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# Mometrix ## 4-6 months: - **Sleep**: Sleeps about 10-11 hours at night, with 2-3 daytime naps (total 15 hours) - **Growth**: Doubles weight by 5-6 months, 5-7 oz/week. - **Mobility**: Can roll over and roll from back to side by 6 months and can hold head up at 90° and turn head in both dir...

# Mometrix ## 4-6 months: - **Sleep**: Sleeps about 10-11 hours at night, with 2-3 daytime naps (total 15 hours) - **Growth**: Doubles weight by 5-6 months, 5-7 oz/week. - **Mobility**: Can roll over and roll from back to side by 6 months and can hold head up at 90° and turn head in both directions when sitting or lying. Can sit with support for 10-15 minutes. Grasp improves and may hold bottle and play with feet. By 6 months, can pick up items and move items from one hand to the other. Manipulates and mouths objects and watches objects fall. - **Feeding**: Still having about 2 feedings at night and every 4 hours during the day, 1.5 oz/lb/ per 24 hours. - **Urine/feces**: Urination and defecation becoming regular. - **Senses**: Eyes focus well and can follow items/people. - **Communication**: Vocalizing more and mimicking tones, squeals and laughs, yells with anger, vocalizes to get attention, and recognizes family members. ## 6-8 months: - **Sleep**: Beginning to have more waking hours, sleeping 10-11 hours at night with 2 daytime naps. - **Growth**: Growth slows. Gains 3-5 oz/wk and 1cm in length/month. - **Mobility**: Can sit alone by 8 months. Can stand supported and bounces on legs. Starting to use pincer grasp. Easily manipulates and moves objects. Most birth reflexes have faded. Bangs objects together and mouths objects freely. - **Feeding**: Starting to take solid foods (cereal, vegetables, fruit) 2-3 times daily as well as breastfeeding/bottle-feeding 3-5 times daily. Teething biscuits, graham crackers, and Melba toast may be introduced. - **Urine/feces**: Stool larger with solid foods. Urinating 5-6 times daily. - **Senses**: Watches and listens actively, turning head to sounds and to follow objects. - **Communication**: Increased babbling and mimicking of sounds, including two syllable sounds and vowels, such as "mama" or "dada" but doesn't use intentionally. Has babbling conversations. May be fearful of strangers. ## 8-10 months: - **Sleep**: Continues to sleep about 10-11 hours at night and usually sleeps through the night, with 2 naps in the daytime. - **Growth**: Gains 3-5 oz/wk and 1 cm in length/month. - **Mobility**: Uses pincer grasp well and can pick up small objects. Crawls or creeps readily. Can sit up and by 10 months can pull to standing position by holding onto furniture. - **Feeding**: Meat is introduced. Breastfeeding or bottle-feeding 3-4 times daily with 3 meals. Eggs yolks only may be introduced. Will enjoy finger foods, such as meat sticks. - **Urine/feces**: Fairly regular with stools 1-2 times daily and urinating 5-6 times. - **Senses**: Watches and listens freely, attentive.