At five months

The 5th month

By the end of the month, your baby:

 … should be able to:

• hold her head steady when upright 
• raise his chest, supported by his arms, when on his stomach
• roll over (one way)
• pay attention to a small object
• squeal in delight 
• reach for an object
• smile spontaneously
• grasp a little rattle

… will probably be able to:

• bear some weight on his legs 
• keep her head level with her body when pulled up to a sitting position
• say ‘ah goo’ or similar vowel consonant combinations
• ‘razz’ (make a wet razzing sound)

… might possibly be able to:

• sit without support 
• turn in the direction of a voice

… might even be able to:

• pull up to a standing position from sitting
• stand holding onto someone or something
• feed himself a cracker
• object if you try to take a toy away
• work to get to a toy that’s out of reach
• pass a cube or other object from one hand to the other
• look for a dropped object
• move around independently, such as shuffling on her bottom or slithering on her stomach (commando crawl)
• take a small object and pick it up in his fist
• babble, combining vowels and consonants such as ga ga ga ga, ba ba ba ba, ma ma ma ma, da da da da.

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