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- Responds to and thrives on warm, sensitive physical contact and care
- Makes needs known through crying and body movements
- Responds to being rocked as a means of soothing
- Sleeps for 14-16 hours a day, with several short naps. Substantial sleeping is vital for processing sensory information taken in while awake
- Responds and turns to sounds, especially voices
- Expresses discomfort, hunger or thirst, distress and need for holding or moving
- Alert for periods of increasing length, interspersed with naps
- Anticipates food routines with interest
- Starts to move to solid feeding (current recommendations are at around 6 months) as well as milk
- Communicates discomfort or distress with wet or soiled nappy
- First teeth usually appear – first two lower incisors and then two upper incisors
- Chews on baby toothbrush
- Opens mouth for spoon
