Your baby from 9 to 12 months

What tends to change

• Around their first birthday, many babies pull up to stand and walk while holding on to furniture.[1]
• Many wave bye-bye and call a parent "mama", "dada" or another special name.[1]
• More tastes and textures come in: foods can be smooth, mashed or finely chopped.[1]
• It helps to find out which foods are choking risks and let your baby practice feeding with their fingers.[2]
• For every sleep, follow safe sleep guidance from your pediatrician and the AAP.[3][4]

What is useful to track

• One shared log. Feeds, sleep, diapers, meds and the rest in one place that every caregiver can see. More: Shared tracker.
• Sleep. Down and up, still, for naps and nights.
• Weight. Add a weight after a checkup, so it sits next to the rest of her history.

Sharing the care

Babies often need time to get to know a new caregiver, and a favorite toy or blanket can help.[1]

Add a Provider to the Care Team when you want your pediatrician to see the same log you do.

Questions for the next checkup

Well-child visits are a good time to talk about growth, development, sleep and eating. It helps to bring your top questions, and anything your baby does or does not do that concerns you.[5][6]

• What should she be drinking as she nears one year?
• Which new foods make sense to try next?
• How is she doing on movement and early words?