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Harvey’s First Month

• Lifts head

• Responds to sound

• Focus on someone’s faces at about 20-30cm away

• Show signs of smiling

• Still displays his sucking and grasping reflexes

 2nd Month

• Vocalises sounds – gurgling and cooing

• When lying on his back, holds head in the midline to look at toys or mobile overhead

• Smiles responsively

• Turn towards sounds

• Reaches out and touch things with his hands

 3rd Month

• Brings both hands together when lying on their back

• Has better head control when sitting

• Follows an objects when it held around 15cm from his face and moves side to side around 180 degrees.

• Makes attempts and shows interest in grasping objects

• Creates more organised movements-starting to learn how to control their arms and swipe at objects

• Really enjoys bath

Achieved ahead expected timeframe:

• Show sign of smiling = 2nd weeks
• Make cooing noise = 2nd/3rd weeks
• Really enjoys the bath time

Did not achieve within expected timeframe:

• Hold head in the midline to look at toys and reach out to touch things with hands = 10 weeks