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First year of life

Neonatal period. Neonatal period is characterized by fast growth, so that, at the end of the first month of life, the child will grow with 750 g weight, and 5 cm length

Infant period. Next period is characterized by the following scheme of growth:

Months 2.3 and 4 an increase in weight of 750 grams per month
Next four months, an increase in weight of 500 grams per month
Last four months, an increase in weight of 250 g / month.

The increase in length is made each month with: 5-4-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1 cm. In the skull, the normal size of fontanelle is at birth is 2.5 / 5 cm and will shrink and close around the age of 9-18 months. Posterior fontanelle will close around 3-4 weeks.

At the age of one year the anti-infective defense will improve, the body begins producing the child's own antibodies and will develop neuropsychological. The child will develop his language and emotional relationships. At the end of the first year of life the learning progress will be materialized with learning the first 2-3 words, and then, at the age of 18 months the child knows the first 100 words, at 2 years 200-300 words, and to three years about 3000 words

Age	Gross movements	Fine movements	Hearing	Social interaction	Be alarmed
New born	Primary reflexes preserved Generalized muscle hypertonia. Respond to exciting factors. Failure to keep his head up	Close his eyes at light. The fists are most part of the time tight	React to noise. Cries at loud noises	Alternates between sleep and waking periods	Hyper / hypotonia. Asymmetrical reflexes present. Suck without power
6 weeks	Starts having control on the head. Moves his head from one side to another. Moro reflexes are present	Follow a few seconds a toy, put his hand in his mouth	Begin recognizing his mother, follows the sound source	Smiles to his mother	Not fixing the objects, the asymmetry of tone or movements. Serious lack of head control
3 months	Struggled to sit. Push in his hands in an attempt to stand. Moro reflexes begin to diminish. Rolls from one side to another. Keep his head right	Follows his hand. Begins to open his fist and play with his fingers	Babbles. Calms down at familiar sounds. Turn his head to sounds	React to familiar situations. Enjoy when fed	Doesn't vocalize Doesn't fix objects, the asymmetry of tone or movement
6 months	He moves his shoulders, and try to get up. Sits with support. Being on the back starts raising his legs and puts them in to his mouth	Is reaching for objects using the center palm grip with all fingers. Transfer toys from one hand to another. .	Bubbles more. Returns to the mother's voice. Syndicate sporadically syllables ma, ta, pa, ba. Laughs	Takes all the things to his mouth. Answer to the image in the mirror. Shows what he likes and what not.	Doesn't use both of his hands. His groaning. Doesn't vocalize, and doesn't respond to other people.
10 months	Is grabbing the objects around him to stand. Crawls on all fours	Gets small objects between thumb and forefinger. Leaves items from his hand if he wants to	Nod for no. Understand the command: bye-bye, and shake the hand to suggest it	Plays hide and seek	Hypotonia. Doesn't use both of his hands. His groaning. Doesn't vocalize, and doesn't respond to other people.
12 months	Walks coarse unsustainable, holding one hand and the other for balance.	Gets small objects between thumb and forefinger. Leaves items at the request of others. Starts throwing objects on the floor. Search for his favorite toy if it's not around	He recognizes his own name. Recognize up to three words. Understands simple instructions	Eats with his fingers. Push his arm in to the sleeve. Plays games	Cannot jump or stand. Doesn't grab objects with all hand. Doesn't respond to sounds. Doesn't vocalize