By five months, a typical infant can perform which action?

• A. Sit up without support
• B. Hold the bottle
• C. Crawl
• D. Speak first words

Answer: (B)

At five months, babies are gaining better control of their arms and hands and starting to use a full-hand grasp to explore objects. This allows them to hold and manage a bottle during feeding, which is a typical skill for this age as hand-eye coordination and voluntary grasp are developing.

Sitting up without support requires more trunk control and usually doesn’t occur until around six to seven months. Crawling tends to start later, roughly eight to ten months, and first words generally appear closer to twelve months. So holding the bottle best fits the developmental stage around five months.