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Chapter 7 er hae eae Cee ee ees taese ei emer easier y Caer negt ern oe ar Renee ee DER nC roe Cormeen meaty ere te een eae increasing intonation, although there are very few eerie eee? ene sense of identity Physical development A uid Babies: m can rise to a sitting position from lying down, © can rise to standing without help from. furniture or people = can stand alone for a few moments ® can crawl on their hands and knees, bottom- shuffle, or use their hands and feet to move rapidly about the floor (‘bear-walking’) can ‘cruise’ along using furniture as a support can probably walk alone, with their feet wide apart and their arms raised to maintain balance — or walk with one hand held. Waking with one hand held Walking alone, with feet apart By 13 months, babies: = can often walk (about 50 per cent of babies walk by this age), but tend to fall over frequently and sit down rather suddenly. By 15 months, babies: © crawl upstairs safely and may come downstairs backwards are generally able to walk alone kneel without support. pane 46 a aad Babies: By 15 months, babies can pick up small objects with a fine pincer grasp, between the thumb and the tip of the index finger can point with the index finger at objects of interest can release a smalll object into ) someone's hand can hold a crayon in a palmar grasp, and turn several pages of a book at once show a preference for one hand over the other, but use either drop and throw toys deliberately - and look to see where they have fallen build with a few bricks and arrange toys on the floor, Showing @preterence for fone hand over the other can put small objects into a bottle can grasp a crayon with either hand in a palmar grasp, and imitate to-and-fro scribble may build a tower of two cubes after this has been demonstrated. Sensory development Babies: ™ can see almost as well as an adult - their visual memory is very good: they may find things that an adult has mislaid ™ know and respond immediately to their own name, and recognise familiar sounds and voices Turing in response to his own narne

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