🎯 6 Months Baby Milestones
CDC Act Early 2024 developmental milestones across motor, cognitive, communication, and social-emotional domains.
ℹ️Source: CDC Act Early 2024 (75th percentile benchmarks). Milestones describe what most children can do by this age — not what all children do. Every child develops at their own pace. Speak with your paediatrician if you have concerns.
🎯 Milestones by Domain
🏋️ Motor Skills
- Rolls in both directions (tummy to back, back to tummy)
- Sits with support
- Supports own weight on legs when held standing
- Rocks back and forth on hands and knees (pre-crawl)
- Passes objects from hand to hand
🧠 Cognitive
- Shows curiosity about things and tries to get out-of-reach objects
- Begins to understand object permanence (partially)
- Examines objects carefully with hands and mouth
- Finds partially hidden objects
💬 Communication
- Responds to own name
- Makes vowel sounds (ah, eh, oh) and consonant sounds (m, b)
- Uses voice to express pleasure and displeasure
- Babbles with intonation that sounds like real sentences
❤️ Social & Emotional
- Knows familiar faces, stranger anxiety beginning
- Enjoys playing with others — peek-a-boo is a hit
- Responds to own name
- Shows interest in mirror reflection
⚠️ Talk to Your Paediatrician If…
- Doesn't roll over in either direction
- Doesn't try to get things that are in reach
- Doesn't respond to sounds around them
- Doesn't make vowel sounds (ah, eh, oh)
Activity Ideas for This Stage
- Introduce solid foods (single-ingredient purées) — AAP recommends starting at 6 months
- Play peek-a-boo to build object permanence understanding
- Provide safe household objects for banging and exploring
- Create safe floor time for rolling and reaching practice