3 month old baby may raise head and chest while on tummy

3 month old baby may raise head and chest while on tummy. 3 month old baby holding up his head and chest while leaning on his elbows will be a major triumph. So give him "tummy time" every day when he's awake. Hold a toy in front of your 3 month old baby to encourage him to lift his head and look forward. This strengthens his neck muscles.

All babies love to play with their favorite toys in this age. Baby play gyms and activity mats, of course, but also sensory toys that trill or squeak or tweet or rattle when pressed or shaken. Babies favorite toys are that play music. And because your little one is reaching for toys now, he’ll especially love any plaything he can grasp on to.

Your 3 month old baby three-dimensional sight has developed so they are visually very alert, especially gazing at faces and adults nearby. They can focus on a dangling toy about 20cm in front of them and will follow it from side to side in a semi-circle. Also their hearing is improving and they’ll show they’re excited when they detect nearby voices, footsteps, a bath running (time for some fun!) or that a feed is on the way.

3 month old baby pushes down on legs when feet are on a firm surface. Let your 3 month old baby stand for a few seconds with some help from you. Hold him/her in a standing position with his feet on the floor and he/she will push down and straighten his/her legs. Let him/her bounce a couple of times if he tries.

3 month old baby may swipe at dangling objects and may grasp and shake hand toys. Your 3 month old baby is learning hand-eye coordination. Lay his/her under an infant gym and she'll throw her whole body into batting and grabbing for the dangling toys. Hold a toy in front of his/her while baby sitting on your lap and let his/her try to reach for it.

Your 3 month old baby is a full-on social animal and will charm you and your visitors with lots of eye contact, hand gestures, smiles and delighted baby ‘talk’ when they are happy and when you take turns in a baby conversation with them. You might even be rewarded with your baby’s first chuckle. Of course there are still everyday ups and downs and your baby will be sure to let you know when they’re annoyed or uncomfortable by crying. If they have been suffering from colic in the first three months you may have been struggling with a lot of crying and fussiness, especially in the evenings, but you’ll be relieved to learn that colicky symptoms usually start to ease off around now.

3 month old baby can start to follow moving objects with eyes. Your 3 month old baby eyes can move and focus at the same time now. He/she may follow an object moving all the way around in a half-circle. He/she loves watching things move. Jiggle a mobile above his crib. Watching it will be a favorite activity.

3 month old baby Recognize familiar objects and people at a distance. At birth, your baby could only see fuzzy shapes. Now 3 month old baby can recognize the outline of a face when someone enters the room. He/ She even may smile at you from across the room. Take his/her out often in his/her stroller or baby carrier and let his/her discover all there is to see.

All your baby needs is milk for their first six months and ideally that should be breast milk. If you’re exclusively breastfeeding your 3 month old baby should have a daily vitamin D supplement (8.5 to 10 micrograms). Most babies have a growth spurt around now so they may be hungrier than usual. The average 3-month-old baby drinks about 720ml to 1200ml a day spread over five to eight feeds.