Trivia Tuesday – Infant Development
September 8th, 2009 |Fact of the Day.CA is a little over a month old now. Woo! That’s a pretty big milestone. It got me thinking, if FotD.CA were a baby, what would it have achieved by now?
Assuming FotD.CA develops at a decent average rate, he(?) can hold his head up all on his own when supported upright. He’ll also push himself up off the ground, and can roll from his side to his back. There won’t be any standing and walking for another 7 to 10 months, but I am impressed.
FotD.CA’s world is slowly expanding, as well, as he becomes aware of himself and practices motor habits focused on his own body (smacking lips, playing with hands). He can imitate facial expressions, and anticipate some simple events. If FotD.CA is really on the ball, there might even be the start of some cooing, the first start of language. Don’t be fooled though, FotD.CA has been listening to everything you’ve said all this while, gauging the language, picking up prosody (simply, rhythm) and figuring out what phonemes are important. No worries though – right now, “it doesn’t matter what [you] read, it’s the tone you use.”
Hilarious idea! I would like to think there’s more going on than cooing, but who knows, maybe we really are in the baby stage.