How many of your 6 mo can do these things?

[mommaklo]

I found this in a blog today. Is this a bit much? Are 6 month babies supposed to be able to do all this? Ds is almost 8 mos and he "talks" and it sounds like certain things, but I dont know for sure what hes saying. He can sit up, but cant get into the postion himself. He wasnt crawling at 6 mos, just kinda scootching. He doesnt wave and doesnt know body parts. Hes still just a baby to me! Hes learning every day, and I feel like hes a smart kid, and Im not big into comparing development but sheesh, this list seems excessive. Any thoughts?

At 6 Months Claire Can...



Sit up on her own without support (she can't get to the sitting up position herself though)

Crawl in an almost perfect circle (can't go forward or backward quite yet)

Say "Mama" "Dada" "Baby" (sounds like "baaabaa") "Hi" "ByeBye" "Nummies" (sounds like "nuuuuuuum") "Nana" and "Poppy" (Nana & Poppy are usually said when aforementioned people are repeating them over and over to her... but she does say them!)

Obey "No Touch" and "No Scream" almost always

Play games and respond to suspense games (she loves peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, this little piggy, round and round the racetrack, etc.)

Wave hello and byebye

Gives "Five"

Give the "nummies sign" deliberately

Reach for people she wants to pick her up (especially Mama)

Support herself standing (just needs balance help)

Roll over from back to tummy and tummy to back

"Play" with older kids (she responds adorably to her cousins, laughing constantly at anything they do)

Pats and is learning to clap

Can identify the nose, mouth, chin, and eyes on an adult

Learning "gentle"

[busymama77]

Um, no... My almost 8 month old was sitting up at 6 months, crawling (army crawling), rolling from tummy to back, back to tummy, could sit up from crawling, reached arms out when he wants to go to someone and made his own noises...but no talking.

Right now, he's learning to wave, plays well with others, practicing with sippy cup, can hold a bottle, loves pee-a-boo...things like this. He can also pull himself up and cruise and loves to stand up on his own or try to.

[PatioGardener]

he he

my 6 month old can nurse and giggle at the same time, give big open mouthed kisses (more a suck on your chin kind of thing), smile at anyone who catches his eye, and grab at the cat if she gets close enough.

he does not sit well assisted, say anything in English, or "obey" anything!

and i am totally cool with that

nak

[Knitting Mama]

My (almost) 7 month old does say "mama" when she sees me, and does say "HAAAAAAAAAAAAI" (hi) appropriately. However, I sort of don't like the word "obey" for use with a baby of this age. This is the age of exploration, and too much emphasis on "good baby" or whatever makes me feel like the baby might be missing out somewhat, KWIM?

[ErinYay]

Psht. That list is crazytown. (PM me the link!? )

V's overall development has been well ahead of the curve in everything but speech and I still wouldn't have been able to check off a lot of those things at 6 months.

She could crawl and cruise well at 6 months, knew my nose, eyes, mouth, and hair but not her own or a doll's, babbled but (at 11 months still doesn't) say "mama," "dada," or anything other than "banana." I know, she's so odd. She couldn't wave, couldn't high-5, watched other kids and would parallel-play, she still doesn't sign now though she understands the ones we use, didn't know "gentle," and would look at me when I said "no" or her name, but not "no blankety-blank." She still doesn't know that, and no longer gives a hoot about "no!"

[triony]

Originally Posted by mommaklo

I found this in a blog today. Is this a bit much? Are 6 month babies supposed to be able to do all this? Ds is almost 8 mos and he "talks" and it sounds like certain things, but I dont know for sure what hes saying. He can sit up, but cant get into the postion himself. He wasnt crawling at 6 mos, just kinda scootching. He doesnt wave and doesnt know body parts. Hes still just a baby to me! Hes learning every day, and I feel like hes a smart kid, and Im not big into comparing development but sheesh, this list seems excessive. Any thoughts?

This is exactly where we are. Scootching just started, he can sit by himself a little.

[HRJ]

My son sat up unassisted at 5 mos, was crawling at 6 mos, and was walking at 9 1/2 mos. Verbally he wasn't as advanced. I was looking up developmental milestones the other day on babycenter.com, and they have three different categories. DS was in the advanced category physically speaking. I think the other two categories were 1) everyone should be doing this 2) half of kids can do this and then 3) advanced (not many children do this at this age).

So DS fell into the 3 range physically speaking. So apparently there are other kids out there doing those things but not many.

At least on the physical development, I absolutely believe that lady's child could be doing those things. I can't speak to the other things.

[Juvysen]

My DD started crawling (hands and knees in a straight line, not necessarily a circle) a day before she turned 6 months and cruised the same day. She sat herself up about a month before that. She started walking a day before she turned 7 months - so technically still 6 months old. She also said her first word besides mama and dada ("elmo") that month. She played peek a boo well before that (all three of my kids did that by that age). She could sign "more", and would reach to be picked up. She loved to "play" with older kids from the time she could move (and still does) but my current baby who is 7 months old now has been playing with his siblings as you describe. DD would rub my face when I said "gentle, nice nice" right around that time.

I dunno, it happens

[eclipse]

My younger two could not do most of these things, but my oldest could do most of them.


Sit up on her own without support (she can't get to the sitting up position herself though) It was around this age that ds1 started sitting up on his own - actually getting himself into the seated position.

Crawl in an almost perfect circle (can't go forward or backward quite yet)I'd say he was almost crawling at 6 months. He was definitely army crawling and getting everywhere, and he could get on his hands an knees. I can't remember if he could actually move himself around yet, though.

