The difference between the 3-month-old child and the newborn is amazing. The kid is already not so helpless, as right after the birth. His body became stronger, and on a face the completely different, intelligent expression appeared. Reactions of the child changed too, became more adult and operated.
Physical skills of the child in 3 months
At this age the child has to operate well own hands, it does intelligent and coordinate movements. The kid reaches for interesting his toys and to objects, does grasping movements. And let for the present he misses more often, than gets, finally the child can take what interested him in hands and to bring to the person. Most often, everything that gets to handles to the kid, it pulls in a mouth at once.
The child is able to play with the hands, tries to clap. Physically developed children can already turn over independently from a back sideways or even on a tummy. Lying on a stomach the child well holds the head, turns it in different directions and with interest examines a surrounding situation and watches adults. At the same time the child, lying on a stomach, leans on elbows and raises a breast.
The three-months child can hold surely the head vertically within 5-6 minutes. He is interested in sounds and accurately catches location of their source, turning in its party. Some kids like to listen to quiet, pleasant music. At this age at children also visual reaction improves. They not just watch moving objects and people, but react to feeding: open a mouth at approach of a maternal breast or a small bottle.
The periods of wakefulness are extended, the child can not sleep 1.5-2 hours in a row.
Psychological development of the child in 3 months
On achievement of 3 months, at the child the sense of smell becomes more active, he recognizes familiar people visually, by a voice and by a smell. Manifestations of emotions at this age become more and more various. The child smiles, loudly laughs and babbles if to him it is good, and here shout remains reaction to negative factors, but also it is so various that parents can already precisely understand, than it is caused: hunger, pain or just lack of attention. Communication with the kid becomes mutual. The child answers the words of adults turned to him, making various sounds. At the same time a set of vowels and concordants which the child can say by 3 months also extends. The kid accurately divides separate sounds and can say the first to "ag".
The more parents talk to the child, address him, read verses and sing songs, the speech skills of the kid will develop better.
In three months children also begin to show memory manifestations: know feeding time, distinguish all family members. Especially actively the child reacts to parents, tries to draw attention to himself, is happy if it is taken on hands.