Development - 5th Month

A growing range of emotions
Babies can't express their emotions in the same complex way that adults do. But in this month, baby Zoey able to shows a strong attachment to us, by raising her arms when she wants to be picked up and by crying when we leave the room. She sometimes may also give us kisses. She is beginning to get the joke — she will laugh at funny expressions when daddy show her his tougue and try to make us laugh by showing her tougue, too. Making those goofy faces and nonsense sounds, and play at pantomime and mimicry, is when the fun begins.


Ba ba ba ba ba ba . . .
Zoey is adding new sounds to his language repertoire, and her current favorites are full of bubbles. At this age, baby Zoey become so enthralled by one of her newfound abilities that she get stuck on it for a while. She is now trying to talk to us when we play with her or when mummy phone her. Listening to her baby language makes us proud - she is developing each day !

Exploring with her hands
At this time Zoey's hand control is developed enough that she can rake an object toward her. Sometimes she grab or hold mummy or kung kung face, she'll stare at us for a while and start grabing our nose and mouth. When we put our finger in front of her and tell her to shake hand, she will hold our finger. She also start to practice moving objects from one hand to the other, usually she will be able to grab any moving toy on her second attempt.

Learning to roll over
In the second week of her fifth month, baby Zoey have learned to roll over in each direction - she able to roll 360 degree !, this is a milestone that awe and amuse us. Rolling over is fun for Zoey, it also nerve-wracking for us. Each time when we put her in our bed, we will make sure all our pillow guarded her, we never leave her unattended on a bed or any other elevated surface. As she likes to make few rolls in one attempt, sometimes she will roll from one corner to the other corner of our bed. If there is any pillow blocking her from turning, she will cry for help. Mummy also noticed that Zoey able to reverse crawl, she will lift up her bump and straighten her leg and then, she will move her hand down. The way she crawl it is looks more like a baby worm going backward.

Little social animal
At this age babies not only tolerate attention from others, they often initiate it. Now mummy noticed the beginnings of stranger anxiety, anyone who approaches Zoey with raised eyebrows or a grin delights her can becomes an instant friend or if she dislike the person, she will turn her head to a different direction. Zoey is also learning that her behaviors, both the ones we like and the ones we don't, she will stop making fuss when when daddy is talking to her firmly. She able to differentiate when daddy is talking to her or when daddy is angry with her. Eveyone noticed that baby Zoey likes her daddy very much and only daddy can calm her down when she is throwing out her tamtrum. Hmmm.... mummy is getting jealous now....

Zoey will do just about anything to get our attention. Right now almost everything she does is endearing, but as she gets older, she's more likely to get into mischief to provoke a reaction from us.

Getting a kick out of story hour
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends reading aloud to your child. Mummy starting reading to Zoey when she is 2 months old. Daddy bought a animal farm book to her. Now, she able to recognized the animal when we shout the animal name. She will use her finger to grab the animal. Mummy noticed that Zoey begin to enjoy looking at books, magazine or any form of paper material. She also like to explore by feeling it with her hand. Reading giving us an opportunity for cuddling and socializing that both of us and baby Zoey can appreciate. This will improved her language skills and prime her for a lifetime love of reading.