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Milestones - newborn 8 weeks old
Congratulations and welcome to the lovely world of the 2 month old baby!
This week your baby may begin to do the following:
By Nicole Rawson-Huff
This week your baby may begin to do the following:
- Tracks moving objects or people - vision is still blurry.
- Studies faces and may try to mimic facial expressions - poke your tongue out at your baby and see what happens.
- Coos.
- Holds head up when lying on tummy.
- Still smiles reflexively but may also smile in response to your smile.
- Hold onto a rattle for a couple of seconds if you put it in her hand.
- May start developing a predictable routine with eating and sleeping.
- Pays close attention to voices.
- Head wobbles if held in a sitting position.
- Squirms when anticipating feeding.
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By Nicole Rawson-Huff
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