Developmental Milestones Table printable pdf download

AGE

GROSS

FINE MOTOR

SELF-HELP

PROBLEM SOLVING

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL

RECEPTIVE

EXPRESSIVE

MOS.

MOTOR

LANGUAGE

Chin up in prone

Hands fisted near face

Fixes on ring

Discriminates mother voice

Alerts to voice/sound

Throaty noises

Follows face

Cries out of distress

Chest up in prone

Hands unfisted 50%

Visual threat present

Reciprocal smiling – responds to adult

Coos

Head bobs when held in

Retains rattle if placed in

Follows ring

voice & smile

Social smile (8 wks)

sitting

hand

Recognizes mother

Vowel like noises

Holds hands together

Props on forearms in

Hands unfisted 50%

Reaches for face

Expression of disgust (sour taste, loud

Regards speaker

Chuckles

prone

Inspects fingers

Follows ring in circle (in supine)

sound)

Vocalizes when talked to

Suspended in prone –

Bats at objects

Regards cube

Understands relationship between speaker

head above body

and voice

Sit w/ trunk support

Clutches at clothes

Mouths objects

Smiles spontaneously at pleasurable

Orients to voice

Laughs out loud

No head lag – pull to sit

Hands to mouth

Aware of strange situation

sight/sound

Stops crying to soothing voice

Vocalizes when alone

Props on wrists

Reaches persistently

Shakes rattle

Stops crying at parent voice

Rolls front to back

Plays with rattle

Reaches for ring/rattle

To & fro alternating vocalizations

Sits w/ pelvic support

Palmar grasp/cube

Gums/mouth pursed food

Attains dangling ring

Recognizes caregiver visually

Orients to Bell 1

“Ah-goo”

Rolls back to front

Transfers object: hand-

Turns head – look for dropped spoon

Forms attachment relationship to caregiver

Begins to respond to name

Razz, squeal

Anterior protection –

mouth-hand

Regards pellet

Expresses anger other than crying

parachute

Holds hands together

Attains dangling ring

Sits momentarily propped

Transfers hand-hand

Feeds self crackers

Touches reflection and vocalizes

Stranger anxiety (familiar vs. unfamiliar

Stops momentarily to “no”

Reduplicate babble w/ consonants

on hands

Rakes pellet

Places hands on bottle

Removes cloth on face

people)

Listens then vocalizes when adult

Pivots in prone

Takes second cube – holds

Bangs & shakes toys

stops

Prone – bears weight on 1

on to 1st

Smiles/Vocalizes to mirror

hand

Bounces when held

Radial-palmar grasp

Inspects ring

Orients to Bell 2

Sits w/o support – steady

Observes cube in each hand

Attends to music

Lateral protection

Finds partially hidden object

Gets into sitting

Bangs spoon w/ demo

Holds own bottle

Seeks object after it falls silently to

Lets parents know when happy vs. upset

Responds to “come here”

“Dada” inappropriate

Commando crawls

Scissor grasp of pellet

Finger feeds Cheerios or

the floor

Engages in gaze monitoring: adult looks

Looks for family members,

Echolalia (8-30 mos)

Pulls to sitting/kneeling

Takes cube out of cup

string beans

away and child follows adult glance with

“Where’s mama?”… etc

Shakes head for no

Pulls large peg out

own eyes

Gets to 4-pt

Scissor pincer grasp of

Bites, chews cookie

Inspects bell

Uses sounds to get attention

Enjoys gesture games

“Mama” inappropriate

Begins creeping

pellet

Rings bell

Separation anxiety

Orients to name well

Non-reduplicate babble

Pulls to stand

Radial-digital grasp of cube

Pulls string to obtain ring

Follows a point, “Oh look at…”

Orients to Bell 3

Imitates sounds

Bear walks

Bangs 2 cubes together

Recognizes familiar people visually

Creeps well

Clumsy release of cube

Drinks from cup held for

Uncovers toy under cloth

Experiences fear

Enjoys Peek-A-Boo

“Dada” appropriate

Cruises around furniture –

Immature pincer grasp of

him

Pokes at pellet in bottle

Looks preferentially when name is called

Waves bye-bye back

Waves bye-bye

2 hands

pellet

Tries to put cube in cup, but may not

Stands – 1 hand held

Isolates index finger and

be able to let go

Walks – 2 hands held

pokes

Walks – 1 hand held

Throws objects

Finds toy under cup

Gives objects to adult for action after

Stops activity when told “no”

word

Pivots in sitting

Stirs with spoon

Looks at pictures in book

demonstration (lets adult know he needs

Bounces to music

Vocalizes to songs

Cruises – 1 hand

help)

Stands few seconds

Stands well

Marks after demo

Finger feeds part of meal

Rattles spoon in cup

Shows objects to parent to share interest

1-step command w/ gesture

Proto-imperative pointing to get

Posterior protection

Fine pincer grasp of pellet

Takes hat off

Lifts box lid to find toy

Proto-imperative pointing to indicate wants

Recognizes names of two objects

desired object

Independent steps

Holds crayon

– looks when named

Attempts tower of 2

Throws ball – sitting

Attempts to release pellet in

Drinks from cup w/

Dangles ring by string

Shows desire to please care giver

Looks appropriately, “Where’s

word

Walks w/ high guard

bottle

spilling

Solves glass frustration test

Solitary play

ball?”

Immature jargoning – inflection

Unwraps toy in cloth

Functional play

without real words

Stands w/o pulling up

Imitates back-forth scribble

Removes socks/shoes

Dumps pellet out of bottle after demo

Proto-declarative pointing to indicate

1-step command without gesture

Names one object

Falls by collapse

Attains 3

cube by

Chews well

interest

Proto-declarative pointing

Walks well

combining 2 2-cube towers

Spoon to mouth – turns

Purposeful exploration of toys through trial

One round peg in & out

over

and error

Stoops to pick up toy

3-4 cube tower

Uses spoon – some spill

Turns pages in book

Shows empathy (someone else cries, child

Points to 1 body part

3-5 words

Creeps up stairs

Place 10 cubes in cp

Attempts to brush own

Places circle in single shape puzzle

looks sad)

Points to 1 object of 3

Mature jargoning w/ real words

Runs stiff-legged

Releases pellet into bottle

hair

Hugs adult in reciprocation

Gets object from another room

Walks carrying toy

Fusses to be changed

Hands toy to adult if can’t operate (no demo

upon demand

Climbs on furniture

– see 11 month above)

Stands on 1 foot w/ slight

All round pegs in with

Picks up & drinks from

Dumps pellet out w/o demo

Kisses by touching lips to skin

Understands simple commands,

5-10 words

support

urging

cup

Places circle in form board

Periodically visually relocates caregiver

“Bring to mommy”

Walks backwards

Scribbles spontaneously

Fetches & carries objects

Finds toy under layered covers

Self-conscious, embarrassed when aware of

Points to 1 picture

Walks up stairs – 1 hand

(same room)

people observing them

held

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