Some common skills of babyhood

Hand skill:- 

*Self feeding:-At right months most baby can hold their bottles after the nipples placed in their mouths; in nine months they can put the bottle nipples in their mouths and take them out without help. At twelve months they can drink from cup when they hold it with both hands, and several months later they can drink from the cup using one hand. At 13 month baby begin to feed themselves with a spoon, and a month or two month later they can spear food with a fork and carry it to their mouths with much spilling. By their second birthday, most babies can use spoons and forks without too much spilling.

*Self -dressing:- 

       At the end of  the first year most babies can pull off their socks, shoes, cap, and mittens. By the middle of second years they will attempt to put on caps and mittens, and by the end of babyhood they can pull off all clothes and put on a shirt or dress.

Self-grooming:-

Self-loathing is limited mainly to running a cloth or sponge over the face and body. Before they are two, most babies try to brush their hair and teeth.

Play-skill:-

At twelve months, most babies can scribble with a penciled or crayon, and several months later they can throw or roll a ball, open a box, unscrew a lid of bottle, turn the leaves of a book, build with a few blocks, insert pegs in a pegboard, string large beads, and cut a gash in paper with scissors.

Leg skills:-

Babies learn to jump from an elevated position usually by movements resembling walking. They learn to climb stairs first by crawling and creeping. After they can walk alone, by they go up and down steps in an upright position. Very few babies are able to ride tricycle at this age and only when they are held on the seat. They can swim by splashing with their arms and knocking their legs.