex. His grandpa said "Wow! you kicked 100 miles per hour" lol!
  
• Keeps his body tight and compact when you pick him up
  

Visual Development

• He loooovveesss watching TV. He can sit in the couch for 10-15 mins just watching TV that is why I always turn on the TV to kids shows like Dora, Diego, Spongebob, Mickey Mouse, Handy Mandy etc.
  

Language Development

• Imitate some vowel sounds ("ah-ah, ooh-ohh").
• His first wordS is "I love you". Yeah, you read it right, first words not word :D I was putting him to sleep one time (when he was 2 months old ) when I said I love you to him then I kinda heard him say "i love you". At first I didn't believed what he said because he is too young to say words like that so in short I ignored it. He did it again after few days so I immediately told it to my hubby and like me, he didn't believe it either. Few days after, I was talking to Zac while filming him when I said I love you to him and he said "i love you" to me :D Actually I didn't realize that he said it again til I showed the video to my husband THEN that is the time that he believed it because it was caught on cam. I'll post that video sometime next week whenever I get time to do it hehe. Well, its not really he said the word "i love you" clearly but he can sound it already :)
  

Social/Emotional Development

• Coos, gurgles and smiles with pleasure when he sees me
• He gives the cutest and biggest smile to people 95% of the time.
  
• Recognizes and prefers the people closest to him
• Snuggles into my arm's for security and comfort
• He is more communicative with his face and body
• Smiles, frown and grimaces
  

Cognitive Development

• Focuses visually on object big or small
  
• Improves his ability to follow objects with her eyes
• Responds to loud sounds by crying or becoming silent or startled
• Enjoys the sights and sounds while being taken for a stroll
• Developing hand-eye coordination
• Plays independently for 10-15 minutes at a time
  

3 week old Zac

It is fun to see child's development day by day. Zac put smile on my face every time I see development on him so I created this post to track his developmental milestone.

Zac's Milestone

( 3 week old )

Motor Development

• Opens and shuts his hands. He likes doing this over and over again. Sometimes I feel like he is grabbing something in the air.
• Raises his head and chest while lying on his stomach. He is comfortable sleeping lying on his stomach but however he raises his head and chest whenever he feel like he don't want to lie on his stomach.
• Stretches his legs out and kicks when lying on stomach or back. He does this too whenever he doesn't want to lie on his stomach.
• Mouths objects brought to his face. He sticks his bib and blanket or anything that he can grab to his mouth which simply means "Mommmyy! I am hungry."
• Grabs my hair gently. When I am feeding him, he sometimes grabs my hair and just hold it for awhile. He release it though every time I take my hair away from him.
• Strong grip. His grandpa is impressed how strong his grip is.
  

Visual Development

• Watches faces intently. I think that he really can see things already on the first day that he was born. Of course its not 20/20 vision, but I think that he can see glare already because every time I feed him, his eyes follows my face whenever I move to right and left.
• Likes looking at lights. He adores lights. He likes staring at them :)
  

Language Development

• He don't "coo" yet but he is already starting to by his mouth forming round shape.

Social/Emotional Development

• Imitates you when you stick out your tongue. He is soooo cute every time he stick out his tongue. Awhile ago, while my niece was holding him, She stuck her tongue out of him and he stuck his tongue back out of her hehe.
• Smiles and grins. He likes smiling and showing his cute dimples. He also grins while he sleeps. They says that if a baby smile or grins while he/she is sleeping then that means his/her guardian angel is playing with him/her.
  

Cognitive Development

• Plays with her fingers.
  
• Brings his hands to his mouth. This indicates that he is hungry.

These are Zac's development as of this moment and I can't wait to see more.