Month 8

Mental Development

• Be curious about everything
• Move rapidly from one activity to the next
• Look for a dropped toy or object
• Continue to babble often
• Start to develop a sense that their behaviour and actions can influence events in the surrounding world

Visual Development

• Be able to perceive distance and will move toward objects to gain clarity
• Start to understand the concept of object permanence.

Growth

• Weigh about 7.9 kg if she’s a girl or about 8.6 kg if he’s a boy
• Be about 68.7 cm tall if she’s a girl or about 70.6 cm tall if he’s a boy

Motor Development

• Roll over repeatedly
• Get into a crawling position and rock
• Start to pick up objects using their thumb and fingers

Social and Emotional Development

• Look at strangers seriously instead of greeting them with a smile
• Be very attached to their parents, perhaps crying when left alone at naptime or bedtime