Development in the first year of life summarised
- Smiling starts at 3 weeks.
- Selective smiling starts at 6 months.
- Fear of strangers starts at 8 months, while separation anxiety starts later to that.
- At the end of the first year, children also learn a few simple words like mama, dada, etc.
- Weaning starts at around 6 months and should have completed by the end of the year.
- An ordered sleep-wake cycle has also got established, Children learn to point at objects in the first year of life.
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