Developmental Guideline: What Most Babies Do at 6 Months

Milestones for 6 Month Old Babies 

Social and Emotional

• Knows Familiar faces and begins to know if someone is a stranger 
• Likes to play with others, especially parents
• Responds to other people's emotions and often seems happy
• Likes to look at self in mirror 

Language / Communication

•  Responds to sounds by making sounds
•  String vowels together when babbling ("ah", "eh" , "oh") and likes  taking turns with parent while making sounds.
•  Responds to own name
•  Makes sounds to show joy and displeasure
•  Begins to say consonant sounds (jabbering with "m", "b")

Cognitive (Learning, Thinking, Problem-Solving)
 

• Looks around at things nearby 
• Brings things to mouth
• Shows curiosity about things and tries to get things that are out of reach
• Begins to pass things from one hand to the other

Movement/Physical Development

• Rolls over in both directions (front to back, back to front) 
• Begins to sit without proper support
• When standing, supports weight on legs and might bounce
• Rocks back and forth, sometimes crawling backward before moving forward 

  
Red Flags For 6 Month Old Babies

• Doesn't try to get things that are in reach 
• Shows no affection for caregivers
• Doesn't respond to sounds around him
• Has difficulty getting things to mouth
• Doesn't make vowel sounds ("ah". "eh" "oh")
• Doesn't roll over in either direction
• Doesn't laugh or make squealing sounds
• Seems very stiff, with tight muscles
• Seems very floppy, like a rag doll

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