Month 10

Mental Development

• Show increased curiosity about everything
• Understand and respond to some simple commands and words
• Be interested in picture books
• Communicate through gestures like holding out their arms to be picked up

Visual Development

• Begin to have depth perception, which makes it possible for them to see the world in three dimensions

Growth

• Weigh about 8.5 kg if she’s a girl or about 9.2 kg if he’s a boy
• Be about 71.5 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 73.3 cm tall if he’s a boy

Motor Development

• Learn to crawl
• Stand while holding on to someone or something
• Be skilled at using their fingers to grasp things
• Hold an object in each hand and bang the objects together

Social and Emotional Development

• Object if you take a toy away
• Like to laugh
• Wave goodbye