snagged from Stacie, 8 month developmental milestones.

90% of babies can…

  • bear some weight on legs - yes
  • feed self a cracker - well, he can feed himself a credit card, but we don’t give him crackers yet
  • look for dropped object - yes
  • rake with fingers a tiny object and pick it up in fist - yes - like the flabby flesh on the side of my boobs. Ow.
  • turn in the direction of a voice - yes

75% of babies can…

  • pass an object from hand to hand - yes
  • stand holding on to someone or something - yes
  • object if you try to take a toy away - oh my GOD yes!
  • work to get a toy out of reach - yes
  • play peekaboo - if by “play” you mean, “I laugh uproariously at my mama doing the weirdest things to catch my attention from behind her hands - I CAN SEE YOU MAMA”, then yes.
  • get into sitting position from stomach - ha ha ha no

50% of babies can…

  • creep or crawl - yes
  • pull up to a standing position from sitting - nope
  • pick up tiny object with thumb and finger - yes
  • say “mama” or “dada” indiscriminately - yes

25% of babies can…

  • play patty-cake or wave bye-bye - no
  • walk holding on to furniture - no
  • stand alone momentarily - no
  • understand “no” - I think he does and deliberately says, “Eff you,” and goes on his merry, troublemaking ways.