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3–6 months

18 topics

Gross motor

• Holds head steady without support
  Milestone · Most children: 2m–4m
  When held upright, the head stays steady instead of bobbing.
• Rolls over (tummy to back, then back to tummy)
  Milestone · Most children: 4m–6m
  Rolls in at least one direction; both directions usually follow within a few weeks.
• Pushes down on legs when held standing
  Milestone · Most children: 4m–7m
  Held upright with feet on a firm surface, the legs straighten and take some weight.

Fine motor

• Reaches for a toy
  Milestone · Most children: 3m–6m
  Sees something interesting and swipes or reaches for it on purpose.

Social & emotional

• Laughs and squeals
  Milestone · Most children: 3m–5m
  Real laughter appears, usually in response to a person rather than an object.

Feeding

• No honey before 12 months
  Safety · every week · from 4m · until 12m
  Honey can carry botulism spores that a baby's gut cannot handle — including in baked goods and dummies dipped in honey.

Sleep

• Infant sleep: 12–16 hours a day (4–12 months)
  Routine · every day · from 4m · until 12m
  Including naps; 3 naps → 2 naps around 6–9 months; a consistent bedtime between 18:30 and 20:00 helps.
• Protect the nap rhythm
  Routine · every day · from 4m · until 5y
  Roughly: 3 naps around 4 months → 2 by 6–9 months → 1 from 15–18 months → quiet time when naps end (3–5y). Norms, not targets.

Health

• Meningococcal B (Bexsero) — optional, paid
  Vaccine · Most children: 2m–6m
  Not in the routine table; available from 2 months at the kupah, often subsidized by supplementary insurance. Discuss with the pediatrician.
• Start iron drops (7.5 mg/day)
  Health · Most children: 4m–6m
  Israeli MoH: medication-grade iron 7.5 mg/day from 4 months (preterm babies from 2 weeks, 2 mg/kg).
• Tipat Halav: 4 months
  Health · Most children: 3m 15d–5m
  Pentavalent 2, rota 2, PCV 2; growth; head control, hands to midline, cooing, smiling checked; start iron; solids planning.
• Pentavalent — dose 2
  Vaccine
  At the 4-month visit.
• Rotavirus — dose 2 (oral)
  Vaccine
  At the 4-month visit; at least 4 weeks after dose 1.
• Pneumococcal (PCV) — dose 2
  Vaccine
  At the 4-month visit.
• Iron drops every day (4–18 months)
  Routine · every day · from 4m · until 18m
  MoH: 7.5 mg/day at 4–6 months, then 15 mg/day to 18 months, as a registered medication; a blood count around 9–12 months.

Safety

• Skip the baby walker
  Safety · every week · from 4m · until 18m
  Wheeled walkers cause falls down stairs and burns, and do not help a baby learn to walk.

Play & learning

• Interactive floor play (3–12 months)
  Routine · every day · from 3m · until 12m
  30+ minutes a day spread out; reaching, rolling, sitting practice; not restrained more than 1 hour at a time.

For the parent

• Take an infant CPR & choking course
  Safety · Most children: 2m–6m
  A 3-hour course (MDA, kupot, Terem) before solids and mobility; refresh every 2 years.