Ben's milestones...month 12

Physical development

• weight: a little over 10 kg.
• length: 80 cm.
• stands well without holding on to something
• walks with help or when pushing his ride-on car
• cruises along the furniture
• eager to walk, but still can't let go off his hands
• better at using his hands; can scribble with crayons

Social/ emotional/ language development

• understands more words like 'cat', 'chick' and 'shoe'
• understands and follows commands such as 'put dirty clothes in a laundry basket', 'smile', 'wave bye-bye'
• very interactive. talks back when being talked to
• starts to get frustrated when he can't do something