Once your baby is eight months old, he is growing and changing rapidly. Don’t blink, or he’ll be a teenager before you know it!
Eight-month-old babies are active learners. At this age you can expect your baby to grab for the spoon when you are feeding him, and to turn his head away when he’s full. Your baby is probably a good sleeper now as well, sleeping long stretches at night (those midnight feedings should be a thing of the past) and taking a couple of naps during the day, too. Your baby should recognize his name, and will probably test gravity (and your patience) by repeatedly dropping items off of his high chair tray.
By month nine, your baby should be reaching for toys and looking for things that are dropped or momentarily hidden from view. He is realizing that objects still exist even when they are not in his view. At this age babies can also begin to recognize themselves in a mirror, and can go from lying on their tummy to a sitting position without assistance.
At ten months old, the idea of object permanence has “clicked” and your baby will most likely get upset if you take a toy or other favorite object away. Ten-month-olds are also ready to pull themselves up to a standing position.
At eleven and twelve months, babies can usually understand “no” and say “ma-ma” or “da-da.” They can wave bye-bye, crawl well and possibly walk and much more. Babies at this age are also more active players, open and closing cabinet doors, dancing, banging objects together and more.
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