| At the same time as she's struggling to | | | | vowels: 'aaah' and 'oooh'. The first consonants - K, |
| coordinate some things, your baby will begin the | | | | P, B and M - come a little later. By four to five |
| equally valuable task of differentiating between | | | | months your baby will watch your face even if |
| others. Up to now her chatting and smiling have | | | | you aren't talking to her - she's so tuned in to |
| kept each other company. But now she'll begin to | | | | sounds. |
| chat more when you chat to her and smile more | | | | Your three month baby will be much more alert |
| when you smile. | | | | than before, and fascinated by human faces. |
| From three months your baby will begin to smile | | | | Earlier she was just as likely to enjoy gazing at a |
| more broadly at people she knows, and by four | | | | picture of a face as at the real thing. Now she |
| months she will be restrained with other people | | | | definitely prefers the living, breathing model. |
| and happy with you. She's beginning to | | | | She'll begin to enjoy the familiar routines of life - |
| discriminate between people as well. | | | | bathing, feeding and tickling - and will make |
| At three to four months your baby coos | | | | welcoming movements as you prepare for these |
| delightedly when you talk to her, and also | | | | activities. Sudden loud noises will make your baby |
| practises when alone, just for the sheer hell of it. | | | | blink, screw up her eyes, turn away and start to |
| She is excited by her growing ability to make a | | | | cry. Predictability is comforting, but the |
| noise. At this age most of her sounds are open | | | | unexpected is not. |