Developmental Milestones Chart

From Birth to Five Months

Physical

  • Can lift head up when lying on tummy
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  • Begins to hold head steady

  • Pushes down on legs when feet are on hard surface
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  • Begins to push up to elbows when lying on tummy

  • Holds a toy and shakes it
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  • Swings at dangling toys

  • Brings hands to mouth
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  • Learns to roll from tummy to back

Social/Emotional

  • Smiles
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  • Tries to calm self (hands to mouth)

  • Likes to play
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  • May cry when playing stops

  • Copies facial expressions
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  • Copies some movements

  • Cries in different ways for hunger, pain, tiredness
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  • Likes to engage with people

Cognitive

  • Pays attention to faces
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  • Turns head toward sounds

  • Follows objects with eyes
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  • Recognizes people at a distance

  • Acts fussy when bored
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  • Begins to babble and copy sounds

  • Responds to affection
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  • Uses hands and eyes together

Developmental Milestones Chart

From Six to 12 Months

Physical

  • Rolls over in both directions
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  • Sits without support

  • Likes to bounce on own legs
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  • Stands, holding onto things

  • Learns to get into sitting position
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  • Learns to pull to a standing position

  • Crawls or scoots
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  • Passes things from one hand to other

Social/Emotional

  • Knows familiar faces
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  • Reacts to strangers

  • Loves to play
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  • Likes to look at self in mirror

  • Has favorite toys
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  • May cling to familiar adults

Cognitive

  • Responds to sounds by making sounds
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  • Likes to take turns “talking”

  • Responds to own name
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  • Babbles and jabbers

  • Understands “no”
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  • Copies sounds and gestures

  • Uses finger to point
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  • Looks around at things

  • Shows curiousity
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  • Tries to get things that are out of reach

  • Looks for things that are hidden
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  • Plays peek-a-boo

Developmental Milestones Chart

From One to Three Years: Toddler

Physical

  • Learns to walk
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  • Learns to run

  • Learns to walk up steps
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  • Can help with dressing

  • Drinks from a cup
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  • Eats with a spoon

  • Stands on tiptoe
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  • Learns to kick a ball

Social/Emotional

  • Shy/nervous with strangers
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  • Cries when caregivers leave

  • Has favorite things and people
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  • Loves interactive games

  • Likes to give things to others as play
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  • May have temper tantrums

  • Shows affection
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  • Points to show interesting object

  • Copies others
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  • Begins to show more independence

  • Shows defiant behavior (does what he is told not to do)
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  • Plays beside other children, but pays attention to them and notices them

Cognitive

  • Explores things in different ways (shaking, banging, throwing)
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  • Knows what ordinary things are for (telephone, hair brush)

  • Follows simple directions
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  • Says several words

  • Points to body parts
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  • Knows names of familiar people

  • Begins to make 2 – 4 word sentences
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  • Repeats words overheard

  • Begins to sort shapes and colors
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  • Builds towers with blocks

  • May name items in a picture book
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  • Finds hidden objects

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