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Common Developmental Delays
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By about six months:
- tolerates and enjoys being touched and moved
- maintains active interest in objects and people for more than one minute
- no longer cries for no apparent reason, and can usually self-console
- plays attentively with one toy for two to three minutes
- maintains attention to pictures and to a speaking person
- moves in response to musical rhythms (bounces, moves from side to side)
- sleeps twelve to fourteen hours at night, naps once or twice daily for one to four hours (may outgrow morning nap)
- enjoys messy play (such as playing with food, or water and soap)
- sleeps ten to twelve hours at night, naps once for one to three hours
- prefers some toys over others
- plays purposefully, actively attending, by himself for a few minutes
- freely plays with paint, Play-Doh, and other substances
- enjoys roughhousing
- wants to do things independently
- may give up naps
- participates in interactive and circle games
- attends to an activity without adult supervision for 10 minutes
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From Raising a Sensory Smart Child by Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L and Nancy Peske. Copyright © 2005. Used by arrangement with Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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