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Babies need to become attached to at least one person who provides them with security and love. This first and most basic emotional attachment is the start for all human relationships.
Feeling your touch, hearing your voice and enjoying the comfort of physical closeness all help your baby to develop trust.
Babies grow and change dramatically during their first year. They begin to:
They learn to hold up their heads, roll over, sit up, crawl, stand up and, in some cases, walk. * Become aware of themselves as separate from others. They learn to look at their hands and toes and play with them. They learn to cry when their parents leave and to recognize their own names.
Babies first play with their own hands. Later they show an interest in toys, enjoy "putting in and taking out" games and eventually carry around or hug dolls or stuffed toys.
Babies first respond to adults more than they do to other babies. Later they notice other babies, but they tend to treat these babies as objects instead of people. Then they pay attention when other babies make sounds.
Babies first cry and make throaty noises. Later they babble and say "mama" and "dada." Then they make lots of sounds and begin to name a few familiar people and objects. They begin to enjoy hearing rhyming and silly language.
