A month in the life of Jasmine Maya

As Jasmine approaches nine months her physical strength is growing so that she can pull herself up on furniture and move sideways along solid surfaces such as the sofa by holding on to it. She uses her hands with increasing dexterity to manipulate objects that she comes across, and a pincer grasp is now well established. Jasmine has a chosen range of stimulating toys and enjoys the varying experiences of movement, light, texture and sound that they offer. She is able to find toys she has seen being partially hidden and is fascinated by her reflection in a floor-standing mirror,...