INFANT DEVELOPMENT:

MONTH 9, PHYSICAL,
EMOTIONAL / SOCIAL
INTELLECTUAL.

BY:
J E N N I F E R Z AVA L A &
MARLENE GARCIA
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
PERIOD 4

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Gains weight at a slower rate
Increase in length by 1.5
centimeters
Bowel and blabber become
more regular
Is able to crawl
Sits for long periods
Pulls self to standing position

Reaches for objects while

sitting
Bangs objects together
Can grasp objects
between the tip of the
thumb and index finger
Feeds self with fingers
Throws or shakes objects
Puts hands forward when
the head is pointed to
the ground

EMOTIONAL CHARACTERISITCS:
Show happiness to see her
parents face, her toys, or a
mirror
Know strangers from his family,
and cry when his parents goes
away
Give affection and love
Pay attention to simple
commands such as no and
give it to me

Respond by turning to look when you call her name

Imitate some of your actions (e.g. waving, pretending to
talk on the phone)
Have fear with new situations
Understand the word no but will always obey

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS:

He will smile and babble and try to engage you in a conversation and copy
simple hand games like clap hands or bye bye. In another word he is
becoming aware of himself as a social creature. He understands the
meaning of no "although he is going to spend the next eighteenth months
checking its meaning exactly.

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS CON.

Show happiness to see her parents face, her toys, or a mirror

Know strangers from his family, and cry when his parent goes away
Give affection and love
Pay attention to simple commands such as "no" and "give it to me"
Respond by turning to look when you call her name
Imitate some of your actions (e.g. waving, pretending to talk on the phone)
Have fear with new situations
Understand the word no, but will not always obey

INTELLECTUAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Recognizes size of objects by reaching for small object with finger
and thumb and large object with both hands
Distinguishes near and far objects and space
When exploring objects, demonstrates understanding of what they
do or what sounds they make, e.g., she bangs a block on the floor,
shakes a noise maker harder, purposefully pushes buttons on toy, or
hits a rubber toy to make it squeak
Searches for an object when it is taken away but only in the place
where it first appeared
Continues to experiment with things she can do with one side of her
body, then the other
Understands meaning of in and out, demonstrated by dropping
several large beads in a cup or bowl, dumping them out, and
repeating the game over and over

INTELLECTUAL CHARACTERISTICS
CON.
Shows problem solving by using another object to get the one she wants,
e.g., pulling a string horizontally to pull toy closer or holds onto two objects
and reaches for a third
Realizes size differences between objects
Begins experimenting with familiar behaviours, e.g., imitating people when
theyre out of sight and earshot; will imitate a new gesture
Starts to combine known bits of behaviour in new ways
May associate picture of baby with herself, and make a sound of recognition

REVIEW:
Can grasp objects between the tip of the ____ and _____finger
Show _______ to see her parents face, her toys, or a mirror