By now your baby will be starting to experience emotions and communication. They will respond to different expressions, know your voice and will turn to look for you when they hear you. They may start laughing out loud and look around them in wonder — especially at their fingers and toes.
The key milestones for your 3-month-old baby are:
Good upright head control in supported sitting. Follows a face or toy held in front of them in a semi-circle. Holds and examines their own hands in front of them and fingerplay. Takes turns in 'baby-talk' conversations.
Babies at this age can focus on shapes that are close by but see distant objects as blurry because they are nearsighted. As babies grow, their eyesight improves. By the end of 3 months, they can follow a moving object, are more interested in shapes and patterns and can spot familiar faces, even at a distance.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that children under 18 months have no exposure to screens (unless they're video chatting with a family member or friend). And even kids older than 1½ should watch or play with screen-based media in small, supervised doses.
Most babies around 3-4 months will take about 4-5 naps per day, and that will likely vary from day to day as well.
It takes around 18 months for a baby's brain to develop to the point where the symbols on a screen come to represent their equivalents in the real world.
Studies have shown that even newborns, with their eyesight limited to about 12 inches, prefer to look at familiar faces — especially yours. Months 2 to 4: Your baby will start to recognize her primary caregivers' faces, and by the 4-month mark, she'll recognize familiar faces and objects from a distance.
Your baby is busy learning about emotions and communication. They're starting to link what you say to your facial expressions. Your baby loves your face, but they might find new faces interesting too. Your baby also knows your voice and will turn their head to you when they hear you.
Over the first couple of months, your baby's colour perception develops rapidly, and by 3 months, your baby can actually start to see basic colours. Your baby's colour vision is fully developed by about 4 months, when they'll be able to see lots of colours and even shades of colours.
However, many babies tend to get "easier" around 3 to 4 months old. Around this age, infants may begin to sleep longer stretches and feed on a more predictable schedule. You may also start to adjust to your new set of responsibilities as a parent. This being said, every baby is different, as is every family.
For the first 4 to 6 months, breast milk or formula is the only food your baby needs. After that, you can start solid foods when your baby show signs of readiness. At first your little one will keep it simple with just a few teaspoons of a one-ingredient food (like a pureed fruit, veggie, or meat) every day.
If your baby is chewing on their hands and fingers, they've probably "found" their hands, which is an early fine-motor and visual-motor skill. Once a baby has discovered their hands, they often become their new favorite playthings, and putting them in their mouth is a form of self-exploration.
Infants begin showing a spontaneous "social smile" around age 2 to 3 months, and begin to laugh spontaneously around age 4 months. In addition, between ages 2 and 6 months, infants express other feelings such as anger, sadness, surprise, and fear.
Research has shown that, during pregnancy, your baby feels what you feel—and with the same intensity. That means if you're crying, your baby feels the same emotion, as if it's their own.
1-3 Months
The first three months with your baby often seem the hardest. Sleep-deprived parents can feel overwhelmed, but that is normal and you will quickly learn how to read your baby's cues and personality. Don't worry about “spoiling” your baby at this stage.
Only between about 3 and 7 months of age do babies start to show a strong preference or attachment for mothers, fathers or members of their own family in general.
When your baby gazes into your eyes when they're in your arms, it's baby's way of expressing they're attracted to you, and want to get to know you even better. Babies will try to copy your facial expressions, test it out by sticking out your tongue when baby is gazing at you, they may well copy.
Background sounds can be more distracting than helpful, so having a TV on in the background may actually be more harmful to your baby's growing language skills. That's largely because language is a social phenomenon and needs to come from human beings in person, not the television.
Key Points. Screen time is thought to affect the visual, mental and physical development of babies and toddlers. No screen time is recommended for babies 0 to 2 years of age; preferably less than 1 hour a day of screen time for 2 year olds, and no more than 1 hour a day for 3 to 4 year olds.
The 5 3 3 rule is a sleep training method that involves setting specific intervals for sleep. The method involves having the child sleep for 5 hours, followed by 3 hours of awake time, and then 3 hours of sleep again.