Month-by-Month Guide to Baby's Emotional Development

Your baby's emotional development will grow by leaps and bounds during this remarkable first year. She'll go from quiet observation to active participation. Here's what she's likely to do as she grows.
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Month 1

  • Makes eye contact
  • Cries for help
  • Responds to parents' smiles and voices

Next:  Month 2

 

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levizen wrote:

My son is ten months now and he loves his dad; but for no apparent reasons some times he just wants his mom. Some times he even waves bye bye at him or his aunt when wants just me. I think it is a mommy stage that he is going through. Sometime I can see that it makes his dad feel a little sad though.

11/24/2010 08:34:35 PM Report Abuse
siren_abella wrote:

My little Yohan is 7 months old...whenever he wakes up after a long sleep he would seem panicked and shocked and desperately he would look for me and call me "maaa". His dad is in Canada whereas am in Mauritius, and dad obviously is missing all of Yohan's pranks.

5/13/2010 01:55:54 AM Report Abuse
pattylamasdulce wrote:

my daughter is going to be one in 2day she is so funny she has 3 diferent ways when calling us at home she calls me mama but with a spanish accent then she calls my mother maaa and then she calls my grandmother mama then she tries to be funny with her dad she calls him TATA.

1/26/2010 02:17:57 PM Report Abuse
kathymicek wrote:

My Daughter would always say,Mama when she was upset. The she would turn to Daddy and smile and say Dada. Now she says both of our names..it's so cute :)

1/9/2010 08:22:05 PM Report Abuse
ganttt wrote:

My daughter says dada non-stop! In every cute way imaginable. The only time she utters mama is when she's whinning or crying. I think she knows what she's doing...i'll say "say mama" and she'll get this cute grin and say "dada" in the sweetest little girl voice. Turkey! :)

12/27/2009 11:39:46 PM Report Abuse
anonymous wrote:

My daughter is doing the same thing. I always thought it was the other way around. Every woman I tell this to says that I am lucky!! But it doesn't make my husband feel any better and I wind up feeling guilty.

12/21/2009 08:45:02 AM Report Abuse
lynie1013 wrote:

my daughter does the same thing. She only says "Mama" and she only prefers me over Daddy and her grandmother. I think it just might be a stage....babies go through so many!

12/16/2009 03:06:47 PM Report Abuse
carajcumming wrote:

Our 12 month old daughter hardly ever says "daddy" these days despite it having been a big part of her vocabulary for quite a while now. She constantly says "mummy" however and through her actions it is obvious that she prefers to be with me (mum) than her dad. All this is for no apparent reason and my husband is feeling sad, is this just a stage of her development?

11/3/2009 10:23:08 AM Report Abuse
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