Say "Mama" "Dada" "Baby" (sounds like "baaabaa") "Hi" "ByeBye" "Nummies" (sounds like "nuuuuuuum") "Nana" and "Poppy" (Nana & Poppy are usually said when aforementioned people are repeating them over and over to her... but she does say them!) He started talking at around this age. Definitely mama, hi, dada, and a sound that meant breastfeeding, though it didn't quite sound like a word.

Obey "No Touch" and "No Scream" almost always Obedience has never been his strong point. However, I'm pretty sure he knew what phrases like this meant - he just didn't feel like doing what we said (not much has changed, and he's almost 10 ).

Play games and respond to suspense games (she loves peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, this little piggy, round and round the racetrack, etc.) Definitely.

Wave hello and byebyeCan't remember.

Gives "Five" yes


Give the "nummies sign" deliberatelyyes


Reach for people she wants to pick her up (especially Mama)yes

Support herself standing (just needs balance help) yes

Roll over from back to tummy and tummy to back yes

"Play" with older kids (she responds adorably to her cousins, laughing constantly at anything they do)

yes
Pats and is learning to clap I'm pretty sure he was clapping at that age

Can identify the nose, mouth, chin, and eyes on an adult He did this young, but I can't remember how young


Learning "gentle"I don't know if he's ever learned that

[mommaklo]

http://ambrosehome.blogspot.com/search/label/nursing

heres the link. So, I guess my next question is, are the babies that can do half of this stuff mellow babies? Ds is super high needs, cried alot of the first few months, and still wont sit still for a short book. He cries and bucks in my arms. I have to give him a toy, and he pays only attention to the toy. I know they say read to babies from day one, but isnt speaking to him the same thing at that point? Do high needs babies develop slower? I just cant see myself teaching him parts of the body, though I point them out every chance I get "we are going to put your shirt on, on this arm, over your head, on this arm....brushing babies hair...washing babies toes, babies fingers, babies tummy..." you get the point. I dont like comparing I feel like my social circle lives for it, so I try to avoid it at all costs, but now Im a little concerned. Ped hasnt said anything, so I guess I should take a chill pill?

[eclipse]

My guy who could do all this was super high needs. He really wanted to be able to do everything for himself and was awfully upset all the time that he couldn't do it. So he practiced and practiced and practiced. Also? Not sleeping for anything gave him lots of awake time to learn how to do all those things . DD was extremely content and low needs and slept a lot - she was late on most of her milestones, IMO, because she just didn't care and wasn't awake enough to try things out.

[ErinYay]

V is a very intense baby, but is also very independent, and was physically a little bruiser (she still is!). She's low-need with people, and high-need with environment, if that makes sense.

[eclipse]

But you don't have to worry that your baby is behind. It doesn't sound like he is. My son was, and this little girl sounds way ahead.

[mommaklo]

Huh. Interesting point eclipse. Still, sometimes I think I dont give him the chance to do physical stuff because I carry or hold him alot. Not all the time, but someone else had to show me he could sit up....

[LadyCatherine185]

Liam could do most of those things at 6 months (though he was scoot/crawling forwards and backwards at 6 months, not just in circles), and could stand up holding only one of our hands before 4 months of age (I have a picture of it) other than the obedience stuff.. But he has always been ahead developmentally, physically and verbally. He just turned 2 and his ped said he is more in line with a 3 year old developmentally.

He was a very intense, high needs baby. He is a fairly mellow toddler though.. still working on the obedience thing , but he is very independant and very social. He loves people and he learns very quickly. I never had to "work with" him to "teach" him things, he picked up his ABC's at around 19 months just from me singing them to him occasionally.. as well as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, because I sang it to him a few times before he went to bed.

All kids are different and develop at different times. I actually wish Liam woudln't have "grown up" so fast.. he was a big baby too, so I feel like I really missed out on having a BABY.

[eclipse]

I don't think kids that are doing things like that at this age are really being "taught" - they are just picking certain things up a lot sooner/more easily than other kids their age. I don't think you need to worry about teaching your baby anything other than what you do in every day life. As for reading - my oldest was always fascinated with books and reading to him and showing him pictures was one thing that worked to calm him down in his very high needs infancy - so we read to him a lot - but it was for our own sanity, not to teach him anything . He was a very early reader, but that had more to do with his fascination with books, letters, etc than how much we read to him in his first year. My youngest wouldn't sit to let me read a book to him until he was around three

[LadyCatherine185]

oh yes, Liam did not sleep either..

as far as reading, he didn't like to be read to until around a year old. now he loves it, but only 3-4 short books (about 15 minutes) at a time.

[Juvysen]

No teaching here, either, though I gave her floor time when she wanted it - held her when she wanted to be held.

[nola79]

Ummmm.....another vote for that list being crazytown!

[HRJ]

Originally Posted by eclipse

My guy who could do all this was super high needs. He really wanted to be able to do everything for himself and was awfully upset all the time that he couldn't do it. So he practiced and practiced and practiced. Also? Not sleeping for anything gave him lots of awake time to learn how to do all those things . DD was extremely content and low needs and slept a lot - she was late on most of her milestones, IMO, because she just didn't care and wasn't awake enough to try things out.

This is very interesting.

No, my son that was doing so much physically (sitting up at 5mos, crawling at 6 mos, walking at 9 1/2 mos) was NOT a mellow baby. Let's see. Hated to be swaddled and could work his way out of it in 5 min flat in the hospital (nurses thought I was a bad mom and kept reswaddling him and showing me how to do it). Crappy, crappy sleeper. HATED his carseat. Hated the car. Screamed in the car until I had to pull over and nurse and comfort him (bc he was close to vomiting he was so upset).

My son sounds like Eclipse's son and my nephew sounds like her daughter. Nephew is mellow, sleeps well (and a lot), and is 7 mos and could care less about rolling over.