Your Brilliant Baby in Week 33: Discovering Which Objects Bump!

Hard to believe that babies know these facts at just 8 months, right? Actually, when you think about it, now is the perfect time to acquire this information: As Baby learns to crawl, then walk, and eventually run he'll be better equipped to do so safely. Won't this ever be helpful on the playground! Since children know that people can dodge a moving tricycle but that a fire hydrant can't, they'll have fewer unfortunate incidents, whether they're wildly riding a tricycle or zooming down a slide.

Your Week 33 Toolbox

Related skills and topics this week
include …

• What's happening in Baby's eighth month?
• Use our Development Tracker to check off your child's 8-12 month milestones.
• Here's what our pediatrician says you might be worried about this month.