6-months-baby At the period of 5 months and 6 months old, the main focus on her development is her ability to sit with your help. In order to make your baby to do it, you have to simply let her playing around on the floor, with a mattress of course. Don’t always carrying your baby instead. This is the development list of your 5 months and 6 months baby.

By 5 Months:

Baby should have been able to

  • Rolling around.
  • Doing little push-up.
  • Pay attention to small objects in front of her face.
  • Reaching an object.
  • Holding a toy.

Some babies are even able to

  1. Lift her head uprightly when she is trying to sit.
  2. Produce laughing sounds.
  3. Turn her head to the new voice.
  4. Angry when you take her toys from her hand.
  5. Moving the object from one hand to another.
  6. Try to stand from sit position.

By 6 Months:

  • Her head still upright when trying to sit.
  • Able to sit for a second with a little help.
  • Resembling sounds and face expressions.
  • Reach and hold objects and toys.

Some babies are even able to

  1. Sit without help.
  2. Eating crackers by herself
  3. Angry when someone grab her toys
  4. Try to be in stand position from her sit.
  5. Try hard to reach toys that are far from her range.
  6. Repeat sound of “ma-ma-ma…” and “da-da-da….”.
  7. Start to crawl.
  8. Try to sit when she is in tummy position
  9. Saying “mama..” and “dada..”.
  10. Take her toys with her little fingers.
  11. Babble and combine two syllables.
  12. Start to feel worry and pull herself from strangers.

Don’t forget to always give your baby stimulations for her optimal development. With right stimulation and supported by nutrition, there is no reason for your 5 months and 6 months baby to be not developed properly, optimally, and superbly.




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