Baby Milestone Markers: 10-11 Months

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

• Climbs up and down from chairs
• Cruises furniture
• May differentiate use of hands
• Can pick up extremely small objects
• Deliberately places objects on different spots
• Can turn pages of a book
• May pull off shoes and socks
• May lean over while standing against support
• May take a step without holding on to anything
• May stand on toes
• May carry spoon to mouth
• Can hold cup and drink from it
• Lifts lid from boxes

COGNITIVE AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT

• Takes things apart and puts them back together
• Opens drawers and cupboards to explore contents
• Experiments with means to a goal, such as using a large wheeled toy for a walker
• Recognizes words as symbols for objects (e.g. a cow “moos”)
• Imitates speech rhythms, inflections and facial expressions
• Speaks a few intelligible words
• May start speaking long, babbling sentences with full inflection

SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

• Begins to learn sexual identity
• Helps dress herself
• Drops objects for someone else to pick up
• Does not always cooperate
• Withdraws from strangers
• Asserts herself among siblings and playmates
• Tries to avoid disapproval, seeks approval
• Shows guilt
• Engages in parallel play

Photography by Jun Pinzon

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