Social Development In Infancy

Babies are born social creatures.

Social development in infancy. In emotional and social development forming healthy attachments is very important and is the major social milestone of infancy. Within weeks they are cooing and intentionally smiling responding in rhythm to their caregiver s communications. Psychosocial development occurs as children form relationships interact with others and understand and manage their feelings. Between the ages of 9 12 months your baby will.

Babies in erickson s trust versus mistrust stage usually occurring between ages 0 to 12 months will develop trust and love for their caregivers because they are given adequate love and nurturing from their environment or will develop mistrust and indifference for people and the world because they aren t given those resources. They rapidly become more communicative and expressive with their face and body. In fact even newborns are capable of imitating facial expressions demonstrating an understanding of how another s actions relate to their own. The first 12 months of an infant s life are full of social development milestones.

Find out the key social development milestones for infants from birth to 12 months. Show happiness to see her parents face her toys or a mirror know strangers from his family and cry when his parent goes away give affection and love pay attention to simple commands such as no and give it to me respond by turning to look when. During infancy healthy social growth is mostly about creating attachments with caregivers.